Dark Carnival by Bradbury, Ray
- Bookseller: Idler Fine Books ABA, IOBA.
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 002518
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Fine
- Jacket condition: Very Good
- Illustrator: Michael Ayrton
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
- Place: London
- Date published: 1948
Description
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1948. First Printing of the First British Edition. Cloth boards in original Ayrton dust wrapper, with the original price present. Signed by Ray Bradbury. Light chipping to jacket spine ends, corners rubbed, moderate soiling to rear panel; volumes spine ends with fading and slight crimping, two titles in the table of contents with underlining and check marks, else very good or better in like jacket. Scarce U.K. edition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Michael Ayrton.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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