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Lot 159

BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012). Fahrenheit 451. [San Francisco a...

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BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012). Fahrenheit 451. [San Francisco and New York: Lawton Kennedy for] The Limited Editions Club, 1982. 4to. Original color lithograph frontispiece and 3 pull-out triptychs reproduced in full-color from the original oil paintings by Joe Mugnaini. Original full aluminum over boards, silkscreened in black, white, and scarlet, all edges silver foil; original slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 529 of 2000 copies SIGNED BY BRADBURY AND MUGNAINI. ?Chris Austopchuk?s ingenious plan for the cover required heavy aluminum foil to simulate a book so durable that it would be able to resist a heat of 451 degrees? ?the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns?? (LEC newsletter, not present).