FAREWELL SUMMER
by Bradbury, Ray
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Lettered Edition: This is copy W of 26 signed by Ray Bradbury and accompanied by an exclusive chapbook containing several never before published short stories / fragments related to the novel. This poignant "extension" of Bradbury's semiautobiographical Dandelion Wine (1957) picks up the story of 12-year-old Douglas Spaulding in October of 1928, when the warmth of summer still clings to Green Town, Illinois. Octavo. Original blue felt-covered boards over a blue leatherette spine, with silver stamping. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's custom traycase.
Synopsis
Sequel to: Dandelion wine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74280
- Title
- FAREWELL SUMMER
- Author
- Bradbury, Ray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Subterranean Press
- Place of Publication
- Burton, Michigan
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, Americana, Illinois
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Chapbook
- A very short, cheaply produced volume, of a few leaves. Modern chapbooks...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...