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The Crystal World.
by BALLARD, J. G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape,, 1966. First edition, first impression, of this novel considerably expanded from a two-part serial of the same name which appeared in the magazine New Worlds in 1964. The book is considered "the most fantastic of Ballard's environmental apocalypses. It suggests the possibility of living plants and animals being transformed into a mineral-like substance as well as the possibility of the distortion of time... it is also one of Ballard's most insightful climate-disruption novels in that it directly links climate disruption to the spread of disease, a concern of many scientists studying the possible effects of climate change" (Holte, p. 52). Octavo. Original white boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge pink. With the pictorial dust jacket reproducing a painting by Max Ernst. Jacket lightly rubbed, spine panel a little faded, nick at head, otherwise bright, unclipped: a fine copy in very good jacket. James Craig Holte, Climate Change in Popular Culture, 2022.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 165263
- Title
- The Crystal World.
- Author
- BALLARD, J. G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Jonathan Cape,
- Date Published
- 1966
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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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