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Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. First Edition . Black Cloth. Near Fine Book/Very Good Dustjacket. 313 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt. Signed By Bradbury. One Of A Stated Edition Of 3000; Chalker Cites 3112 Copies As The Actual Printing Run. A Bright Clean Example, Light Wear Along Bottom Edge Of Book, Hinges Tight, No Marks, No Fraying, Spine Gilt All Bright Although With A Few Minute Losses To Gilt In Publisher's Name. Dust Jacket Not Price Clipped, Light Edge Wear, Tiny Chips At Corners, Under 1/8", And About 1/32" Chipping Along Bottom And Top Spine Edges, Light Rubbing At A Few Places, Both Flaps Clean And Bright, Red Lettering On Spine Faded To Pink But Clear, Red Lettering On Front Panel Still Bright Red. (A Member Of The Lasafs, Himself Later The Dedicatee Of A Philip K. Dick Novel, Received This Book When The Book Came Out In 1947; And He Remembered Bradbury Coming In To Lasfs With A Stack Of His New Author's Copies, Of Which This Is One. It Was Much Later Signed For Me By…

Dark Carnival is a collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury, first published in 1947 by Arkham House. It was Bradbury's first published book. This collection presents stories with elements of horror, fantasy, and the macabre, as one might expect from the title and the publisher's association with H.P. Lovecraft's mythos.

Only 3112 copies were printed of the first edition.