Rare and sought-after signed first edition book: Fahrenheit 451. First edition, first printing. NY: Ballantine Books, 1953. Hardcover with first issue dust jacket (with $2.50 price), 5.5 x 8, 199 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in black felt tip, "For Matt…This first edition of 'F.451' with the good wishes of Ray Bradbury, 6/8/92." Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/VG-, with a small touch-up to a scuff on the front board; the dust jacket has been professionally restored, with significant repairs to the spine and smoothed creases to the rear panel. Nicely bound in publisher's red cloth boards with bright yellow titles to spine and front board. Accompanied by a custom-made clamshell case. An exceptionally desirable signed first edition of a true classic.
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