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First edition, first printing, of the author's first book, signed by Bradbury on the front free endpaper and dated 23 October 1981. Dark Carnival collects short stories written by Bradbury during the previous decade; several are here revised following publication in magazines, and six are printed for the first time. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Spine and extremities lightly rubbed, small spot of wear to foot of spine, endpapers lightly browned; unclipped jacket a little rubbed but bright, spine lightly sunned, extremities creased, minor loss to foot of rear panel: a very good copy in very good jacket. Locke, vol. I, p. 39.

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.