Lot 146: Collection of Five ''Martian Chronicles'' Artist Proofs -- Signed by Ray Bradbury & Robert Watson, The Artist Who Created Cover Art for the Famous Book

Lot of 5 ''The Martian Chronicles'' artist proofs signed by both Ray Bradbury and Robert Watson. Watson created the stunning cover art for the second 1953 edition of Bradbury's famous tome. Poster is headed ''Ray Bradbury / The Martian Chronicles'' and portrays a solitary human being, surrounded by decaying structural columns. Signed ''Ray Bradbury'' in pencil to center and ''R. Watson'' in pencil to right side. Each poster is numbered, ''A/P 14/200'', ''A/P 15/200'', ''A/P 17/200'', ''A/P 29/200'', and the fifth duplicated again ''A/P 17/200'' as a mistake. Posters measure 22'' x 30''. Each has some dampstaining along bottom and two posters have tiny tears to edges, overall very good condition. From the Ray Bradbury estate.