Isbn: 9780575041523 - the Day of Creation (45 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The Day of Creation This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. …

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. ***Simply Brit*** Welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. All orders are shipped within 24 hours and our lightning fast-delivery within 48 hours coupled with our prompt customer service ensures a smooth journey from ordering to delivery. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality.…

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Very Good. ***Simply Brit*** Welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. All orders are shipped within 24 hours and our lightning fast-delivery within 48 hours coupled with our prompt customer service ensures a smooth journey from ordering to delivery. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ex library copy with usual stamps and marks inside, missing front endpaper. Unclipped DJ has slight shelf wear. ; Green cloth boards, nice tight copy. Wrap around DJ artwork by Paul Wright. ; 254 pages; In parched central Africa Doctor Mallory arrives to run a WHO clinic, but within six month has few patients due to local guerilla activity. So instead he concentrates on improving the towns water supply, dreaming of a third Nile to bring the Sahara alive. When a tractor extending the airstrip moves a tree bole and water bubbles out, it seems his dream is coming true. Ex-Lib.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A little page yellowing and dust - not much. First printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. In a lawless zone of central Africa, a doctor explores a newly formed river. Fine in fine dustjacket.

1st edition. HC in dust jacket. 1st Printing. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. The Day of Creation by J.G. Ballard (First UK Edition) File Copy A sharp, tight, copy. A bright dust jacket. Not price-clipped. States, "First published in Great Britain 1987 by Victor Gollancz Ltd." File Copy. Wendell Minor(Cover Artist) (illustrator). BOOK.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First Edition. Corners and spine ends bumped., not price-clipped. Page edges a bit grubby.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Gollancz 1987 First Edition First Printing Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine book in like Dust Jacket ''.The parched, diseased, impoverished terrain of central Africa. Then an apparent miracle occurs. In front of Mallory's eyes. water bubbles to the surface: first a trickle, but soon a powerful flood. and a sizeable river seems to be forming. to the obsessed Mallory the river is in some way his creation. to be explored. ''. Book.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 254 pages. Ex-Library. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. Set In Central Africa. The Doctor Sets Up A Clinic Near The Borders Of Chad And Sudan But Within Six Months He Is Left Without Patients.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 254 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Good condition. There is some light shelf and reading wear, but still a presentable copy. Doctor Mallory Arrives To Run A WHO Clinic In The Small Town Of Port-la-Nouvelle, But Within Six Months The Surges And Countersurgers Of Guerilla And Paramilitary Activity In This Forgotten And Lawless Zone Have Left Him Without Patients, And He Devotes Himself Instead To The Problem Of Bringing Water To The Region, Dreaming Of A Third Nie Which Will Bring The Sahara Into Flower.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Available is a TRUE 1st ed/1st prtg (UK) of THE DAY OF CREATION by J.G. BALLARD. Published in the UK in 1987 by Gollancz, book and mylar protected dust jacket are FINE. Original price of 10.95 lbs intact. A beautiful tight copy.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First hardcover edition. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new, unread copy. Book.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 254p. ; 24cm. Subjects: Physicians, Africa ; Fiction. 1 Kg.

London: Gollancz:, 1987. Trade paperback, Uncorrected proof, Fine, 254 pp. Trade paperback, Uncorrected proof, Fine.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Small tear to top and bottom corner of D/J. The parched, diseased, impoverished terrain of central Africa, somewhere near the borders of Chad and Sudan, is the locale of J. G. Ballard's new novel. Doctor Mallory arrives to run a WHO clinic in the small town of Port-la-Nouvelle, but within six months the surges and countersurges of guerilla and paramilitary activity in this forgotten and lawless zone have left him without patients, and he devotes himself instead to the problem of bringing water to the region, dreaming of a third Nile which will bring the Sahara into flower. Then an apparent miracle occurs. 254 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.). …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 254 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects; Physicians ; Fiction. Water-supply ; Fiction. Africa, Central ; Fiction. Sahara ; Fiction. Fiction in English, 1945, Texts. Africa, Central ; Fiction. English fiction. English fiction; 20th century. Drama. English literature; 20th century. English literature. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 254p. ; 24cm. Subjects: Physicians, Africa ; Fiction. 1 Kg.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0575041528. ISBN/EAN: 9780575041523. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 2655. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine, black boards, unclipped, gold embossed gilt spine, bubble wrapped, mylar pro:5* seller. On the arid, war-plagued terrain of central Africa, a manic doctor is consumed with visions of transforming the Sahara into a land of abundance. But Dr. Mallory s obsession quickly spirals dangerously out of control. First published in 1987, this classic Ballard thriller continues to resonate with dark implications for the future of humanity (Publishers Weekly).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A well‑preserved first UK hardback edition of 'The Day of Creation', one of J. G. Ballard's most enthralling and surreal novels, published in 1987 by Victor Gollancz Ltd. In this visionary work, Ballard follows Dr. John Mallory, a World Health Organization doctor in war‑torn Central Africa, whose desperate dream to bring water back to a drought‑ravaged land propels him into an obsessive journey up the newly formed river he has inadvertently created. Blending psychological depth with ecological myth and existential unrest, 'The Day of Creation' is a standout in Ballard's late‑20th‑century canon - a gripping narrative that continues to captivate fans of literary speculative fiction and critics alike. Condition Notes: Book is in Very Good condition: clean, bright pages with light toning, and a firm, square binding. Appears lightly read. Dust jacket in Good condition: shows rubbing, edge wear, and a small area of loss/tear to the lower rear corner, along with general handling wear.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 254 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects; Physicians ; Fiction. Water-supply ; Fiction. Africa, Central ; Fiction. Sahara ; Fiction. Fiction in English, 1945, Texts. Africa, Central ; Fiction. English fiction. English fiction; 20th century. Drama. English literature; 20th century. English literature. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. dj. First edition (& 1st printing). In Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels, no 99. Fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. ****Near fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Corners sharp. Boards clean and unmarked, with the edges just slightly faded. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. No foxing. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. No tears or creases. Pages clean although the paper stock has tanned slightly. ***In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £10.95 net. Head and tail of spine of dustwrapper just very slightly rubbed. There is a 2cm closed tear to the edge of the front panel of the dustwrapper at the top corner, but this is not very noticeable. No chips or creases. Spine colour unfaded. Dustwrapper bright. ***254 pages. 242mm x 162mm. ***'The Day of Creation is a 1987 novel by British writer J. G. Ballard. The main character of the novel is the World Health Organization doctor John Mallory who, six months after his arrival in Central Africa, finds that intense guerrilla activity has left him without patients. He devotes himself, instead, to the task of bringing water to the region, with dreams of setting the Sahara in flower. When he accidentally manages to achieve his task by creating a river, he becomes prey of an increasingly delirious spiral of fantasies, starting to identify himself with the new river that he has dubbed "Mallory". Obsessed, he decides to go up the river in order to "kill" its source, together with a teenaged African girl, whom he considers a sort of spirit of the waters, and other characters including a half-blind British documentary filmmaker and two ruthless local chieftains trying to take advantage of the new prosperity brought by the water.' (Wiki) ***'This is classic Ballard. Mesmerising. No one else writes with such haunting aspect.' - William Boyd (Review quote taken from the back panel) ***First impression of the true first edition, in very nice collectable condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback: black cloth lettered in gilt on spine; Slight signs of use, small piece cut from front free end-paper (no loss), vg+ in dustwrapper.