formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience

October Country by Ray Bradbury first issue hardcover with dust jacket

October Country by Ray Bradbury. Ballantine Books.(1955). No statement of edition. 307 pages. 5 1/2" x 8" Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Light edge wear. Bumping to the top of the dj. A light wrinkle down the middle of the front panel. Spine is sun-faded. With original price of $3.50. There appears to be some light spotting inside the dust jacket. There are a few minor chips and tears to dust jack edges.  Now protected by a removable mylar dj cover. BOOK: Dull red cloth with black lettering on the spine. Has inverted 'BB' on the spine in accordance with the Curry bibliography. Moderate cover edge wear. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. HG21a