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London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 5.25 x 8 inches (13.5 x 20.5 cm). Dust jacket: Original jacket by Joe Mugnaini. Light foxing. Slight wear and creasing to top edge. Slight browning to spine and fading to rear cover. A few old tape repairs to reverse. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: First UK edition. Black cloth binding. Foxing to page edges. Small flaw in the paper of page 11/12 (title page for Part I: 'Arrivals'), text is very clean throughout. Previous owner's name and very slight marking to front free endpaper. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 8 inches (13.5 x 20.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 253

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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