The Machineries of Joy Short Stories
by Bradbury, Ray
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-049: Simon and Shuster. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Simon and Schuster, New York. 1964. 255 pages. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In this book you will meet... A Hollywood monster-maker whose Tyrannosaurus Rex suddenly becomes alarmingly lifelike. A boy who raises giant mushrooms in his cellar -- until the mushrooms begin to raise him. A corpse who supports his wife and family. A circus fat lady whose midget husband has tattooed every inch of her mammoth body with fantastically intricate designs. Plus seventeen other amazing tales by the author of The Illustrated Man and the Martian Chronicles. EB; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 240 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64471
- Title
- The Machineries of Joy Short Stories
- Author
- Bradbury, Ray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Simon and Shuster
- Place of Publication
- E-049
- Date Published
- 1964
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