9780575041523 - The Day of Creation by Ballard, J G (44 results)

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Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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

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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.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "James Graham Ballard (15 November 1930 19 April 2009) was an English novelist, short story writer, satirist, and essayist who first became associated with the New Wave of science fiction for his post-apocalyptic novels such as The Drowned World (1962). In the late 1960s, he produced a variety of experimental short stories (or "condensed novels") , such as those collected in the controversial The Atrocity Exhibition (1970). In the mid 1970s, Ballard published several novels, among them the highly controversial Crash (1973) , a story about symphorophilia and car crash fetishism, and High-Rise (1975) , a depiction of a luxury apartment building's descent into violent chaos. " (from Wikipedia).

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

Hardback. Condition: Good. At Port-la-Nouvelle, on the parched terrain of central Africa, Dr. Mallory watches as his clinic fails and dreams of discovering a third Nile that will make the Sahara bloom. When there is a trickle on the local airstrip, and soon a river, the obsessed Mallory claims it as his own creation and sets out for the river's source. DJ. 256 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Wendell Minor(Cover Artist) (illustrator). 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. BOOK.

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.

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. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0575041528. ISBN/EAN: 9780575041523. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 11640.

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: 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 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.

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.).

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).

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

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Very Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

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. 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: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket has an ex sellers sticker on the back and a little tanning along the edges of the inner sleeve, otherwise very good. A little damp spotting on the endpapers and on the side of the text block.Otherwise excellent within.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. VG+/VG+. 8vo. original black boards gilt (a trifle rubbed & sunned, faint speckling to top edge) in dustwrapper priced £10.95 net (sligthly rubbed & nicked); pp. 254. A very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Fay Godwin (Author photo); Paul Wright (illustrator). 1st Edition. First printing of the first British edition. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with minimal signs of shelf wear, else fine.