The Unlimited Dream Company
by Ballard, J. G
- Used
- Fine
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 022401742X
- ISBN 13
- 9780224017428
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. Undetermined. fine. 1st UK Edition. 223pp. Octavo. Dark green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped lettering on spine. Clean, tight text block through out. In dust jacket, price clipped. A great copy. fine Nominated for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1980 the novel follows a man named Blake after his aircraft crashes into the River Thames outside the London suburb of Shepperton... The literary distinctiveness of Ballard's work has given rise to the adjective "Ballardian", defined by the Collins English Dictionary as "resembling or suggestive of the conditions described in J. G. Ballard's novels and stories, especially dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes and the psychological effects of technological, social or environmental developments.". 1979
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 134400
- Title
- The Unlimited Dream Company
- Author
- Ballard, J. G
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 022401742X
- ISBN 13
- 9780224017428
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- English Author|English Literature|Fantasy|First Edition|Literature|Novel|Post-Apocolyptic Dystopia|Science Fiction
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- G
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- Price Clipped
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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