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The illustrated man book6/29/2023 The wicked young-old witch's sign had advertised "Skin Illustration", and, in 1900, at the age of twenty, the old man had decided to have it done in hopes of being able to find steady work as a freak attraction in various roving carnivals. The Illustrated Man is the eccentric, haunting tale of a young man's encounter, beginning on a late Wisconsin afternoon, and continuing on into the early morning dark, with a mysterious, stocky, somewhat unkempt, considerably older man who, the young man soon learns, has had his entire covering of skin tattooed. At the time of publication of The Illustrated Man, Bradbury, now an American literary icon, had produced two previous works, Dark Carnival and the now-legendary The Martian Chronicles. Some of the requisite library markings are present, as might be expected. A similar horizontal, irregular tear exists on pages 241-242, as well, which I thought best to neatly clear tape to stabilize. Pages 243-244 were previously irregularly, horizontally, practically-all-the-way-across torn, about 3/4 of the way down from top(this tear was already clear taped/repaired previously). There is light, spotty foxing observed on some pages, the body of which shows some quite modest yellowing. This rebound ex-library, 5" X 7 3/4", 251-page, First Edition offering is in G+ condition. The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury was published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, in 1951.
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