The Special Edition of Fahrenheit 451 was bound in fire-proof asbestos (the slow and silentkiller).
Ray Bradbury’s iconic dystopian novel focused on a future American society where books are outlawed and firemen hunt down and burn books rather than put out house fires.
Shortly after the book was published in 1953, a run of 200 special editions was produced.
These books, bound in white with red cover text, included both a printed signature on the cover and an actual signature inside.
More significantly, the books were bound in covers of asbestos, a fireproof mineral that has been linked to the deaths of millions of workers over many years.
Scary books! They must burn it all that books.
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Bury them in concrete probably would be safer, Charles. Thank Goodness they only did it once.
Rod
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How can be burned….While asbestos fireproof ..lol…
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