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First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. First edition of Bradbury's nostalgicclassic of twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding's magical summer in 1928. The semi-autobiographical novel captures the beauty of childhood, the passage of time, and the bittersweet moments of growing up, with dandelion wine symbolizing memories preserved for winter. 8vo, cloth boards. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers. Near fine copy in very good, unclipped dust jacket with short closed snag on front, nicks along edges, and shallow chipping at spine ends. There's a hint of dust soiling to the yellow cloth boards, but overall a presentable copy of one of the author's beloved works.

Dandelion Wine is a 1957 novel by Ray Bradbury, taking place in the summer of 1928 in the fictional town of Green Town, Illinois, based upon Bradbury's childhood home of Waukegan, Illinois. The novel developed from the short story 'Dandelion Wine' which appeared in the June 1953 issue of Gourmet magazine. The book is essentially a series of loosely related, nostalgic vignettes about the protagonist Douglas Spaulding and his family and friends, and their experiences over the course of the summer.