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Dark Carnival: Available Copies

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Dark Carnival
    by Bradbury, Ray

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780008554316
    Publisher: HarperVoyager (2024)


    Seller: GreatBookPrices (Columbia, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: As New
    Book Price: $12.49
    Shipping: $2.64
    TOTAL Cost: $15.13

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Dark Carnival
    by Ray Bradbury

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780008554316
    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers 2024-03-14, London (2024)


    Seller: Blackwell's (Oxford, OX, United Kingdom)
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    Book Price: $12.98
    Shipping: $5.68
    TOTAL Cost: $18.66

Language: ENG

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Dark Carnival
    by Bradbury, Ray

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780008554316
    Publisher: HarperVoyager (2024)


    Seller: GreatBookPrices (Columbia, MD, U.S.A.)
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    Book Price: $16.02
    Shipping: $2.64
    TOTAL Cost: $18.66

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Dark Carnival: the debut of the master storyteller and author of FAHRENHEIT 451
    by Bradbury, Ray

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780008554316
    Publisher: HarperVoyager (2024)


    Seller: Revaluation Books (Exeter, United Kingdom)
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    Book Price: $11.68
    Shipping: $12.62
    TOTAL Cost: $24.30

480 pages. 7.76x5.12x1.46 inches. In Stock.

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Dark Carnival
    by Ray Bradbury

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780008554316
    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (2024)


    Seller: Kennys Bookstore (Olney, MD, U.S.A.)
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    Book Price: $20.51
    Shipping: $10.50
    TOTAL Cost: $31.01

2024. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Dark Carnival
    by Bradbury, Ray

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780008554316
    Publisher: HarperVoyager (2024)


    Seller: GreatBookPricesUK (Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom)
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    Book Price: $12.97
    Shipping: $18.93
    TOTAL Cost: $31.90

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Dark Carnival
    by Bradbury, Ray

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780008554316
    Publisher: HarperVoyager (2024)


    Seller: GreatBookPricesUK (Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: As New
    Book Price: $14.59
    Shipping: $18.93
    TOTAL Cost: $33.52

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Dark Carnival
    by Ray Bradbury

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780008554316
    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (2024)


    Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd. (Galway, GY, Ireland)
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    Book Price: $23.99
    Shipping: $11.35
    TOTAL Cost: $35.34

2024. Paperback. . . . . .

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Dark Carnival]
    by Ray Bradbury

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Hayakawa Publishing Inc. ()


    Seller: Wonder Book (Frederick, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $37.95
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $37.95

Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. Japanese edition. (Science Fiction, Books in Japanese) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

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Dark Carnival
    by Ray Bradbury

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780008554316
    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (2024)


    Seller: PBShop.store UK (Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom)
    New Book
    Book Price: $13.10
    Shipping: $31.54
    TOTAL Cost: $44.64

New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Dark Carnival
    by Ray Bradbury

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780008554316
    Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers Mär 2024 (2024)


    Seller: Smartbuy (Einbeck, Germany)
    New Book
    Book Price: $12.52
    Shipping: $35.67
    TOTAL Cost: $48.19

Neuware - 'Let us now praise Ray Bradbury'THE TIMES 480 pp. Deutsch

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DARK CARNIVAL
    by BRADBURY, RAY

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780008554316
    Publisher: HarperVoyager (2024)


    Seller: Speedyhen (London, United Kingdom)
    New Book
    Book Price: $13.92
    Shipping: $51.73
    TOTAL Cost: $65.65

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Print of the Cover Art for Dark Carnival
    by Ray Bradbury

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Gauntlet Press, Colorado Springs (2001)


    Seller: Hyraxia Books. ABA, ILAB (Hutton Cranswick, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $389.86
    Shipping: $18.93
    TOTAL Cost: $408.79

Colorado Springs, Gauntlet Press, 2001. Limited Edition. Unbound. A fine copy. #24 of 25 copies printed, each signed by the author / illustrator as issued. Depicts the cover of the Gauntlet Press printing of the book. [8379, Hyraxia Books].

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Dark carnival / Ray Bradbury
    by Bradbury, Ray

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: London : H. Hamilton (1948)


    Seller: MW Books Ltd. (Galway, Ireland)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $473.33
    Shipping: $14.00
    TOTAL Cost: $487.33

Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Titles slightly faded on spine. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Some light foxing marks evident in the bottom margin of pages 9-20 - text unaffected. Bumped corners. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 271 pages; 1st British edition. Rare 1st edition of Bradbury's first book. 271 p. 19 cm. Genre: Horror tales, American -- Short Stories -- Fiction. 1 Kg.

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Dark carnival / Ray Bradbury
    by Bradbury, Ray

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: London : H. Hamilton (1948)


    Seller: MW Books (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $520.00
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $520.00

Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Titles slightly faded on spine. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Some light foxing marks evident in the bottom margin of pages 9-20 - text unaffected. Bumped corners. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 271 pages; 1st British edition. Rare 1st edition of Bradbury's first book. 271 p. 19 cm. Genre: Horror tales, American -- Short Stories -- Fiction. 1 Kg.

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Dark Carnival
    by BRADBURY, RAY

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Gauntlet, Springfield PA (2001)


    Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB (Toronto, ON, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $550.00
    Shipping: $20.00
    TOTAL Cost: $570.00

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 is Time Intervening, a chapbook which was sent to subscribers who bought directly from publisher. A fine copy of the classic book of macabre tales.

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Dark Carnival
    by Bradbury, Ray

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, UK (1948)


    Seller: Books Do Furnish A Room (Durham, NC, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $700.00
    Shipping: $4.35
    TOTAL Cost: $704.35

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 the DJ spine. 3/4" tear at bottom rear edge of DJ near spine, repaired with scotch tape on the inner side. Not all the stories from the US edition are included.

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Dark Carnival
    by Bradbury, Ray

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Arkham House, Sauk City, Wi (1947)


    Seller: Feldman's Books (Menlo Park, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $700.00
    Shipping: $4.50
    TOTAL Cost: $704.50

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Dark Carnival
    by Ray Bradbury

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Hamish Hamilton (1948)


    Seller: Trinity Books (Boyle, ROSCO, Ireland)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $712.78
    Shipping: $24.33
    TOTAL Cost: $737.11

Hardback first UK edition very good in very good price clipped dust jacket a bit soiled at the rear. No inscriptions pages slightly yellowed binding tight. Some spotting on for edges. Jacket by Michael Ayrton.

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Dark Carnival
    by Ray Bradbury

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Gauntlet Publications, Springfield, PA (2001)


    Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA (Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $750.00
    Shipping: $3.99
    TOTAL Cost: $753.99

One of 700 numbered copies signed by Ray Bradbury and Clive Barker (afterword). Hardcover, bound in boards with dust jacket in a slipcase.

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DARK CARNIVAL
    by Bradbury, Ray. Donn Albright, editor

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Gauntlet Publications, Springfield, PA (2001)


    Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (Laurel, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $750.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $755.00

Octavo, cover painting by Ray Bradbury, imitation leather. One of 700 numbered copies, signed by Bradbury and Clive Barker, author of the afterword. One of 700 numbered copies, signed by Bradbury and by Clive Barker (who writes the afterword). New edition, first limited, of Bradbury's first book. Edited by Donn Albright, nine page new introduction by Bradbury. This edition also includes four stories, contemporary to the rest of the contents but not in the original edition, archival material and an afterword by Clive Barker. Wrap around dust jacket is an original painting by Bradbury. Includes "Time Intervening" by Ray Bradbury, a numbered chapbook and a CD of interviews conducted by Donn Albright, both accompanied some but not all copies. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #254. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-42. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and slipcase. (31452)

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Dark Carnival
    by Bradbury, Ray

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Arkham House (1947)


    Seller: Chaparral Books (Portland, OR, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $750.00
    Shipping: $6.50
    TOTAL Cost: $756.50

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 spotting on the last several pages. No dust jacket. 8vo. 313pp.

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Dark Carnival (First UK edition)
    by Ray Bradbury

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Hamish Hamilton (1948)


    Seller: Nightshade Booksellers, IOBA member (Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $800.00
    Shipping: $4.99
    TOTAL Cost: $804.99

First UK edition of Bradbury's first book. A very good copy with some light general wear and toning in a good DJ with spine darkening and a closed tear on back cover repaired with tape long ago. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #35

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Dark Carnival
    by Bradbury, Ray

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Gauntlet Publications, Springfield, PA (2001)


    Seller: Dark Hollow Books®, Member NHABA, IOBA (Wolfeboro Falls, NH, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: As New
    Book Price: $850.00
    Shipping: $4.25
    TOTAL Cost: $854.25

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 by Bradbury. This edition also includes four stories not in the original edition, archival material and an afterword by Clive Barker. Wrap around dust jacket reproduces an original painting by Bradbury. Paste-down on slipcase.

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DARK CARNIVAL
    by Bradbury, Ray

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Arkham House: Sauk City, WI (1947)


    Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books (Detroit, MI, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $862.50
    Shipping: $5.05
    TOTAL Cost: $867.55

7.5 x 5.25", cloth, 313pp, corners bumped, in worn, edge-frayed, price-clipped, darkened dustjacket, minor edge tears. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 3000 COPIES.

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Dark Carnival (signed first edition)
    by Ray Bradbury

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Arkham (1947)


    Seller: Nightshade Booksellers, IOBA member (Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $950.00
    Shipping: $4.99
    TOTAL Cost: $954.99

First edition, 1947, one of 3112 copies printing of Bradbury's first book. A signed note by Bradbury is taped onto the front endpaper dated April 17, 1948-- a very early signature. There are tape marks where the note is taped in. A very good copy with some light wear to spine and some light age toning in a good DJ that has a a couple of chips to the top edge and spine plus some general edgewear and tape repairs but the $3.00 price point is still present, now protected in archival mylar. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. All books are wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #113

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Dark Carnival
    by Bradbury, Ray

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Arkham House, Sauck City, WI (1947)


    Seller: The Chatham Bookseller (Madison, NJ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $1000.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $1005.00

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. Jacket in mylar sleeve. Bradbury's first collection of stories, edited by August Derleth and issued in a run of only 3112 copies. Bradbury didn't authorize a reprint edition of the book for years, due to the fact many of the stories appeared in other books over the years. Finally, in 2001, he gave the go-ahead to an edition from Gauntlet Press, and provided an introductory essay.

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Dark Carnival
    by Bradbury, Ray

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781887368506
    Publisher: Gauntlet Pr, Springfield, PA (2001)


    Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $1220.00
    Shipping: $9.75
    TOTAL Cost: $1229.75

Fine in Fine, Limited# 276 of 700, Signed by Ray Bradbury and Clive Barker, Flawless, in a protective cover

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DARK CARNIVAL
    by Bradbury, Ray

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: GAUNTLET ()


    Seller: Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A. (PASADENA, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $1250.00
    Shipping: $8.00
    TOTAL Cost: $1258.00

A FINE FIRST EDITION SIGNED ONE OF 52 WITH CD AND PAMPHLET IN LEATHER TRAYCASE COPY XX

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DARK CARNIVAL
    by Bradbury, Ray

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Arkham House (1947)


    Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979 (ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $1305.50
    Shipping: $12.50
    TOTAL Cost: $1318.00

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. The authors most desirable first book. 1/3,000 published. SIGNED by the author.

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