Bradbury, Ray (2020) ‘Fahrenheit 451’, US signed deluxe limited edition, Suntup Press

Ray Bradbury (2020) ‘Fahrenheit 451‘, US deluxe limited edition, published by Suntup Press. One of only 26 lettered copies of which this is letter ‘X’. Signed by introducer Neil Gaiman, artist Julia Griffin and Jonathan R. Eller.

Condition: fine and with its original packaging, box and all extras.

Production details according to the publisher:

• 6” x 9” trim size.
• Limited to 26 copies.
• Each copy features a unique original book cover, burned and encased behind an acrylic panel.
• Full goatskin binding.
• Introduction by NY Times Bestselling author, Neil Gaiman.
• Six full color illustrations by Julia Griffin.
• 77-page bonus section on the history, context and criticism of the novel edited by Jonathan R. Eller.
• Signed by Neil Gaiman, Julia Griffin, and Jonathan R. Eller.
• Includes Bradbury’s short story The Pedestrian and his novella The Fireman, which later evolved into Fahrenheit 451.
• Hand marbled endsheets.
• Printed letterpress on Mohawk Superfine.
• Housed in a quarter leather clamshell enclosure with Italian cloth boards.
• Premiums with all pre-orders include print and bookmarks.

“This year marks the Centennial of Ray Bradbury’s birth, and to celebrate the life and work of this beloved and visionary author, Suntup Editions is delighted to announce a fine press limited edition of Fahrenheit 451.

Highly regarded as Ray Bradbury’s masterpiece, Fahrenheit 451 depicts a dystopian society in which all books are outlawed and burned. The novel follows the personal evolution and journey of Guy Montag, from a fireman for whom it is a pleasure to burn books, to a man disillusioned with the censoring of knowledge and dedicated to the preservation of literature.

In a 1956 interview, Bradbury said, “I wrote this book at a time when I was worried about the way things were going in this country four years ago. Too many people were afraid of their shadows; there was a threat of book burning. Many of the books were being taken off the shelves at that time.”

Bradbury has also described the book as a commentary on resistance to conformity, and how mass media can create a lack of interest in reading literature.

Though considered one of the greatest science-fiction novels of all time, much of Fahrenheit 451 has become science-fact. The novel predicted earbud headphones, flatscreen televisions, and 24-hour banking machines.

In 1954, Fahrenheit 451 won the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature and the Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal. It later won the Prometheus “Hall of Fame” Award in 1984, and a “Retro” Hugo Award in 2004, one of only seven Best Novel “Retro” Hugo Awards ever given.”

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