Science Fiction Bookclub by arrangement with Victor Gollancz. London. 1964. DW. First edition, thus. Outer edge of pages very foxed, top edge of boards slightly sunned otherwise a clean and sound copy in a sunned wrapper that is slightly marked to rear panel and has shelfwear to edges. View More...
Jonathan Cape, London. 1975. First edition. Hardback with DW. The boards are very slightly faded along top margins. The contents are very clean and fresh with no ownership inscriptions. The wrapper is NOT price clipped, it is a little browned and very slightly soiled o/w a very good, clean copy. View More...
First edition. DW. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO ANGHARAD RYDER. TOGETHER WITH TWO TWO-SIDED AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED AND FOUR AUTOGRAPH POSTCARDS FROM BALLARD TO RYDER. The letters are very interesting and also personal, for example he tells Angharad to be selective in her small safari through his novels, "...there's a pretty clear spectrum running from the visionary & idealistic (Crystal World and Unlimited Dream Co) to more or less out and out porn, as in Crash - though to me that's my most idealistic book of all...." He talks about the part-autobiographical nature of "Empire... View More...
Panther Science Fiction. London. 1969. First edition in paperback. Pages browned, covers slightly soiled with a small close tear to the top of the front cover otherwise a sound copy. View More...
Science Fiction Bookclub by arrangement with Victor Gollancz. London. 1964. DW. First edition, thus. Outer edge of pages very foxed, top edge of boards slightly sunned otherwise a clean and sound copy in a sunned wrapper that is slightly marked to rear panel and has slight shelfwear to edges and is creased to head of spine with a short close tear. View More...
Penguin Books, Hardmondsworth. 1966. First edition thus. Paperback. Spine is sunned and covers are very slightly rubbed. The pages are browned, however this is a very clean and tight copy. View More...
New Worlds. London. No date (c1966).Paperback. Cover by Langdon Jones. Slight scuff to bottom front cover and spine, small crease bottom left and top right of back cover, lovely copy with slight shelfwear. View More...
New Worlds SF, London. nd. Paperback. 160 pages. Includes in addition to the Ballard story pieces by Thomas M. Disch, John Clute and John T. Sladek + an interview by Daphne Castell with J.R.R. Tolkien. A nice copy of this scarce with minimal wear to exterior except for addition of "7 Jervoise Rd" vertically in red ball-point to back cover! View More...
John Wiley & Sons. New York. 1882. First edition. Tall slim 8vo. Original royal blue boards with gilt decorations to front cover which is ruled in black. Spine is dulled and faded with rubbing to head and tail and a small patch of rubbing to cloth of back cover near joint with spine. Frontis. 7 plates and many diagrams and figures to text. The frontis. and 2 other plates use pink to highlight some of the faces of the pyramids. Small address plate to front pastedown and two ownership incriptions, one of them more modern, to dedication page. Pages slightly browned. Slight signs of use to content... View More...
Blackie & Son, London. 1964. First edition. Hardback with DW. Prize bookplate + ink scribble to front endpaper, some browning to endpapers o/w contents clean and sound. Wrapper is a little soiled, quite worn and torn and lacking portion from head of spine also at joints with front and rear panels. View More...
