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Ballard, J.G.. The Day of Creation (SIGNED).. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1987.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Black cloth. 8vo. Pictorial dust jacket with price on flap. Signed by the author on the title page. On the arid, war-plagued terrain of central Africa, a manic doctor is consumed with visions of transforming the Sahara into a land of abundance. But Dr. Mallorys obsession quickly spirals dangerously out of control. A fine copy in like dust jacket.
Seller: Centerbridge Books, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.
J. G. Ballard. The Day of Creation. Victor Gollancz, London, 1987.
Price: US$113.07 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed by author on title page without dedication, no other inscription and no owner's name, 1st trade edition, 1st impression, not price clipped, D/j has no tears, nicks, creases or marks and is protected by a clear removable sleeve. This copy purchased new by me upon publication.
Seller: MHO - Collectors' Books, Fittleworth, Pulborough, United Kingdom
BALLARD, J.G.. The Day of Creation - SIGNED limited edition. London: Victor Gollancz, 1987.
Price: US$180.90 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED Limited Edition printed concurrently with the trade first edition. Octavo, pp254. Black cloth covered hard boards with gilt lettering to spine and in a black cloth covered slipcase. Number 18 of a limited edition of only 100 copies, numbered and SIGNED by the author. Fine in a Fine slipcase.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
J.G. Ballard. The Day of the Creation. Gollancz, London, 1987.
Price: US$193.83 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London, Gollancz, 1987. Proof. Paperback. A near fine copy (in a very good jacket). Signed by the author without inscription to the title page. In wraps, with review slip and proof jacket. The proof is in excellent shape, the jacket, which is too big for the proof is creased as usual. Cover art by Paul Wright [8115, Hyraxia Books].
Seller: Hyraxia Books. ABA, ILAB, Hutton Cranswick, United Kingdom
Ballard, J.G.. THE DAY OF CREATION. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1987.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This is copy 22 of 100 signed by J.G. Ballard. In this startling and miraculous novel by the visionary author of The Crystal World and Empire of the Sun, the narrator inadvertently causes a new river to well up from the parched earth of Central Africa, transforming a barren war zone into a luxuriant jungle. Octavo. Full black cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy, housed in the publisher's slipcase.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Ballard, J.G.. THE DAY OF CREATION. Victor Gollancz, London, 1987.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, limited issue of 100 numbered copies signed by Ballard on the limitation page. Copy #61. Tissue insert for limitation page as issued. Issued without dustjacket. Cloth-covered slipcase. Slipcase with bottom corner bumped and edgewear. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Very Good slipcase.
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
BALLARD J.G.. The Day of Creation. , 1987.
Price: US$209.33 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo., original black cloth, dust jacket. London, Gollancz. Signed by the author on the title page. A fine copy in dust jacket.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Ballard, J.G.. The Day of Creation. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1987.
Price: US$219.67 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edition no.62 of a limited edition of 100 copies signed by the author. Boards and pages clean and unmarked. Slipcase has a little light edge wear and surface marking only.
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
BALLARD, J.G.. The Day Of Creation. London: Gollancz, 1987, 1987.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. One of 100 numbered copies, signed by the author. A fine copy in the publisher's slipcase. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
BALLARD, J. G.. The Day of Creation.. Victor Gollancz. London, 1987.
Price: US$3876.52 + shipping
Description: 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" and how his experiences in the camps changed him, ".in the sense of reducing the moral authority of the received world to nil, and placing immense value on the power of the imagination to remake everything - rather psychotic really." And also, "Latin? My first love (a school in England.in the late 40's we even attempted Latin conversation - heroically pointless)". The other letter covers flying lessons, writers on flying and how learning to fly can signal a life about to change. He manages in both the letters and the postcards to be inspiring and present fresh ideas and his passion for life as he does in all his work. The book is fine in wrapper. The dedication states, "For Angharad, 'The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth' - St. Ex All the best JG Ballard [two dots and a flourish]"
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom