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Published by (Frankfurt), Suhrkamp (1985). [1.Aufl. (dieser Sammlg.)]. Beitr.e v. Mihály Babits, J.G. Ballard,, 1985
Seller: Antiquariat Eidam, LICHTENAU, Germany
Marianne Gruber, Günter u. Johanna Braun, Julio Cortázar, Herbert W. Franke, Stanislaw Lem, H.P. Lovecraft, Paul Scheerbart, Peter Daniel Wolfkind, Bernard Richter u. 5 andere. Kl.-8°. 341 S. Illustr. OKart. (= st 1188; Phantastische Bibliothek 160). Namenskürzel in Blei a. Schmutztitel; Schnitt mäßig vergilbt, oben min. fleckig; Rücken m. min. durchgehenden Knitterspuren; Deckelkanten leicht berieben, d. Rückenkanten etw. stärker; sonst gutes sauberes Expl.
Published by Ballard, J. G., 2017
ISBN 10: 1250171512ISBN 13: 9781250171511
Seller: Ami Ventures Inc Books, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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paperback. Condition: New. Reprint. About the AuthorJ. G. Ballard is the author of numerous books, including Empire of the Sun, the underground classic Crash, The Kindness of Women, and Super-Cannes. He is revered as one of the most important writers of fiction to address the consequences of twentieth-century technology. He lives in England.Product DescriptionThe Definitive Cult, Postmodern Novel-a Shocking Blend of Violence, Transgression, and EroticismReissued with a New Introduction from Zadie SmithWhen J. G. Ballard, our narrator, smashes his car into another and watches a man die in front of him, he finds himself drawn with increasing intensity to the mangled impacts of car crashes. Robert Vaughan, a former TV scientist turned nightmare angel of the expressway, has gathered around him a collection of alienated crash victims and experiments with a series of autoerotic 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 twentieth century and was made into an equally controversial film by David Cronenberg.Review"In Ballard the dystopia is not hidden under anything. Nor is it (as with so many fictional dystopias) a vision of the future. It is not the subtext. It is the text."-Zadie Smith, The New York Review of Books"A work of very powerful originality. Ballard is among our finest writers of fiction."-Anthony Burgess"Crash sensationally and scintillatingly succeeds."-Martin Amis"The last great English avatar of the avant-garde."-Will Self.
Published by Ballard, J. G., 2001
ISBN 10: 0312420331ISBN 13: 9780312420338
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
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Published by Ballard, J. G./ Amis, Martin (INT), 2009
ISBN 10: 0393072622ISBN 13: 9780393072624
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. More than one thousand compelling pages from one of the most haunting, cogent, and individual imaginations in contemporary literature.-William Boyd The American publication of The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard is a landmark event. Increasingly recognized as one of the greatest and most prophetic novelists, J. G. Ballard was a writer of enormous inventive powers, who, in the words of Malcolm Bradbury, possessed, like Calvino, a remarkable gift for filling the empty deprived spaces of modern life with the invisible cities and the wonder worlds of imagination.Best known for his novels, such as Empire of the Sun and Crash, Ballard rose to fame as the ideal chronicler of disturbed modernity (The Observer). Perhaps less known, though equally brilliant, were his devastatingly original short stories, which span nearly fifty years and reveal an unparalleled prescience so unique that a new word-Ballardian-had to be invented. Ballard, who wrote that short stories are the loose change in the treasury of fiction, easily ignored beside the wealth of novels available, regretted the fact that the public had increasingly lost its ability to appreciate them.With 98 pulse-quickening stories, this volume helps restore the very art form that Ballard feared was comatose. Ballards inimitable style was already present in his early stories, most of them published in science fiction magazines. These stories are surreal, richly atmospheric and splendidly elliptical, featuring an assortment of psychotropic houses, time-traveling assassins, and cities without clocks. Over the next fifty years, his fierce imaginative energy propelled him to explore new topics, including the dehumanization of technology, the brutality of the corporation, and nuclear Armageddon. Depicting the human soul as being enervated and corrupted by the modern world (New York Times), Ballard began to examine themes like overpopulation, as in Billenium, a claustrophobic imagining of a world of 20 billion people crammed into four-square-meter rooms, or the false realities of modern media, as in the classic Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan, a faux-psychological study of the sexual and violent reactions elicited by viewing Reagans face on television, in which Ballard predicted the unholy fusion of pop culture and sound-bite politics thirteen years before Reagan became president. Given Ballards heightened powers of perception, it is astonishing that the dehumanized world that he apprehended so acutely neither diminished his own febrile imagination nor his engagement with mankind, evident in every story, including two new ones for this American edition.So eerily prophetic is his vision, so commanding are his literary gifts, the import and insight of J. G. Ballards deeply humanistic and transcendent works can only grow in years to come.
Published by J. Walthoe, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, R. Wilkin, B. Cowse, J. nd B. Sprint, G. Conyers, J. Ballard and Executors of J. Nicholson, London, 1718
Seller: Salsus Books (P.B.F.A.), Kidderminster, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. xxiii 479pp hardback full brown calf gilt, part of spine torn, odd volume volume II only, some old damp marks to bottom corner, with good contemporary Montgomery parochial library label.
Published by printed for J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst, T. Davies, T. Payne, J. F. and G. Rivington, S. Crowder, T. Longman, B. Law, T. Caslon, J. Robson, W. Ginger, T. Evans, and E. Johnston, London, 1776
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Binding copy. Eighth Edition. Three volume set. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. 414pp. 608pp 468pp. Indexes in each volume. Bound in full old brown sprinkled calf. From the French edition of Peter Coste. The 8th edition with considerable amendments and additions. The front cover of volume 1 is detached, other boards are still holding but feel weak. The spine labels have been worn away. Some foxing to title pages, else internally nice. Would benifit from some repairs. ESTC T1851.
Published by J Nicholson, J Walthoe, G Conyers, J & D Sprint, T Ballard, W Mears and J Browne, London, 1716
Seller: Flora Books, Mears Ashby, United Kingdom
Full-Leather. Condition: Good. [iv] 376pp, contemporary tree calf (slightly worn to extremities, particularly corners), gilt spine with red morocco label (slightly worn), browned, from the library of Lord Hesketh at Easton Neston with library label and armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Hesketh Bart, 8vo (11.5x18.5cm).
Published by Printed for D. Browne, R. Knaplock, B. Tooke, G. Strahan, J. Tonson, S. Ballard, W. Mears and F. Clay, London, 1720
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Sixth edition, revised and carefully corrected"De Officiis". Lacking A1 (half-title?)Pp. [3-36], 236, [4pages publisher's advertisements]. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf. Rubbed, separated at upper joint, some offsetting and browning, else a very good copy with the engraved armorial bookplate of William Laight by Bateman (or Batman) Lacking A1 (half-title?)Pp. [3-36], 236, [4pages publisher's advertisements]. 1 vols. 8vo Sixth edition, revised and carefully corrected"De Officiis".
Published by S. Ballard, J. Senex, G. Innys, J. Osborn and T. Longman, London, 1731
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: poor to vg. Sixth Edition. 8vo. viii, 180pp. plus 27 fold out maps. Brown blind-stamped calf. Title page printed in red and black. A Latin geography book designed as an aid to the study of the Old and New Testament by the 17th century German scholar Christoph Cellarius (Keller), a pioneer in the study of medieval geography. Includes an introduction by Samuel Patrick, who, in the 18th century, rescued the "Geographia" and used it as a textbook for English school children. Maps include the world, the Middle East, Germany in antiquity, Spain in antiquity, Palestine, Greece and Latium. This work exemplifies the scientific trend in Enlightenment era Protestant thought. A period in which clergymen played leading roles in the advancement of science as they sought evidence to confirm the biblical narrative. Decorative initials and head and tail pieces. Text in Latin. Signed by previous owner on front free endpaper, same leaf almost detached but still holding. Age wear and abrasions on binding. Binding copy with front board detached, but present. Outline of Italy drawn on fly leaf. Lower left corner of the world map chipped (not affecting the illustration). Map of Spain hand-colored, with parts of other fold out maps outlined in color. Binding in overall poor to fair, interior in good+ to very good condition. References: Walter A. Goffart, "Historical Atlases: The First Three Hundred Years, 1570-1870" pg. 140 and 231-33.
Published by G. Strahan, S. and E. Ballard, J. Bretherton, et alus 1753-54, London, 1753
Seller: Antiquarian Bookshop, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Leather. Condition: Good. Autograph; [Title continues] Written, Originally, in Arabick, Translated into Italian, and from thence into English: and now pub. with a large historical preface and index to illustrate the whole. By the translator of the first volume W. Bradshaw; edited by Robert Midgley. OCLC 29395372 1223292742 Interesting provenance from the Galloway and Warder families of 18th century Philadelphia offsets condition issues. All volumes in contemporary 18th century full calf bindings red leather spine labels, five raised bands, very faded gilt decorative stamping. Contents complete, toning to endpapers from leather bindings. Each volume bears two owners' markings, "B H & E N Warder / 1871" on ffep [Benjamin H. and Ellen Nancy Ormsby Warder] and "Elizabeth Galloway's / to / Jeremiah Warder Jr./ 4 October 1802" usually on the next or following blank. Individual volumes have various condition issues as follows: Volume 1. Leather missing from spine at top compartment, splitting along external hinges, bumped at top edge of rear board, worn through at corners, chipped at extremeties. A pencil note at top of title page citing John Paul Marana as author. Volume 2. Leather splitting along external hinges, chipped spine ends, rubbed at corners, boards splayed. Volume 3. Leather splitting along external hinges, chipped at spine ends and in several places along spine, rubbed at corners. Volume 4. Leather missing from spine at top two compartments, splitting along external hinges, rubbed at corners, toned along edge of front board near spine. Volume 5. Leather spine missing completely, rubbed at corners, toned on rear board, board loosened, but still attached by stiching, ffep split at hinge. Volume 6. Leather splitting along external hinges, chipped at spine ends, rubbed at corners, small piece missing from upper corner of ffep. Volume 7. Leather splitting/rubbed along external hinges, chipped at spine ends, rubbed at corners, toning to front board. Volume 8. Leather missing from spine at top compartment, splitting along external hinges, rubbing at corners, chipped at extremeties, rear board darkened near spine and lower left corner, faint tide marks to last few leaves. Marana' s famous satire was first published in anonymous English translation in separate parts from the late 17th Century, not completed however until well into the 18th. L'Esploratore Turco by G.P. Marana originally appeared in Paris in 1684. but subsequent parts are variously attribute and probably edited by Robert Midgley from William Bradshaw's translation of the original Italian MS.' PROVENANCE: Elizabeth Galloway (1753-?) was the daughter of Joseph Galloway (1731-1803) and Grace Growdon Galloway (1727-1782) of Philadelphia. Joseph and Grace (m. 1753) were both from notable and wealthy families. Elizabeth's grandfather Lawrence Growdon was a businessman (Durham Ironworks), a politician and a PA Supreme Court judge, who built the family's Trevose Mansion on the vast acreage his father acquired from William Penn. The Galloway family of Maryland was also quite wealthy, enabling Joseph to migrate to Philadelphia where he studied law with his good friend William Franklin, Benjamin Franklin's son. Joseph, already a successful lawyer, entered politics in 1756 and became a protege of Benjamin Franklin within the Pennsylvania Assembly, where he served for 18 years. By 1775 Joseph Galloway had become an avid Tory and left the Assembly opposing the Declaration of Independence and declaring his loyalty to the King. He fled to New York and became an advisor to General William Howe, commander of the British forces. Howe subsequently made him Superintendent of both Police and Port when the British captured Philadelphia. When the British abandoned Philadelphia in June 1778, Galloway escaped with his daughter Elizabeth to England; he was convicted of high treason in absentia by the Pennsylvania Assembly and his estates confiscated. His wife Grace Growdon Galloway remained in Philadelphia fighting t.
Published by London ;- Printed for J.Rhodes D.Brown R. ParisSare B. & S.Tooke G.Strahan W.Mears S.Ballard and F.Clay, 1723
Seller: HALEWOOD AND SONS ABA ILAB Est. 1867., PRESTON, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Most attractive 8 volume set handsomely bound in full contemporary (lightly rubbed) tan calf, complete with original scarlet leather spine labels. The Eighth Edition. 12mo. Frontis. portrait vol. 1. Simply stunning set ! Rare Thus.
Published by J. Walthoe, M. Wotton, J. Nicholson, J.Sprint, G.Conyers, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, T. Ballard, B. Cowse, J. Tonson, and W. Innys, 1716
Seller: Steve Liddle, ABA PBFA ILAB, Bristol, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. New edition. Lowndes 1230 '8vo. 6 vols. with portrait and plates. A bookseller's reprint of the old copy'. An attractive set for the bookshelf. Contemporary full calf with much later calf rebacking ( ie new spines ), raised bands, two labels to each spine, modern endpapers. A clean, tight and sound set, rubbed at edges. Text blocks/plates show some foxing and age staining but this is not severe and mainly affects first and last leaves in each volume, as often found. No inscriptions or bookplates. Portrait frontispiece in vol. 1 and ten full page engraved frontispiece plates to certain plays. These plates are in the first 4 volumes only, presumably because that is where the longer plays are to be found. Full collation on request. Approx. size 8" by 5". Heavy item - overseas customers please enquire re shipping costs. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Theatre & Plays; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28755.
Published by Printed by J.H. for G Conyers and T Ballard., 1706
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Frontis ( of two men fishing )+ vii[1] + plate with engravings of a variety of fish + 296pp + blanks bound in at front and rear with contemporary ms notes. Bookplate of Richard Hopton of County of Hereford on paste down fep. ' James Lutyens Mansfield from his affectionate Uncle, Sam Lutyens, 15 Sept 1853 ' written on verso of ffep. Browning/foxing throughout. Pages a little cropped, no loss of text. A little , contemporary, marginalia. Later calf spine on contemporary calf boards. Aeg, marbled eps. Very good hardback.
Published by Printed for G. Strahan, S. Ballard, J. Brotherton, W. Meadows, T. Cox, W. Hinchliffe, J. Stag, J. Clarke, in Duck-Lane, S. Birt, D. Browne, T. Astley, S. Austen, J. Shuckburgh, L. Gilliver, J. Hodges, E. Wicksteed, J. Oswald, J. Comyns, C. Bathurst, T. Fisher, J. Carter, and A. Wilde, London, 1741
Full Calf. Condition: Fine. Eleventh Edition, complete in eight volumes, of this espionage saga admired by Defoe, who published Continuation of Turkish Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy in 1718. 12mo(162 x 96mm): xxvi,[6],viii,[10],312; [24],276; [22],287,[1]; [22],288; [22],276; [22],264; [14],248; [18],280pp, with copper-engraved frontispiece of "Mahmut the Turkish spy" to volume one. Full speckled English calf, spines in six compartments divided by raised bands, covers framed with gilt rules and floral roll in blind, red morocco letter-pieces gilt, edges speckled red. A superb set, in a handsome contemporary binding, securely bound and clean throughout. ESTC citation no. T91588. Blackmer 210. Moore 406. Volume One, by Marana, a Genoese political refugee to the French court of Louis XIV, is a translation of a manuscript in the Bibliothèque Nationale, in Paris, and originally published in parts in 1684, in French as l'Espin du Grand Seigneur and in Italian as L'esploratore Turco. Translated into English by William Bradshaw in 1687 under the supervision of Robert Midgley, who held the copyright. The remaining seven volumes appeared first in English, between 1691 and 1694, prefaced with a letter claiming their translation from a discovered Italian manuscript. Their authorship has been attributed to various writers, most notably Midgley and Bradshaw. The letters, written by one "Mahmut the Arabian," cover the period of 1637 to 1682 in France, from the last years of the Regency of Anne of Austria and Cardinal Richelieu through the long reign of Louis XIV and his minister Cardinal Mazarin. Taken together, they form a rambling journal of gossip on politics and society. Mahmut's observations range from those on political figures such as Richelieu and Mazarin to speculations on the status of women, advice about state policy, and major interventions in controversies about religious doctrine and their consequences. The series launched a literary genre, the pseudo-foreign letter, of which Montesquieu's Lettres persanes and Goldsmith's Chinese Letters are examples. Daniel Defoe admired the spy's deist rationalist sympathies, and extended the narrator's account from 1682 to 1693 in his Continuation of Turkish Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy in Paris (but see Furbank & Owens, p. 8). N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Published by J Taylor, G Coniers and T Ballard, London, 1702
Seller: Flora Books, Mears Ashby, United Kingdom
Full-Leather. Condition: Good. 3rd edition, 149 [17]pp, later calf, recent reback with gilt lettering, title and next 2 pages inner edges reinforced, fore-edge of title and first page slightly frayed, last page also reinforced and slightly frayed, pages browned with some spotting, bottom corner of C1 torn away with the loss of a few letters, 12mo (9x15.5cm), ESTC T95543 (locating only 4 copies in the British Isles).
Published by London, Sumptibus S. Ballard, J. Senex, G. Innys, J.Osborn & T. Longman., 1731
Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Ireland
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[Sixth Edition and the first illustrated version]. Octavo. VIII, 180 pages with 26 maps and one scientific illustration of a Globe [sphere]: Globi, Charta Geographicae et Sphaerae a Joannes Senex (Fol.2). Original Hardcover / 18th century full leather with the original spine-label. The Volume in protective Mylar. The binding starting at the spine but still firm and entirely in its original condition. Very good overall condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. With a manuscript - entry to the rear endpaper: "Dan [meaning Daniel Conner] began Astronomy April 19th 1812". This important biblical Geography [Atlas] included maps for the first time in the here offered sixth edition [see reference by Rodney W. Shirley]. The Volume includes the following Maps and Illustrations: 1. Joannes Senex - [Globe] Globi, Chartae Geographiae et Spaerae optimi [the illustration of the Sphere is placed in this edition according to the bookbinders outlining behind page 2 [Fol.2], some editions have it bound as Frontispiece] 2. Europa, Asia & Africa (Double-page map) 3. America (Double-page map) 4. Hispania Antiqua (Double-page map of Historical Spain, folding out on two sides) 5. Gallia antiqua transalpina (Double-page map of France with parts of Germany) 6. Britannicae insulae (Double-page map of England, Scotland (Caledonium) and Ireland (Ivernia - Hibernia) 7. Germania antiqua (Double-page map of Historical Germany) 8. Vindelicia, Rhaetia, Noricum (Double-page map showing from Venice (Veneti), Brigantium and the Region south of the Danube) 9. Pannonia, Moesia, Illyricum & Thracia (Double-page map of the Roman provinces) 10. Cisalpina Gallia, Italiae antiquae pars (Double-page map of northern Italy and adjacent regions, extending from Venice on the Maris Adriatici, to Pisa and Nice (Nicaea) on the Mediterranean, to Lake Geneva in the west, and the Alps in the North) 11. Italia propria (Double-page map of central Italy, focusing on Rome and adjacent provinces) 12. Latium (Double-page map of a magnified Rome and surroundings) 13. Magna Graecia - Italiae antiquae pars (Double-page map showing southern Italy with an inset map "Sinus Baianus et Puteolanus") 14. Sicilia Antiqua (Double-page map of Sicily with an inset) 15. Macedonia, Thessalia, Epirus (Double-page map) 16. Acarnania, Graecia Propria & Peloponnesus (Double-page map) 17. Insulae Graeciae & Creta with Corsica et Sardinia (Double-page map) 18. Asia cis Taurum (Double-page map of ancient Turkey with Cyprus) 19. Orientis tabula (Double-page map of Arabia Felix Arachosia etc. with Mare Caspium, Syria, Armenia Maior, Persia ) 20. Colchis, Iberia, Albania & Sarmatia (Double-page map) 21. Syria, Coelesyria, Phoeniciae & Mesopotamia (Double-page map) 22. Palaestina seu Terra Sancta (Double-page map of ancient Palestine) 23. Aegypti Delta et Nili Ostia (Double-page map of ancient Egypt with Memphis, Nomos etc.) 24. Aegyptus, Marmarica et Cyrenaica (Double-page map of Egypt and neighbouring regions to the West) 25. Syrtes, Byzacium et Africa Propria (Double-page map of ancient Libya and modern Tunisia) 26. Numidia et Mauretania (Double-page map of the ancient Maghreb (present-day Algeria and Morocco with Atlas Mountains and Berber Regions) 27. Africa Interior (Double-page map with Ethiopia Inferior) Sprache: latin.