Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. First Edition. A paperback original (published simultaneously in hardcover by Ballantine).
Illustrated by Joe Mugnaini. The book includes two other stories by Bradbury: “The Playground” and “And the Rock Cried Out.”
Bradbury’s classic novel began as a short story called “The Fireman” published in Galaxy Science Fiction in 1950. When expanded for book publication it was given its now iconic title, a reference to the temperature at which book-paper catches fire and burns. The novel is a timeless classic celebrating the freedom to read without bans or censorship.
199 pages. Original pictorial wraps with light wear at edges, and head and tail of spine.
