Crash, J.G. Ballard
First American edition, first printing of Ballard’s controversial novel about car-crash sexual fetishism, basis for the 1996 film directed by David Cronenberg.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. Publisher’s light gray paper boards over black cloth spine, spine lettered in silver; pp. 224. A near fine copy in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains tight, sturdy and square, minimal wear to boards, light crease to the inner bottom corner of text block. Small stamp to front pastedown, else internally clean and fine. Jacket shows just traces of shelfwear. A very presentable copy, protected in archival mylar.