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Crash
by BALLARD J G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Leicester, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cape, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's blue boards with gilt lettering to the spoine., A fine copy in like D/W with none of the fading to the spine panel that so consistently blights other examples. A UNIQUE COPY WITH A SIGNED PAINTING FROM THE DUST WRAPPER DESIGNER, BILL BOTTEN, TO THE FRONT FREE END-PAPER. On the front free end-paper the D/W artist (Bill Botten) has painted an illustration from the front panel of the D/W and signed it underneath. Scarce with these attributes. Photographs/scans available upon request
Synopsis
The definitive cult, post-modern novel – a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism. When our narrator smashes his car into another and watches a man die in front of him, his sense of sexual possibilities in the world around him becomes detached. As he begins an affair with the dead man's wife, he finds himself drawn with increasing intensity to the mangled impacts of car crashes. Then he encounters Robert Vaughan, a former TV scientist turned nightmare angel of the expressway, who has gathered around him a collection of alienated crash victims and experiments with a series of erotic atrocities, each more sinister than the last. But Vaughan craves the ultimate crash - a head-on collision of blood, semen, engine coolant and iconic celebrity. First published in 1973 'Crash' remains one of the most shocking novels of the second half of the twentieth century and was made into an equally controversial film by David Cronenburg.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490718492
- Title
- Crash
- Author
- BALLARD J G
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Weight
- 0.00
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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Leicester
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About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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