Books

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with with a touch of shelf wear, rear panel spine fold rubbed. (31426). Octavo, cloth. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan on a label affixed to the front free end paper. "...remains the quintessential Bradbury fiction." - Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature IV, pp. 1769-73. [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-45. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-51].

In 'Something Wicked This Way Comes', Ray Bradbury combines a coming-of-age story with supernatural horror, as two thirteen-year-old boys, Jim Nightshade and Will Halloway, experience the sinister goings-on in their small Midwestern town when a mysterious carnival comes to town.

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