First edition, first printing with these illustrations. Publisher's original metallic flecked buckram with black and red titles to the spine and illustration by Marc Burckhardt on the upper board, with the slipcase. Printed on Abbey Wove paper. Illustrated throughout by Marc Burckhardt with a colour frontispiece and five further colour plates. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine, structurally sound original slipcase.
A collection of 18 speculative short stories, including 'The Veldt', 'Kaleidoscope', 'The Long Rain' and 'The Last Night of the World'. The book was nominated for the 1952 International Fantasy Award in the 'fiction' category and was the basis for the 1969 film of the same name, starring Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom.
Stock code: 26105
£175