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*** WONDERFUL ASSOCIATION COPY ***THE ILLUSTRATED MAN, Rupert, Hart-Davis, 1952, first British edition, some age toning to the t.p.e.'s, else a near fine copy in near vg color pictorial dust-wrapper with some tanning to the dust-wrapper spine which has a bit of chipping to the dust-wrapper spine extremities. Adds 2 stories and deletes 4 others from the American edition. Successfully filmed in 1969. INSCRIBED by the author a year after publication thusly. "For Al Capp - With admiration from Ray Bradbury, March, 1953." Yes, that Al Capp; American humorist, cartoonist and satirist.

The Illustrated Man is a collection of eighteen science fiction short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. A recurring theme throughout the eighteen stories is the conflict of the cold mechanics of technology and the psychology of people.

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