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Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. First edition. Toning and offsetting to end papers, small stain to upper left front cover, a very good copy in a good to very good dust jacket with a small closed tear to the upper front panel, shelf wear to corner tips and spine ends with tiny chips and loss at base of spine panel, some overall mild rubbing and toning to spine panel with slight color fade to lettering, dust soiling to white rear panel. (33047). Octavo, cloth. The author's first book. Collects twenty-seven stories, most first appearing in magazines, sixteen from WEIRD TALES. Six stories are published here for the first time; "The Maiden," "The Emissary," "Jack-in-the-Box," "Uncle Einer," "The Night Sets," and "Next in Line." [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #254. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-42].

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.