Books

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, pp. 253, 8vo, original black boards, backstrip lettered in silver, some faint discolouration to boards, a few faint spots to edges and ownership inscription at head of flyleaf, dustjacket by Joe Mugnaini, a touch of fading around the backstrip, very good. An excellent copy of the first English edition of his fourth novel (albeit, two of those preceding being 'fix-ups') - it is scarcer than its American counterpart, and rendered more attractive by the dustjacket design from his frequent collaborator Joe Mugnaini.

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.