London: Jonathan Cape, Ltd, 1973-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 7x5x1. First UK printing in Bill Botton-designed dust jacket. Jonathan Cape, Ltd., 1973; "First published..." stated, no additional printings indicated; [1-6], 7-224pp. Binding is tight, sturdy; minor wear to edges and corners of blue cloth boards, gilt title on backstrip remains bright and bold; previous owner inscription on front end page, else text also very good. Moderate amount of wear to edges of dust jacket, some very minor fraying over spine ends; light dust soiling around edges of inner flaps. Dust jacket retains original price of Â£2.25 on bottom corner of front inner flap. From a private collection (NOT ex-library). Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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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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Bookseller: The Book House in Dinkytown (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 274102
Title: Crash [True First Edition]
Author: Ballard, J. G
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0224007823
ISBN 13: 9780224007825
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, Ltd
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1973-01-01
Size: 7x5x1
LCCN: 73177443
Dewey: 823/.9/14
Keywords: LITERA SFF
X weight: 12 oz

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