Crash
- 224 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- London: Jonathan Cape, 1973
London: Jonathan Cape, 1973. First edition. 224 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth. near fine copy in very good plus pictorial dust jacket by Bill Botten. Owner signature on flyleaf. First edition. 224 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. “Vaughan died yesterday in his last car-crash. During our friendship he had rehearsed his death in many car-crashes, but this was his only true accident.”
Attractive copy of Ballard’s celebrated novel of erotic obsession and the automobile. Filmed by David Cronenberg in 1996, with James Spader and Holly Hunter. Currey p. 22; Smith p. 31
Attractive copy of Ballard’s celebrated novel of erotic obsession and the automobile. Filmed by David Cronenberg in 1996, with James Spader and Holly Hunter. Currey p. 22; Smith p. 31