In honor of the life of Ray Bradbury, we present to you an illustration from the Peabody Library’s copy of The Martian Chronicles. This edition was published in 1974 by the Limited Editions Club and features several illustrations by the artist Joseph Mugnaini. Call No.: 813.5 B7268 1974 QUARTO (Copy 800 out of 2,000)
The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury. Avon CT, Limited Editions Club, 1974.Illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini. Black cloth, speckled with white, glassine dust jacket, matching board slipcase. No. 1935 of 2,000 copies. Signed by the author and illustrator at the limitation.
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“Science is no more than an investigation of a miracle we can never explain, and art is an interpretation of that miracle.”
― Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles. It was published for the first time in 1950.
It’s nice to know people can still be spied reading this! And such a vintage edition, too!
The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury (M, 30s, brown hair, croissant/coffee, Bittersweet Café in Fort Greene) http://bit.ly/c4zuBn
The Martian Chronicles, 1980
Rock Hudson (at the right) in the mini-series The Martian Chronicles, 1980
(via hellooblivion)
The Martian Chronicles was published in the United Kingdom under the title The Silver Locusts (1951)
The Silver Locusts, Ray Bradbury
