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MAKES THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANY FAN OF FANTASY / SCIENCE FICTION / RAY BRADBURY / ARTWORK OF MUGNAINI ** PLEASE READ : Mahalo for taking the time to look at our listing. We truly appreciate it. We always do our BEST to give you the most accurate description of these beautiful books. If, however, you have any SPECIFIC questions about the SIZE of the book, NUMBER of pages, TYPE of leather, SMELL or FEEL of the book, PLEASE email us through EBay’s mail system BEFORE you bid, and we will be HAPPY to give you more information. We want you to be completely happy with your purchase and keep you as our customers for years to come!** DESCRIPTION: Limited Editions Club ALUMINUM BINDING of Bradbury’s Masterpiece, LONG OUT OF PRINT edition of FAHRENHEIT 451, personally SIGNED 🖊️ by BRADBURY & ILLUSTRATOR MUGNAINI. THIS IS A SCARCE, ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT TO FIND HEIRLOOM LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB EDITIONS with LAVISH IMPRESSIONS TO THE BOARDS AND SPINE and GORGEOUS FULL-COLOR FOLD-OUT ILLUSTRATIONS by JOSEPH MUGNAINI . IT IS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY-PRIZED EDITIONS OF THIS GREAT SCI-FI CLASSIC. THE ORIGINAL COLLECTOR’S NOTES ARE INCLUDED. 🍍 NOT INCLUDED… 😃 The Limited Editions Club of New York was started in 1929 by George Macy. At 29-years-old, he was an avid reader who wanted to make his living from books. His business revolved around publishing beautifully illustrated classic titles in relatively small quantities with club members paying a subscription. Today, the Limited Editions Club (LEC) is an important part of the rare book business and the books are adored by collectors. From 1929 to 1985, the Limited Editions Club published 548 titles. George passed away in 1956 but his widow, Helen, ran the company until the early 1970s when she retired and sold to Boise Cascade who sold the firm again in 1978. The Limited Editions Club is famous for original illustrations by the best book illustrators and artists. Between 1929 and 1985, 10 to 12 titles featuring 1,500 numbered copies each were published annually although the print run expanded to 2,000 numbered copies in later years. Each title was unique, using special papers, special cover material including many in leather, almost all came in a slipcase or clamshell box, many of the titles were already regarded as classics and produced by private small presses throughout the world, almost all were signed by either the illustrator, author, publisher or designer. Sometimes three signatures can be found on the colophon page. During the depression years, many of the world’s greatest artists struggled to find regular work and a large number were employed by Macy. ABOUT THE BOOK: Over Sixty years after its original publication, Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known. Illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini. Foreword by Ray Bradbury. Signed on colophon by Bradbury and Mugnaini. Frontispiece is a full-page original lithograph 3 double- page color plates. Printed letterpress on acid-free paper. Black endpapers. Bound in full decorated aluminum that was wrapped around the boards by hand with the cover design silkscreened upon the aluminum foil in red, white, and black. All page edges silver. Silver slipcase with edge title. No. 783 of 2000 152 pages ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR: Joseph Anthony Mugnaini was an Italian-born American artist and illustrator. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Ray Bradbury, beginning in 1952. He died in 1992. CONDITION: Book is in l IMPECCABLE condition for its age with only a few of the normal minor rubs to the ALUMINUM boards and spine. Slipcase is in amazing condition with only very minor superficial rubs (SEE PICS FOR BETTER DETAILS). NO ATTACHED BOOKPLATES, WRITING FROM PREVIOUS. It is an AMAZING edition! SHIPPING: FREE TO US ADDRESSES ONLY. INTERNATIONAL $ based on location. WE SHIP PRIORITY MAIL & PACK VERY WELL. 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