Signed and With Two Signed Letters to the Publisher

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1982. First and limited edition thus, #170/2,000 numbered copies, signed by Bradbury and illustrator Joseph Mugnaini. 4to. Illustrated with four lithographs by Mugnaini. Original full aluminum silkscreened binding in black, white, and scarlet, light wear, minor pitting; silver edges; in original slip case, light edgewear. Publisher’s prospectus laid in. LEC Great and Good Books 527; LEC Bibliography 527

“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).

Together with:

Two typed letters, signed by Bradbury ("Ray") on his personal stationery, dated May 14 and June 2, 1981, to Limited Editions Club production director Kathleen Riley, discussing this edition of Fahrenheit 451. With original mailing envelope.