High-Rise

Ballard, J. G.

ISBN 10: 0030206510 / ISBN 13: 9780030206511

Published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1977

About this Item

First US edition, hardcover, has a small lean to the binding, very light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, slight sunning to the spine and cover edges, mild dust-dulling to the edges of the text block with a hint of wear to the edges of a few pages, and a faint area of effaced markings at the upper corner of the first free end page. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight Near Very Good copy in a like, price-clipped dust jacket, which has bumps with short tears and tiny chips to the spine ends and corners, some creasing and wear along the edges and folds, and faint sunning with a few small spots to the spine. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

Seller Inventory # 107486

Bibliographic Details

• Title: High-Rise
• Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0030206510
• ISBN 13: 9780030206511
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st U.S. Edition.
• Condition: Near Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

When a class war erupts inside a luxurious apartment block, modern elevators become violent battlegrounds and cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on “enemy” floors. In this visionary tale, human society slips into violent reverse as once-peaceful residents, driven by primal urges, re-create a world ruled by the laws of the jungle.

About the Author

J.G. Ballard was born in Shanghai in 1930 and lived in England from 1946 until his death in London in 2009. He is the author of nineteen novels, including Empire of the Sun, The Drought, and Crash, with many of them made into major films.