Dandelion Wine [*SIGNED* association copy]

Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. 1957. Later Printing. Hardcover. [light shelfwear only, a couple of tiny red spots (ink?) on bottom edges of covers, very slight deterioration to cloth at top of spine; jacket shows a little wear at extremities, small chip at base of spine, spine panel slightly browned]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author to actor/director/producer Norman Lloyd and his wife on the front endpaper: "For / Peg & Norman -- / with the friendly / wishes of / the boy from / 'Green Town' / Ray Bradbury / 3/22/62." One of Bradbury's most highly-regarded works, less a "novel" as stated than a series of interconnected short stories with recurring characters. The inspiration was Bradbury's own childhood in Waukegan, Illinois, lightly fictionalized here as "Green Town" (as referenced in his inscription), and it was (and is) notable in his oueuve for its abandonment of its author's usual sci-fi/horror tropes. At the time of the inscription (March 1962), Bradbury and Lloyd had already collaborated on several programs for the Alfred Hitchcock TV anthology series, on which Lloyd was the associate producer: Bradbury had written the teleplays for three episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (two of which were based on his own stories, and one of which also starred Lloyd) and, perhaps more significantly, an original teleplay entitled "The Jail," which Lloyd also directed for the "Alcoa Premiere" series (and which was also produced by Hitchcock's Shamley Productions). There would be more in the future: two episodes of "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" from Bradbury stories, both directed by Lloyd. In the course of this fruitful collaboration, the two men and their families formed a friendship that would endure until Bradbury's death in 2012. An outstanding inscription, documenting a warm personal and professional relationship. Signed by Author .