£500
FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. 252. Original dark olive boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge red, dustjacket printed in orange, red, and black. Extremities just slightly bumped, a touch of light soiling to dustjacket and two tiny marks to front panel. Cape review slip loosely inserted.
The first hardback edition of Ballard's early novel, in its definitive expanded form: initially published under the title The Burning World as a paperback original in the USA, this text is substantially expanded and revised, appearing here for the first time in the UK as well as the first time in hardback.
