J.G. Ballard
As a pioneering figure in New Wave Science Fiction, J.G. Ballard first editions span between 1961 (The Wind from Nowhere) and 2006 (Kingdom Come), often with attractive pictorial dust-jackets by, amongst others, Bill Botten.
The earlier titles are often hard to find in good condition, with his key works such as The Drowned World (1962), The Atrocity Exhibition (1970) and Crash (1973) being particularly sought-after in first edition.
Film adaptations have ensured his popularity among various generations over the decades, notably the David Cronenberg film Crash (1996), the above-mentioned Spielberg movie Empire of the Sun (1987, featuring a young Christian ‘Batman’ Bale) and more recently the Ben Wheatley adaptation of High-Rise (2015) starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons and Sienna Miller.
Terrifying in his ordinariness, like the protagonists of his high-rises and drowned worlds, like the man on the motorway island – Neil Gaiman
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The Drowned World.
BALLARD, J.G.Original price $1,761.00 - Original price $1,761.00Original price $0.00$1,761.00$1,761.00 - $1,761.00Current price $1,761.00| /Key climate change novel. A truly excellent first hardback edition of this key climate change novel, as with his 1966 novel The Crystal World antic...
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The 4-Dimensional Nightmare.
BALLARD, J.G.Original price $2,241.00 - Original price $2,241.00Original price $0.00$2,241.00$2,241.00 - $2,241.00Current price $2,241.00| /Ballard's second Gollancz publication and uncommon in this first issue binding. So normally this book comes in the standard Gollancz red boards. A...
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War Fever, 1990;
BALLARD, J.G.Original price $96.00 - Original price $96.00Original price $0.00$96.00$96.00 - $96.00Current price $96.00| /First editions; 8vo; publishers' boards, dust-jackets, fine copies; with a reprint of Running Wild.
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Low-Flying Aircraft.
BALLARD, J.G.Original price $609.00 - Original price $609.00Original price $0.00$609.00$609.00 - $609.00Current price $609.00| /Inscribed copy. A fine, inscribed first edition of this key Ballardian title, in the distinctive Bill Botten dust-jacket.First edition, signed pres...
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