Hello America
by Ballard, J.G
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0881844551
- ISBN 13
- 9780881844559
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Carroll & Graf, 1988. One hesitates to pigeonhole the late great English writer within the confines of "science fiction," but there he is. "Speculative" would be a better description.This is a Fine copy of the First American Edition, a rather "wicked satire" on America.. Gray paper boards with a blue cloth spine and titling in silver on the spine. Clean text; 224 pages.The dustjacket is unclipped; it has a faint rub mark on the rear panel, and touches of wear at the tips; else Fine. In an archival plastic protector.. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Hello America is a science fiction novel by J. G. Ballard, first published in 1981. The plot follows an expedition to a North America rendered uninhabitable by an ecological disaster.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006472
- Title
- Hello America
- Author
- Ballard, J.G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0881844551
- ISBN 13
- 9780881844559
- Publisher
- Carroll & Graf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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