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Empire of the Sun: A Novel
by Ballard, J. G
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0671530518
- ISBN 13
- 9780671530518
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/ First Printing. Full number line. Text block is solid, clean and square. Endpapers are clear of markings with NO previous owner's signature. Remainder dot on bottom text block edge. Spine tight, boards rigid and tips pointed. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has no issues. Looks spectacular in its new shiny mylar dust protector. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing..
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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- Winding Road Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001909
- Title
- Empire of the Sun: A Novel
- Author
- Ballard, J. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671530518
- ISBN 13
- 9780671530518
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Literature WWII Prison Camps Fiction
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