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First Edition, first printing with inverted Ballantine BB logo on spine. Signed by Bradbury on the title page and dated Oct 17, 93. Bradbury signed this copy for me when he was in New Orleans to speak at SE Louisiana University in nearby Hammond LA. He was kind enough to sign a number of his books for me. This is a fine copy that is bright red with crisp black titles on spine. The DJ is spine faded with several small chips at spine ends and an old clumsy tape repair to the back cover corner. The DJ is otherwise complete with the $3.50 price point present. See my photos of this copy of the book, more available upon request. This book is in my possession and will ship in bubble wrap, packed in a cardboard box. #25.

'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.