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The Ray Bradbury Companion: Available Copies

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The Ray Bradbury Companion. Signed
    by Nolan, William F.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Gale Research (1975)


    Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA (Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $85.00
    Shipping: $9.99
    TOTAL Cost: $94.99

First edition. Large octavo. Original blue cloth stamped in silver. Numerous b/w photographs and facsimiles. Issued without dust jacket. Publisher?s slipcase. Very good. 339 pages. 12 page introduction by Bradbury. 4 page preface by Nolan. Signed and inscribed by Nolan on front free endpaper: ?To Robert Trimble, Best wishes of William F. Nolan June 2, ?75.?

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THE RAY BRADBURY COMPANION: A Life and Career History, Photolog, and Comprehensive Checklist of Writings with Facsimiles from Ray Bradbury's Unpublished and Uncollected Work in all Media
    by Nolan, William F.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780810309302
    Publisher: Gale Research Company, Detroit (1975)


    Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA (Covina, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $100.00
    Shipping: $4.75
    TOTAL Cost: $104.75

Signed by William F. Nolan on the front flyleaf. An early critical companion to the writing and influence of Ray Bradbury (1920-2012), embracing the full range of his creatively, including novels and stories, stage plays, screenplays, television and radio scripts, verse, comic strips, etc. Includes an introduction by Bradbury and facsimiles from unpublished and uncollected work. Octavo: xiii, 339 p. with a frontispiece portrait and numerous textual illustrations. Original blue cloth binding, with silver titles and pictorial endpapers. A crisp and clean example, better than very good. Housed in the publisher's slipcase, with some browning and scuffing to the paper label.

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The Ray Bradbury Companion: A Life and Career History, Photolog, and Comprehensive Checklist of Writings with Facsimiles from Ray Bradbury's Unpublished and Uncollected Work in All Media
    by Ray Bradbury; William F. Nolan

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780810309302
    Publisher: Gale Research (1975)


    Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks (Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.)
    New Book
    Book Price: $106.53
    Shipping: $4.00
    TOTAL Cost: $110.53

New. Fast Shipping and good customer service

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THE RAY BRADBURY COMPANION: A LI
    by Ray Bradbury; William F. Nolan

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780810309302
    Publisher: Gale Research (1975)


    Seller: BennettBooksLtd (North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.)
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    Book Price: $105.86
    Shipping: $5.87
    TOTAL Cost: $111.73

New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2.35

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The Ray Bradbury Companion, A Life and Career History, Photolog and Comprehensive Checklist of Writings with Facsimiles.
    by Nolan, William F.; & Ray Bradbury (intro)

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780810309302
    Publisher: A Bruccoli Clark Book / Gale Research, Detroit, Michigan (1975)


    Seller: About Books (Henderson, NV, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $123.95
    Shipping: $6.50
    TOTAL Cost: $130.45

Detroit, Michigan: A Bruccoli Clark Book / Gale Research, 1975. Fine condition in a Very Good original slipcase. Internally VERY FINE. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. NOT a library discard. 1975. Profusely illustrated. The standard bibliography. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. Includes a wealth of personal photos, title page, book cover and dust jacket reproductions, etc. Full title: "The Ray Bradbury Companion: A Life and Career History, Photolog, and Comprehensive Checklist of Writings with Facsimiles from Ray Bradbury's Unpublished and Uncollected Work in All Media." Bound in the original blue cloth with sharp corners, stamped in bright silver on the spine. Complete with the publisher's blue cloth slipcase, with full wraparound blue and white printed paper label. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good slipcase. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 352pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

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The Ray Bradbury Companion: A Life and Career History, Photolog, and Comprehensive Checklist of Writings, with Facsimiles from Ray Bradbury's Unpublished and Uncollected Work in All Media
    by Nolan, William F.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780810309302
    Publisher: Gale Research (1975)


    Seller: Nicholas J. Certo (Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $125.00
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    TOTAL Cost: $131.50

Oversize hardbound, 340pgs indexed, well illustrated. FINE copy in little little spine darkened board slipcase, not issued in dust wrapper.

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THE RAY BRADBURY COMPANION
    by (Bradbury, Ray) Nolan, William F.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Published by Gale Research, Detroit (1975)


    Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (Laurel, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $250.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $255.00

Octavo, cloth. Label affixed to dedication page inscribed and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan. Inscribed and signed by Donn Albright, the dedicatee, to same fan on the dedication page. From the title page: "A lLife and Career History, Photlog, and Comprehensive Checklist of Writings With Facsimiles From Ray Bradbury's Unpublished and Uncollected Workk in All Media." "Nolan's work stands as a monument to one of the most popular and enduring writers of the fantastic." - Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 291. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 10-26. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 8-15. A fine copy in slipcase, no dust jacket as issued. (31508)

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The Ray Bradbury Companion
    by William F. Nolan; Ray Bradbury

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Gale Research, Michigan (1975)


    Seller: Rooke Books PBFA (Bath, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $251.21
    Shipping: $16.25
    TOTAL Cost: $267.46

A fine first edition of this fascinating companion to the works of Ray Bradbury, illustrated, in the original cloth slipcase. The first edition of this work. In the original cloth slipcase. Slipcase in a very good indeed condition. A collectible and useful companion guide to the works of Ray Bradbury, being a history of the life and career of the author, as well as containing a comprehensive checklist of his works, and facsimiles from Bradbury's unpublished and uncollected works. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and some in-text illustrations. Ray Bradbury was a noted American author, best known for his dystopian novel 'Fahrenheit 451'. Written by William F. Nolan, and American author, who was a great fan and friend of Bradbury. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original cloth slipcase. Externally, fine. Slipcase with marks and discolouration to the paper to the boards and spine, and just a small amount of bumping. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Slipcase in a very good indeed condition. Fine

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The Ray Bradbury Companion: A Life and Career History, Photolog, and Comprehensive Checklist of Writings with Facsimiles from Ray Bradbury's Unpublished and Uncollected Work in All Media
    by Ray Bradbury; William F. Nolan

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780810309302
    Publisher: Gale Research, Detroit, Michigan (1975)


    Seller: The Dawn Treader Book Shop (Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $275.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $280.00

Signed by Ray Bradbury on main title page. Book is in as new/ fine condition. Slipcase also in Fine condition. No scuffing or shelf wear. Pictures sent on request.

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The Ray Bradbury Companion - A Life and Career History, Photolog, and Comprehensive Checklist of Writings - By William F. Nolan - Introduction by Ray Bradbury
    by BRADBURY, RAY & WILLIAM F. NOLAN

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Detroit, MI Bruccoli Clark/Gale Research 1975 (1975)


    Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA (Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $300.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $306.00

First Edition. Signed by the author Ray Bradbury: ÒPat! As Always! Ray Bradbury, 5/5/88.Ó Also signed by William F. Nolan: ÒCheers! Pat! Personal best, Bill Nolan.Ó Fine in a lightly used slipcase. The 339 page massive bibliography, extensively illustrated, with biographical information on Bradbury. Absolutely required for anyone collecting Bradbury.

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THE RAY BRADBURY COMPANION: A LIFE AND CAREER HISTORY, PHOTOLOG, AND COMPREHENSIVE CHECKLIST OF WRITINGS WITH FACSIMILES FROM RAY BRADBURY'S UNPUBLISHED AND UNCOLLECTED WORK IN ALL MEDIA.
    by Nolan, William F. (Text) Bradbury, Ray. (Introduction)

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: GALE RESEARCH., DETROIT (1975)


    Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA (Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $450.00
    Shipping: $8.00
    TOTAL Cost: $458.00

Warmly INSCRIBED by Ray Bradbury in year of publication to Digby Diehl, founding editor of the Los Angeles Times book review, on the title page. Also SIGNED by William F. Nolan. Fine in oversize blue cloth, with silver titles, enclosed in a matching cloth slipcase with paper label with printed titles. (Slipcase fine, but for some marginal chipping, shelfsoiling & traces of foxing) (340pp.) (10 3/4" x 71/4") A splendid association on a book seldom encountered signed at all. (B)

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