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BALLARD, J. (ames) G. (raham). THE UNLIMITED DREAM COMPANY. London: Jonathan Cape, 1979.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing. FINE in dj with mild creasing top rear panel. Full-time booksellers since 1987, prompt shipping and careful packing assured.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
BALLARD, J.G.. The Unlimited Dream Company. Jonathan Cape, London, 1979.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 223 pages. A novel by the author of "Empire of the Sun." A fine copy in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket. A lovely copy of this Burgess 99 title.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
J.G. Ballard. The Unlimited Dream Company. Jonathan Cape, London, 1979.
Price: US$65.25 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First British edition. Missing title page and copyright page (on verso); only half title page. Green boards with silver gilt title on spine. Unclipped dust jacket. Author's photo on rear jacket panel. No remainder marks. Publisher's blue top stain to top edge of text block. Clean text and interior.
Seller: Genesee Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
J. G. Ballard. The Unlimited Dream Company. Jonathan Cape, London, United Kingdom, 1979.
Price: US$66.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A square solid tight clean unread copy. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. Publisher PC replaced with J. Cape price sticker.
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
Ballard, J. G.. The Unlimited Dream Company. London Jonathan Cape 1979, 1979.
Price: US$93.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st UK Edition. 223pp. Octavo. Dark green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped lettering on spine. Clean, tight text block through out. In dust jacket, price clipped. A great copy. fine Nominated for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1980 the novel follows a man named Blake after his aircraft crashes into the River Thames outside the London suburb of Shepperton. The literary distinctiveness of Ballard's work has given rise to the adjective "Ballardian", defined by the Collins English Dictionary as "resembling or suggestive of the conditions described in J. G. Ballard's novels and stories, especially dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes and the psychological effects of technological, social or environmental developments.".
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
J. G. Ballard. The Unlimited Dream Company. Jonathan Cape, London, 1979.
Price: US$99.27 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st printing, not price clipped, no owner's name or other inscription, D/j has some browning to inside rear flap but there are no tears, nicks, creases or marks and D/j is protected by clear removable sleeve. This copy purchased new by me upon publication.
Seller: MHO - Collectors' Books, Fittleworth, Pulborough, United Kingdom
Ballard, J.G.. The Unlimited Dream Company. Jonathan Cape, London, 1979.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Uncorrected Proof.
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Ballard's 1979 BSFA winner for best novel. A fine book, very slight lean. Internally clean with bright boards. A fine unclipped jacket now with a clear protective cover. A collectable copy; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
Ballard (J.G.). The Unlimited Dream Company.. Jonathan Cape, 1979.
Price: US$128.09 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, pp. 223, crown 8vo, original green boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, top edge green, dustjacket, fine.
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
Price: US$128.09 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.223; [1]. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, green top edge. Striking dust-jacket designed by Bill Botten, with printed price of £4.95 net to front flap. Lightly handled. Fine.
Seller: Benedict Wilson Books, Tonbridge, KENT, United Kingdom
BALLARD J.G.. The Unlimited Dream Company. , 1979.
Price: US$138.33 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in silver, dust jacket. London, Jonathan Cape. A near fine copy, a little creased along the top edge of jacket.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
J. G. Ballard. The Unlimited Dream Company. Jonathan Cape, London, 1979.
Price: US$288.19 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. Green paper-covered boards, the head edge stained green. 224pp. Cover by Bill Botten. Very Good, slightly rubbed, the spine with a mild, partial crease, lightly spotted to the fore edge and the stock moderately toned in general, in like jacket (in removable plastic sleeve), itself toned at the edges, noticeable mainly on the flaps, otherwise crisp. This copy has been signed by Ballard on the title page.
Seller: Test Centre Books, Norwich, United Kingdom
Ballard, J.G.. The Unlimited Dream Company. Jonathan Cape, London, 1979.
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. Pp 223. Original cloth, light shelf wear. Unclipped d/w, light shelf wear. Inscribed & signed by the author to the title page.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
J. G. Ballard.. The Unlimited Dream Company.. London: Jonathan Cape, 1979.
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st ed. Fine copy in price-clipped jacket. Signed by the author on the title-page.
Seller: WestField Books, York, United Kingdom
BALLARD, J.G.. The Unlimited Dream Company.. London Jonathan Cape, 1979.
Price: US$338.80 + shipping
Description: First edition, signed presentation copy from the author; 8vo; publisher's dark green boards, spine lettered in gold, pictorial dust jacket with a design by Bill Botten and portrait of the author, a fine copy. A fine, inscribed first edition of Ballard's surreal masterpiece, in fine condition.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Ballard J G. The Unlimited Dream Company SIGNED. Jonathan Cape, 1979.
Price: US$384.26 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition First Impression Fine copy in a fine Jacket. Flat SIGNED by the author on title page. No ownership markings. Not clipped.
Seller: Finecopy, Westbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
BALLARD, J.G.. The Unlimited Dream Company. Jonathan Cape, London, 1979.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Octavo. 223pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Briefly Inscribed on the title page: "to Michael Curtis, Best wishes, J.G. Ballard." A lovely copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
BALLARD, J.G.. The Unlimited Dream Company - SIGNED by the Author. London: Jonathan Cape, 1979.
Price: US$448.30 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. Octavo, pp 223. Bound in green cloth covered hard boards with gilt to spine and in the original dust jacket, un-clipped (£4.95 net). SIGNED boldly by the author to the title page in black ink. Just about Fine condition book in a Fine jacket. Excellent copy.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
BALLARD, J. G.. The Unlimited Dream Company.. London: Jonathan Cape, 1979, 1979.
Price: US$480.32 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the title page. Winner of the 1980 British Science Fiction Association Award, The Unlimited Dream Company is one of a number of provocative novels, including Concrete Island (1974) and High Rise (1975), "which cast [Ballard's] affection for his home of Shepperton in a distinctly surreal light" (ODNB). Octavo. Original green boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge grey. With dust jacket. A near-fine copy, bump and slight lean to head of spine, negligible offsetting to free endpapers, in like dust jacket, spine panel faintly faded, top edge creased and lightly toned, a sharp example.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom