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Copy NW of 52 lettered copies. Signed by Bradbury, Dennis Etchison author of the introduction, and Robert McCammon fellow horror writer and author of ending essay "The Travelin' Man". Red leatherette binding with gilt lettering along spine in illustrated DJ. Silk ribbon bound in. Discrete bookseller sticker on front flap and inside slip case.

'The October Country' is a 1955 collection of nineteen macabre short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. It reprints fifteen of the twenty-seven stories of his 1947 collection Dark Carnival, and adds four more of his stories. Each story is accompanied by a macabre illustration by Joseph Mugnaini. The stories in this collection touch on the themes of the autumn season, dealing with the fantastical, the weird, and the melancholic, conjuring the essence of October and its mix of anticipation and apprehension.