The October Country (Signed first edition) Bradbury, Ray; Joseph Mugnaini (illustrator) Gift Ideas,Modern Firsts,Signed Books

First issue with the inverted publisher's monograph at the foot of spine. Signed and inscribed by the author in blue ink to front free endpaper (dated 3/22/85) and to the title in black ink "For Pat! Now recognized and fondly remembered! Ray Bradbury 2/6/88". A Fine copy of the book in a Near Fine dust jacket. The jacket very faintly dust-soiled, otherwise an excellent double-signed example. A collection of nineteen haunting short stories by Ray Bradbury with illustrations by his frequent collaborator Joseph Mugnaini. Bradbury introduces the spooky "October country" of his imagination as "that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger.That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. Whose people passing at night on the empty walks sound like rain." Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.