J. G. Ballard

Memories of the Space Age

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1988. Illustrated by Jeffrey K. Potter in black and white. Stated First Edition. Hardcover in an unclipped jacket ($16.95).

Octavo. Black publisher's cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Light tan endpapers.
The jacket is ornamented with a beautiful wraparound illustration of Max Ernst's After the Rain licensed from the Wadsworth Atheneum. 
“The Cage of Sand” (1962), “A Question of Re-entry” (1962), “The Dead Astronaut” (1968), “My Dream of Flying to Wake Island” (1974), “News from the Sun” (1981), “Memories of the Space Age” (1982), “Myths of the Near Future” (1982), and “The Man Who Walked on the Moon” (1985).
A lovely copy from the library of noted Colorado collector Paul Harms.

Fine. The pages are clean and bright, binding solid and square and pages unmarked. / Very good with very mild shelfwear. Spine presents some darkening and there is some evidence of scuffing to the back of the jacket. Presented in a protective mylar cover. Item #147

Price: $60.00