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BRADBURY, Ray.

A Medicine For Melancholy: Stories of Wonder and Delight.

First Edition of Ray Bradbury's A Medicine for Melancholy; inscribed by him

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1959.

$975.00
Out of Stock Item Number: RRB-142915
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First edition of this collection of twenty-two short stories by the author of Farenheit 451. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Ray Bradbury on the half-title page, "To Steve! Bless you! Ray Bradbury." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Ownership inscription. Jacket design by Joseph Mugniani.
A Medicine For Melancholy contains twenty-two short stories including the zany and humorous The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, the eerie fantasy of Dark They Were, and the spine-chilling The Dragon. Whatever their mood or setting, these brilliant stories all possess that unique "Bradbury touch" which has made the author one of America's most renowned storytellers.
$975.00
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