Dark Carnival
by Bradbury, Ray
Ray Bradbury's first book was the short story collection Dark Carnival
issued in 1947 by Arkham House in the United States. These short
stories set the tone for Bradbury's future work. His eerie, sometimes
disturbing stories typify Arkham House books, and give us some insight
into the young Bradbury.This book reprinted many stories previously published by Bradbury in Weird Tales of November 1944 (such as "The Jar"), and other pulp magazines of the era. Several
stories saw print for the first time in this edition, however.
First Edition Identification
Signed
copies of the first edition sell in the $2,000 to $5,000 range if of
high quality. Only a little over 3,000 copies of this book were
initially printed. The book as
such was never reprinted, though individual stories were reissued
occasionally. The author refused to allow reprints until a limited
edition was issued with new stories and a new introduction by the author
by Gauntlet Press in 2001. Because of the unique nature of
this book, it continues to become more highly sought after. The high
quality of Arkham House publishing limits problems with the quality of
this book, with scuffing and minor tears the most common flaw seen.
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Dark Carnival
by Bradbury, Ray
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1947
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Sauk City, WIS: Arkham House, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Ray Bradbury on the title page. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light shelf wear to cloth. Pages toned; endsheets offset from binder's glue and lightly foxed. In a Near Fine price-clipped dust… Read more about this item Item Price
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DARK CARNIVAL
by Bradbury, Ray
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- Used - A very good copy in a very good or somewhat better dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the corner tips and spine ends, re
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- 1947
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Laurel, Maryland, USA
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Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. First edition. A very good copy in a very good or somewhat better dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the corner tips and spine ends, red ink of the spine lettering is mostly faded but a bright front panel. The dust jacket for this book is not quite trimmed to size which… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,500.00
Dark Carnival; Time Intervening
by Bradbury, Ray
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- Limited Signed Edition
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- 2001
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- Hardcover
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San Diego, California, USA
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$444.44
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Gauntlet Press. SIGNED numbered limited edition as NEW. in jacket and slipcase. number 343 of 700. Signed by Ray Bradbury and Clive Barker. Also chapbook: TIME INTERVENING number652 of 752 layed in. . New. Hardcover. Limited Signed Edition. 1st Printing. 2001. Item Price
$444.44
Dark Carnival
by Bradbury, Ray
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- 2001
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Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire, USA
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$850.00
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Springfield, PA: Gauntlet Publications, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. As new in leatherette slipcase, still in publishers shrinkwrap. Never opened. One of 700 numbered copies signed by Ray Bradbury and Clive Barker who wrote the afterword. New edition of Bradbury's first book, originally published by Arkham House. Edited by Donn Albright, with a new introduction… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dark Carnival
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- 1947
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New York, New York, USA
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Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1947 First edition, first printing, one of 3,112 copies. Signed by Bradbury on front free endpaper: "Ray Bradbury [underlined] / Dec 1, 1982". Publisher's black boards, titles in gilt to spine; original dust jacket designed by George Barrows, wraparound image with masks and other floating objects, titles in red to front panel and spine. Near fine book… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dark Carnival
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- 1947
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$750.00
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Arkham House, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Missing. 3000 copies printed. The binding is tight, corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Some rubbing and handling on the boards, gilt lettering on the spine partially rubbed away. Text unmarked. Some damp staining on the top edge of the last 50 pages. Light soiling on the edges of the text block. Some… Read more about this item Item Price
$750.00
Dark Carnival
by Ray Bradbury
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- Without DJ as issued
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- First Thus
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- 2001
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- Hardcover, standard size (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inches)
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- 9781887368506
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$850.00
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Gauntlet, 2001. First Thus. Hardcover, standard size (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inches). Fine/Without DJ as issued. Used One of 700 limited edition copies, signed by Ray Bradbury and Clive Barker. Includes a chapbook and CD of interviews with Bradbury. Slip Cased Item Price
$850.00
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Dark Carnival [Lettered, Signed]
by Bradbury, Ray
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- First Edition
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- 2001
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$2,400.00
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Springfield, PA: Gauntlet Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The first republication of Bradbury's first book since it was published by Arkham House in 1947. Bradbury rewrote and revised about half of the stories for The October Country and the original versions of his early work remained out of print until this limited edition reissue.
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Dark Carnival
by Bradbury, Ray
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- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1947
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- Hardcover
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Madison, New Jersey, USA
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$1,000.00
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Sauck City, WI: Arkham House, 1947. 313pp. Black cloth boards, gilt titles on spine. Binding tight, spine straight, corners square. Pages evenly age toned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows some wear at spine ends, and some rubbing to front panel. Small, closed tear at lower front corner of back panel. Dust jacket is intact, not price clipped.… Read more about this item Item Price
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DARK CARNIVAL
by Bradbury, Ray
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- First Edition
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- 1947
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Rochester, Michigan, USA
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$1,273.70
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DARK CARNIVAL, Arkham House, 1947, first edition, browning to the paste-downs due to the publishers choice of glue and paper, else vg in like dust-wrapper with some light wear, shallow chipping to the head of the dust-wrapper spine and some scattered foxing to the rear dust-wrapper panel and upper and fore edge margins of the dust-wrapper flaps. … Read more about this item Item Price
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DARK CARNIVAL - SIGNED
by Bradbury, Ray
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- 1947
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Stephenson, Virginia, USA
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$2,250.00
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Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1947. First Edition. Bradbury's first book, a colllection of 27 stories, "mostly supernatural but with a few contes cruels, including the consummately repulsive taphephobic fantasy "Interim"...The collection stands at the head of a tradition in modern American horror fiction which combined stylistic deftness with a determination to deal forthrightly with the previously unthinkable -… Read more about this item Item Price
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DARK CARNIVAL
by Bradbury, Ray
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- Used - A fine copy in a very good dust price clipped dust jacket with shelf wear to head of spine panel and corner tips, mild rubbing,
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- First edition
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- 1947
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Laurel, Maryland, USA
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$2,500.00
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Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. First edition. A fine copy in a very good dust price clipped dust jacket with shelf wear to head of spine panel and corner tips, mild rubbing, and some soiling to the rear panel. No fade to the color of the spine lettering. This jacket is not quite trimmed to size which often results… Read more about this item Item Price
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DARK CARNIVAL
by Bradbury, Ray
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- Used - A fine copy in a fine bright dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to corners and spine ends. A superior copy. (14630)
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- First edition
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- 1947
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Laurel, Maryland, USA
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$6,500.00
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Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. First edition. A fine copy in a fine bright dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to corners and spine ends. A superior copy. (14630). Octavo, cloth. 3112 copies printed. The author's first book. Collects twenty-seven stories, most first appearing in magazines, sixteen from WEIRD TALES. Six stories are published here… Read more about this item Item Price
$6,500.00
Dark Carnival
by Bradbury, Ray
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- Edge & Shelfworn Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First UK Edition
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
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Durham, North Carolina, USA
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$700.00
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UK: Hamish Hamilton, 1948. Book. Good. Hardcover. First UK Edition. Spine moderately cocked. Binding firm. Edges of pages yellowing. Front free end page missing. DJ has small pieces out (the largest being 1/4") at top of spine. 1/4" piece of scotch tape on inner edge of front flap, and a similarly-sized piece of scotch tape reinforcing the inner side of… Read more about this item Item Price
$700.00
Dark Carnival
by Ray Bradbury
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1947
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- Hardcover
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Flemington, New Jersey, USA
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$3,000.00
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Arkham House, 1947. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Author's First Book. Fine Copy In like Jacket.Author's First Book.$3.00 on flap.First Edition (1947).Beautiful Fresh Copy.Scarce in this Condition. Bookplate under front flap.Excellent Copy. . Item Price
$3,000.00
DARK CARNIVAL
by Bradbury, Ray
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- PROOF
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PASADENA, California, USA
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$1,250.00
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GAUNTLET Book. Fine. No Binding. Signed by Author(s). PROOF. A FINE FIRST EDITION SIGNED ONE OF 52 WITH CD AND PAMPHLET IN LEATHER TRAYCASE COPY XX. Item Price
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Dark Carnival
by BRADBURY, RAY
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- 1947
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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$7,000.00
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Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1947. First Edition of the Author’s First Book. Signed by the author, Ray Bradbury. The inscription reads (in upper case): "For Bob Hoffman, With fond remembrances of many pleasant evenings of Prokofieff, Gliere, Rozsa and others - and the old days of record making - With all my best from your friend, Ray Bradbury… Read more about this item Item Price
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DARK CARNIVAL
by Bradbury, Ray
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- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1947
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Rochester, Michigan, USA
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$4,679.50
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DARK CARNIVAL, Arkham House, 1947, first edition, one leaf of the text block creased at the upper fore edge section, else fine in like dust-wrapper with some very slight wear to the dust-wrapper spine extremities and just a hint of rubbing to the rear dust-wrapper panel. The authors most desirable first book. 1/3,000 published. A choice copy! … Read more about this item Item Price
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Dark Carnival
by BRADBURY Ray
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- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1947
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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$6,800.00
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1947. First Edition . Signed. BRADBURY, Ray. Dark Carnival. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1947. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. $6800.First edition of Bradbury's important first book, signed by him on the title page.The legendary Bradbury was ""as influenced by George Bernard Shaw and William Shakespeare as he was by Jules Verne
Bradbury's poetically drawn and atmospheric… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dark Carnival
by BRADBURY, RAY
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Published
- 2001
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- Hardcover
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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$550.00
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Springfield PA: Gauntlet, 2001. Book. Fine. Leatherette. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition. Dark Grey leatherette lettered in silver. Wrapped in pictorial dustjacket and housed in leatherette slipcase with one pictorial panel. Edition limited to 700 numbered copies signed by the author on limitation page. This copy is #659 and also signed by Clive Barker who wrote the Afterword. Also included… Read more about this item Item Price
$550.00