signed first edition
1975 · [Pasadena
by BRADBURY, Ray
[Pasadena: Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press], 1975. First Edition. Slim quarto (25.25cm); illustrated wrappers; [8]pp; front wrapper and title page illustrated with Flowers and Faces by H.E. Bates (Golden Cockerell Press). Signed by Bradbury on the front wrapper. A Fine copy. An elegant edition, containing the text of a lecture Bradbury presented at Scripps College in Claremon, CA. Bradbury would deliver variations of the lecture several more times between 1975-1977, and it was included in a 2002 fine press edition (27 copies) titled How Not To Burn A Book - or 1984 Will Not Arrive. A scarce bit of non-fiction; we find no examples for sale in the trade (May, 2018), and 7 found in OCLC. (Inventory #: 39893)