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BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012). A pair of Fahrenheit 451 titles, including:
Norwalk: Easton Press, [1991]. 8vo. Illustrated with color frontispiece by Joseph Mugnaini. Original red leather binding, boards and spine stamped in gilt, decorative endleaves, with publisher’s blank bookplate laid-in. COLLECTOR’S EDITION, SIGNED BY BRADBURY ON THE TITLE-PAGE. -- [And:] New York: Ballantine Books, Inc., [1953]. 12mo. Original pictorial wrappers (light rubbing, a few scratches to wrappers, text a bit toned). FIRST EDITION OF THE PAPERBACK ISSUE.
This landmark science fiction novel was the basis for the 1966 film starring Julie Christie and Oskar Werner, written and directed by François Truffaut, and the 2018 HBO adaptation starring Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon, and directed by Ramin Bahrani.