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WAR FEVER: A Collection of Stories
by Ballard, J. G
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374286450
- ISBN 13
- 9780374286453
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A. : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A war-ravaged Beirut is the setting for the title story of this visionary collection, a tale in which a young street fighter inadvertently discovers how to bring an to the bloodshed only to find that his solution is all too effective as far as some supposedly neutral observers are concerned. Other stories feature an assassination plot against an American astronaut, the leader of an authoritarian religious movement; a man who is destroyed by a car crash and resolves never to leave his apartment again; and the survivor of a toxic-waste ship wrecked on a deserted Caribbean island. Includes: "War Fever" (1989) "The Secret History of World War 3" (1988) "Dream Cargoes" (1990) "The Object of the Attack" (1984) "Love in a Colder Climate" (1989) "The Largest Theme Park in the World" (1989) "Answers to a Questionnaire" (1985) "The Air Disaster" (1975) "Report on an Unidentified Space Station" (1982) "The Man Who Walked on the Moon" (1985) "The Enormous Space" (1989) "Memories of the Space Age" (1982) "Notes Towards a Mental Breakdown" (1976) "The Index" (1977 Fine, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. [Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] L164
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024857
- Title
- WAR FEVER: A Collection of Stories
- Author
- Ballard, J. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0374286450
- ISBN 13
- 9780374286453
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 182
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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