High Rise by Ballard J G (137 results)

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

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.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

paperback. Condition: Good. 33510th. Crease/bruise to cover and pages.

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.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.34.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Gut. Alle Bücher & Medienartikel von Book Broker sind stets in gutem & sehr gutem gebrauchsfähigen Zustand. Dieser Artikel weist folgende Merkmale auf: Altersentsprechend nachgedunkelte/saubere Seiten in fester Bindung. Einband belesen/bestoßen. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 100.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Paperback. first edition. very good -fine, reading crease paperback,

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Fading and tape on the boards. Stain on the edges. Text is clear of markings and notations. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.88.

First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 204 pages. A chilling work that is considered one of the 100 Best Science Fiction novels by Pringle. Adapted into the 2015 movie of the same name with Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Siena Miller, and Elizabeth Moss. An about very good copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine but missing the front free endpaper and with a former owner signature to the half title page and in an about very good dust jacket a decent amount of edge wear and rubbing.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 1st U.S. Edition. 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.

Condition: Very Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Mass market paperback. 173pp. Bookstore stamp to bottom textblock, minor crease at bottom corner of first page, else very near fine, with sharp corners and an uncreased spine. Appears unread. Signed by Ballard to the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. VG++ towards near fine, black top edge, price clipped dj. DJ is VG++ in an acetate,

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. London: Jonathan Cape, 1975 8vo., blue boards lettered in gilt to spine with publisher's device to foot; upper edge stained blue; in the iconic unclipped dustwrapper (£2.95 net) featuring a design of a block of flats by Craig Dodd; pp. [viii], 7-204, [ii]; aside from a very mild bruise to spine foot, and tiny splash marks to upper edge, a near-fine example in the near-fine dust jacket with the odd tiny spot and crease.  First edition.  High Rise was J. G. Ballard's eighth novel, following the success of Crash (1973) and Concrete Island (1974), both of which incorporated similar themes of technological advancement and the ways in which it affected the human psyche. Ballard was born in Shanghai in 1930, and experienced conflict from a young age with the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937. After the Battle of Hong Kong, he and his family were sent to an internment camp, where they lived in G Block for the remainder of the Second World War. These childhood experiences undoubtedly influenced his later writing, with many of his later works being set in mazes, bunkers, or here, in apartment blocks: "The reassuring stage-set that everyday reality in the suburban West presents to us is torn down; you see the ragged scaffolding, and then you see the truth beyond that, and it can be a frightening experience", he later claimed.  High Rise begins with the chilling opening lines "Later, as he sat on his balcony eating the dog, Dr Robert Laing reflected on the unusual events that had taken place within this huge apartment building during the previous three months", and follows a group of 2000 people living in a 40 storey tower block. As the novel develops, power outages and petty disagreements see the residents descend into a series of ever-escalating raids, acts of vandalism, and ultimately barbaric violence.  In 2015, the book was turned into a successful film starring  Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, and Elisabeth Moss in lead roles. .

Octavo, boards. First edition. "The middle-class residents of a gigantic apartment block discover that their 'affectless' surroundings encourage a new kind of barbarism. Ironic, stylish, perverse, hard-hitting. Like the author's CRASH, it is only marginally SF, but in some ways it seems to prefigure the selfish yuppiedom of the mid-80s and the building of the Canary Wharf tower in London's former docklands." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition, p. 173. "This book has been called an adult version of Golding's LORD OF THE FLIES." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-18. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-68. King list, p. 389. Winter list, p. 268. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 364. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with printed price clipped and Cape's £6.95 price sticker affixed to the front flap. (#173352).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 204pp. Brown cloth over orange boards, bronze titles on spine. Single, pin-sized hole on upper edge of front board. Tight, clean, unmarked copy. Dust jacket shows edgwear and a bit of rubbing at the head of spine that doesn't interfere with titles. Dust jacket price clipped. Ballard's mid-70s dystopian novel, set in a 40-story high-rise building. Adapted as a 2015 film, starring Elizabeth Moss and Tom Hiddleston. Size: Octavo.

First U.S. edition. Octavo. cloth backed boards. A disturbing look at life in a high rise apartment block. "This book has been called an adult version of Golding's Lord of the Flies." Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-18. [Reference: Pringle: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels #76]. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with rubbing to the front panel (which appears to be not uncommon) and a tiny closed tear at the left lower spine panel. (32163).

First U. S. edition. Octavo. cloth backed boards. A disturbing look at life in a high rise apartment block. "This book has been called an adult version of Golding's Lord of the Flies." Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-18. [Reference: Pringle: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels #76]. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with rubbing to the front panel, touch of wear to corner tips. (28942).

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First American Edition. Octavo. Illustrated dust jacket. Very good, price unclipped on dust jacket, edges of book block foxed especially on the top edge.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. First Edition. 1st Edition 1975. Book is very good++ and bright. Name to front endpaper. The complete wrapper is very good++ and bright. Light edge rubbing. Light foxing and marking to inner flaps. More digital images can be taken upon request. Ref 14196 ###016973.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Signed and dedicated by the author to the title page at a book launch at Forbidden Planet in London. Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A little pushing to spine foot, else fine in a fine and unclipped dust jacket. A fantastic copy. Rare with such attributes. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. Fine first edition, first impression. Non price clipped dust wrapper. No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A near fine copy of the first edition of High-Rise with clipped dust jacket. Original blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Top edge is blue. Clean contents. Dust jacket is bright with minimal wear with small nick on the rear cover.

Condition: Fine. Number of pages: 242p Size: 16cm.

A first edition, first printing of High Rise by J. G. Ballard, published by Cape in 1975. A near fine book free from internal inscriptions, the boards bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth with gilt titling to the spine, bumping to foot and head of spine, slight pushing to the corners, black top stain to text block with light spotting to fore-edge and bottom of text block, ghosting to front free end paper. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with bumping to the spine tips and knuckles of front and rear flap folds, light internal spotting. With associated grey cloth bound slip case with light handling wear. Jacket design by Craig Dodd. High-Rise by J.G. Ballard is a dystopian novel set in a luxury apartment building where social order collapses. The story follows the residents as they descend into chaos, with floors dividing them into classes. As amenities fail, the inhabitants engage in violent power struggles, abandoning civilised behaviour. The novel explores themes of social decay, human nature and the thin veneer of civilisation, portraying a chilling vision of how modern life can quickly unravel.

First edition, first impression, of Ballard's dystopian fable, "less about the collapse of technology than about the boil-like bursting of original sin across a glass-and-chrome landscape" (Quigly). Pringle A122. Isabel Quigly, "Crumbling Towers and Dreams", Financial Times, 13 November 1975. Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge blue. With dust jacket. Spine cocked and sunned, head of spine and foot of rear cover lightly bumped, spine end edges a little sunned; jacket faintly toned, edges lightly creased, unclipped: a very good copy in near-fine jacket.