BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012). The Silver Locusts. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951.
BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012). The Silver Locusts. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951. 8vo. [232] pp. Publisher's gray-green cloth, spine lettered silver, top edge toned blue; original unclipped dust jacket. FIRST UK EDITION OF BRADBURY'S FIRST NOVEL, PUBLISHED IN THE US AS 'THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.'
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Light rubbing and edge wear, inner flaps foxed. Boards toned at margins, spine slightly skewed. Substantial foxing to endpapers, light spotting throughout, bookseller's plate to front pastedown. Very good.
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BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012). The Silver Locusts. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951. 8vo. [232] pp. Publisher's gray-green cloth, spine lettered silver, top edge toned blue; original unclipped dust jacket. FIRST UK EDITION OF BRADBURY'S FIRST NOVEL, PUBLISHED IN THE US AS 'THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.'
Condition
Light rubbing and edge wear, inner flaps foxed. Boards toned at margins, spine slightly skewed. Substantial foxing to endpapers, light spotting throughout, bookseller's plate to front pastedown. Very good.