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High-Rise.
by BALLARD, J. G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape,, 1975. First edition, first impression, of Ballard's dystopian fable, "less about the collapse of technology than about the boil-like bursting of original sin across a glass-and-chrome landscape" (Quigly). Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge blue. With dust jacket. Spine cocked and sunned, head of spine and foot of rear cover lightly bumped, spine end edges a little sunned; jacket faintly toned, edges lightly creased, unclipped: a very good copy in near-fine jacket. Pringle A122. Isabel Quigly, "Crumbling Towers and Dreams", Financial Times, 13 November 1975.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 165886
- Title
- High-Rise.
- Author
- BALLARD, J. G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Jonathan Cape,
- Date Published
- 1975
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
All major credit cards are accepted. Both UK pounds and US dollars (exchange rate to be agreed) accepted. Books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for any reason, please notify first of returned goods.
About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
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