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8.25 x 5.25", cloth, 251pp + Epilogue, cover rubbed and discolored, extremities bumped and fraying, endpapers unevenly toned, ink writing (date & "c") on front fly, old price and bookstore sticker inside rear cover, still a decent copy in a lightly rubbed, edge-worn and chipped dustjacket with old cello tape repairs to the edges of the rear panel (from verso). FIRST EDITION (so stated), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, RAY BRADBURY, ON FRONT FLY IN RED INK.

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.