"IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BURN": LIMITED EDITION OF FAHRENHEIT 451, SIGNED BY BRADBURY AND ILLUSTRATOR JOSEPH MUGNAINI, ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY BRADBURY
BRADBURY, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1982. Tall octavo, original aluminum boards, all edges silver-gilt, original slipcase.
Signed limited edition of Bradbury's classic dystopia, number 1523 of 2000 copies signed by both Bradbury and illustrator Joseph Mugnaini, this copy additionally signed on the title page by Bradbury in bold red felt pen, containing original full-page color lithograph and three folding color plates after paintings by Mugnaini, bound in aluminum in original slipcase.
Fahrenheit 451 remains Bradbury's most acclaimed work. "Frightening in its implications… Bradbury's account of this insane world, which bears many alarming resemblances to our own, is fascinating" (New York Times). Basis for director Truffaut's 1966 film starring Oskar Werner and Julie Christie, and director Bahrani's 2018 film starring Michael B. Jordan. With a new foreword by Bradbury, an original full-page color lithograph and three folding color plates after paintings by Mugnaini, who also illustrated the 1953 first edition. As issued without dust jacket. With LEC monthly letter and "Fragile" slip laid in. LEC 527. Armorial bookplate of attorney John Jago Trelawney, the preeminent gem and mineral collector who early worked for Military Intelligence in WWII before becoming a world-traveler and honored philanthropist. In 1977 he donated his legendary collection of mineral specimens to the Smithsonian and in 1988 donated his collection of gems to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles.
Trace of rubbing to slipcase. A fine signed copy.