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“A SPLENDID AND POWERFUL TALENT”: EMPIRE OF THE SUN, ONE OF ONLY 100 SIGNED COPIES

BALLARD, J.G. Empire of the Sun. London: Victor Gollancz, 1984. Octavo, original black cloth, original glassine jacket, original slipcase.

Signed limited first edition of Ballard’s most acclaimed novel, number 89 of only 100 copies signed by him.

Winner of the Booker Prize. Based on his own childhood, Ballard’s autobiographical novel “is an extraordinary addition to our modern literature of war? If there is still room for a masterpiece about the Second World War, then this is it” (Guardian). To fellow writer John Calvin Batchelor, Ballard’s novel offers further evidence of  “a splendid and powerful talent” (New York Times). A fine copy.