DARK CARNIVAL

by Ray Bradbury

$2,500 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

Sauk City, Wis. Arkham House, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Bold inscription by Bradbury to John! dated 4 March 1977 on the front free endpaper. 3112 copies printed. The author's first book. Barron ed , Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 254. Tymn ed , Horror Literature 4-42. Mild bump to upper spine end, a nearly fine copy in very good dust

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