Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1962. First edition. Octavo. Original yellow cloth, spine and front cover lettered in brown. With the dust jacket. A Fine copy, in Near Fine jacket with very slight wear and rubbing at the spine ends and folds.
A nightmarish carnival visits a small Midwestern town, sending two teen boys on a journey to confront dark and evil temptations. Bradbury's pioneering dark fantasy novel was adapted into the 1983 film of the same name, and influenced writers including Stephen King (who analyzed the novel at length in his 1981 book Danse Macabre) and Neil Gaiman. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. (Item #5417)
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