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Empire of the Sun
by J.G. Ballard
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984 Stated first edition with full number line. Clean text and interior. Small dot as remainder mark on bottom edge of text block. Orange boards with tan spine. Tight, square binding. Some bumping to top rear edge of dust jacket, now wrapped in protective Brodart. Unclipped with $16.95 price intact.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.
Synopsis
Empire of the Sun is a 1984 novel by J. G. Ballard which was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial 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. Ballard later wrote a sequel, entitled The Kindness of Women.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Genesee Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101807
- Title
- Empire of the Sun
- Author
- J.G. Ballard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Genesee Books
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Rochester, New York
About Genesee Books
Online book seller out of Rochester NY. My tastes are libertine and quirky and the selection of books tends to reflect those preferences.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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