"A STRANGE, WILD AND EXHILARATING WORLD": FIRST EDITION OF S IS FOR SPACE, SIGNED BY RAY BRADBURY

BRADBURY, Ray. S Is for Space. Garden City: Doubleday, 1966. Octavo, original light blue cloth, original dust jacket. $1500.

First edition of this collection of stories from the grandmaster of science fiction and fantasy, boldly signed by Bradbury on the title page.

In his introduction to these 16 stories, Bradbury writes: "Here you will find just about every side of my nature and my life… my ability to laugh out loud with the sheer discovery that I am alive in a strange, wild and exhilarating world." S for Space includes three never-before-published works: "Chrysalis," "Pillar of Fire" and "Time in Thy Flight." "The Screaming Woman," originally written as a radio play and later adapted for both television and film, had previously appeared in comic book format in The Autumn People but is collected here for the first time in this form. Bradbury considered "The Million Year Picnic"—popular even before he incorporated it into The Martian Chronicles—one of his favorite stories (see Barron II-155). "First Edition" stated on copyright page.

Book spine slightly toned; dust jacket with minor rubbing at extremities and one short closed tear. A bright, attractive signed copy in near-fine condition.