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Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in a very good dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Bradbury on the front free end paper. First Edition stated on the copyright page. Original tan cloth covered boards; slight darkening around the edges. Jacket has original price of $2.75 printed on front flap. Some chipping on front and rear corners and at spine ends; creasing along the edges, no fading to spine of dust jacket. Very good. Comes housed in a custom slipcase. We will provide a certificate of authenticity.

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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