Crash
by Ballard, J G
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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Crash
by BALLARD, J.G.
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. There is some very faint darkening to the upper and lower edges of the boards and spine. Otherwise fine in a bright, clipped dustjacket showing some light edgewear to the outer corners and head and heel of spine panel. Item Price
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Stated First American Printing; A Fine book in a Nearly Fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author to the title page. A handsome copy of this critically acclaimed novel, basis for the David Cronenberg film; scarce in this condition, very rare indeed signed. This copy is in fine condition with a square tight binding, clean silver and black boards with… Read more about this item Item Price
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by BALLARD J G
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London: Cape, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's blue boards with gilt lettering to the spoine., A fine copy in like D/W with none of the fading to the spine panel that so consistently blights other examples. A UNIQUE COPY WITH A SIGNED PAINTING FROM THE DUST WRAPPER DESIGNER,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Granada, 1979. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind on age-toned paper, creaseless covers and spine. Rare in this ed. Item Price
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket with slight edgewear. A remarkable novel that interposes sex with automobile violence, the basis for the controversial film by David Cronenberg. Item Price
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CRASH.
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374130728 . First American edition. Fine in close to near fine dust jacket. (1"-inch closed tear with collateral creasing at upper left-hand corner of rear panel. ) Basis for the David Cronenberg directed film adaptation. ; 8vo 8"… Read more about this item Item Price
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USA: Farrar Straus, 1973. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st US Edition 1973. Different wrapper to the UK edition. Book is very good++ and bright. One corner slightly pushed. The complete wrapper is very good++ and bright. No yellowing to the wrapper. More digital images… Read more about this item Item Price
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Crash: The Collector’s Edition
by Ballard, J. G.
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Crash: A Novel
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectable - Very Good Condition/Good. VG/VG- 1st printing American first edition, unclipped DJ in mylar. Some superficial pinkish discoloration affecting appearance of front panel of jacket, almost 2cm closed tear to front top edge of jacket, minor smudge mark to edge of fly-leaf, tight and unmarked. Author… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. First edition. The author's best known work and source for the film of the same name. Clean very good copy with hint of fading along the top edge of the spine. Boards ever so slightly splayed. Price intact dustwrapper shows a tiny amount of wear at spine ends. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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CRASH! - UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, SIGNED
by Ballard, J.G.
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London: Jonathan Cape, Ltd, 1973. First Edition. Ballard's sixth and best-known novel, a postmodern dystopia centered around sexual fetishism involving car crashes. "After the narrator, named "Ballard," survives a serious automobile accident, he becomes fascinated and excited by car crashes, especially after he meets Vaughan, a fanatical "hoodlum scientist," whose ultimate ambition is to die with Elizabeth Taylor in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Crash
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973. US First Edition, First Printing Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Shadow of bookstore sticker on the front paste down endpaper. . Protected in clear Mylar cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped in a box. We do not stock or sell ex-library or Book Club editions. We are always looking to buy… Read more about this item Item Price
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Crash: A Novel
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Crash.
by BALLARD, J.G.
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Jonathan Cape, London., 1973. First edition. Octavo. 224 pages. Perhaps the most Ballardian of the author's novels and the one which gives a new twist to the concept of auto-eroticism. Filmed by David Cronenberg in 1996.Trace of erasure to front free endpaper. Small bumps to top edges of covers. Near fine in fine dustwrapper with, unusually, no fading to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jonathan Cape, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near fine first edition in a near fine dust jacket, First Published 1973 stated on the copyright page and original price of 2.25 net still on front flap of dust jacket. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Item Price
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