Empire Of the Sun

Simon & Schuster, New York, 1984. First edition. Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket has chipping at top spine edge. Presumed first edition but there is no numbering line at all and no mention of edition or printing.

New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1984. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0671530518 . Remainder mark. Some minor wear to dustjacket. Now protected in a clear mylar cover. ; Full number line. ; Remainder .

London: Victor Gollancz, 1984. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Wrappers. Slight curling with some toning else very good. Signed by the author. Basis for the 1987 film starring Christian Bale, John Malkovich and Miranda Richardson.

London, England: Panther Books, 1985. Book. Good. Paperback. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Paperback, first thus, 200gms, 351 pages. Book is in good condition with minor age-related general wear and tear and heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout otherwise no other pre-loved markings..

Empire of the Sun, by English writer J. G. Ballard was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Like Ballard's earlier short story "The Dead Time" (published in the anthology Myths of the Near Future), it is essentially fiction but draws extensively on Ballard's experiences in World War II. The name… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1984. Large Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 278 pages. One of the most extraordinary novels written about survival in war and loss of childhhood. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. .… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1984. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pps.278. Publisher's cloth in dust-wrapper. First issue jacket with quotes by Graham Greene and Angela Carter to the rear panel. Quite heavy toning to text block. Jacket very slightly sunned to spine, with some light wear to edges. Very good. Shortlisted for 1984 Booker Prize. A… Read more about this item

Signed First Edition. Near fine in near fine unclipped dust jacket. Includes bookmark from the original signing.

Victor Gollancz: London, 1984. First edition (& 1st printing). Hardcover. First printing but with second state dustjacket showing six quotes for the book on the rear panel (the first state dustjacket prints only two). Together with a printed ticket for an advanced screening of the film at Warner/Leicester Square London, plus colour card publicity for the film. Fine copy… Read more about this item

NY, Simon and Schuster, 1984, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. A novel of boyhood experiences in China on the eve of Pearl Harbor, source for the Stephen Spielberg film. Remainder mark to bottom edge, else fine, unread.

London: Victor Gollancz,. Hardback. 351pp. First edition with the first printing of the dust wrapper with just two reviews to the back by Angela Carter and Graham Greene. Novel set in WWII. Black cloth with gilt titles to spine is very clean but with a little softening to the spine ends and slight rolling to the dust… Read more about this item

Condition: Near fine, very slight spine wear and top edge creases. Advance uncorrected proof which has some proofing marks on several pages margins so it seems this might have been a slightly later copy of the proof. J.G. Ballard's semi-autobiographical tale of World War 2 and it's effects on a young boy in Shanghai. Made into a film directed by Steven… Read more about this item

Grafton Books. Very Good-. 1989. (Film/TV tie-in). Paperback. 0586064303 . (edges "tanned" & light reading creases) (John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson) (Dir. Steven Spielberg) (reprint with film credits on back cover) .

Paperback. Very Good.

Victor Gollancz, 1984. ~With loose signed letter from author. Dustwrapper unfaded and unclipped. Page edges slightly browned. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable, others on request.. Signed by author. 1st edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good+. 278pp. With dustwrapper. Owner's signature. Binding sound, text unmarked.

London: Victor Gollancz. 1984. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the first state dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. The pages, as always, are toned owing to poor paper stock used (though lighter here than usual). Complete with… Read more about this item

NY: HarperCollins, 1984. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1984 Simon & Schuster FIRST edition of Ballard's memoir made into the underrated epic directed by Steven Spielberg. This book is in VG+/VG condition. The HB is very clean and unmarked with only a remainder mark & owner signature. The DJ is not price-clipped and there are… Read more about this item

Gollancz, 1984. Soft cover. Fine. An advance proof copy with review slip. Fine in very good oversize wrapper.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1984. Undetermined. near fine. Uncorrected Proof Copy. 278pp. Octavo. Light blue wrappers with black lettering on front cover. Slight fading to spine and a few subtle creases to back wrapper. Clean, tight text block through out- a great copy. near fine The uncorrect proof of Ballard's most known title. Was released in… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1984. First Edition . Soft cover. Dust Jacket Included. Proof copy of the UK edition, very good in a like dust jacket. The proofs were issued with light blue covers that measure 8 1/2 inches high. This copy comes with a first issue dust jacket, with Greene and Carter blurbs on the rear panel, that… Read more about this item