{"id":15266,"date":"2016-07-25T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=15266"},"modified":"2018-07-16T10:42:23","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T15:42:23","slug":"library-addition-signed-first-of-ray-bradburys-the-silver-locusts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=15266","title":{"rendered":"Library Addition: Signed First of Ray Bradbury’s The Silver Locusts"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday, July 9, I bought a number of books formerly owned by the late Fred Duarte, an Austin area fan who helped out with Armadillocon, the San Antonio Worldcons, etc., and who had amassed a fair number of hypermodern science fiction firsts signed or inscribed to him. Most of what Fred had I already had myself, but I found a few things to pick up.<\/p>\n

Here’s the first and most expensive item.<\/p>\n

Bradbury, Ray. The Silver Locusts<\/b>. Rupert Hart Davis, 1951. First UK edition and first hardback edition thus (includes almost all of The Martian Chronicles<\/b>, dropping “Usher II” and adding “The Fire Balloons”), a Near Fine copy with dust soiling to top edge and a quarter-sized sticker for Foyle’s Bookstore (Charing Cross, London) affixed to bottom inside front cover, in a Very Good dust jacket with a 1\/4″ chip at head, a 1″ tear and associated 1\/4″ chip to top front cover, shallow chipping at points, foxing to white back cover and along flap edges, and general wear. Inscribed: “Fred!\/Ray Bradbury\/5\/29\/1992.” Weist, Jerry. Bradbury: An Illustrated Life<\/b>, page 51 (where he notes that the cover is by Roy Sanford). Currey, page 56. Reginald, 01765. Tuck (Volume I), pages 62-63. Bought for approximately $320. <\/p>\n

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