Fahrenheit 451 [1st UK Ed]
$850.00 inc GST
By Ray Bradbury
First UK Edition of this classic dystopian novel
In stock
Description
- First UK Edition [Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1954]
- Complete with unclipped original dustjacket [9s 6d net]
- Very good copy; 158pp; red boards with bright silver lettering on spine; cocked spine; slight foxing on page block; internally excellent; jacket spine sunfaded [as usual]; tiny nicks and general rubbing at extremities
- Pencilled ownership on ffep of renowned Polish-Australian artist Stan Ostoja-Kotkowski [click for Wikipedia entry]
- Ray Bradbury’s classic envisages a dystopian future in which the job of firemen is to seek out books and burn them.