{"product_id":"love-napalm-j-g-ballard-first-american-edition","title":"Love \u0026 Napalm, J.G. Ballard. First American Edition.","description":"\u003ch2 align=\"center\"\u003eLove \u0026amp; Napalm: Export U.S.A., J.G. Ballard   \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003eFirst American edition, first printing of Ballard's experimental novel, originally published in the UK as The Atrocity Exhibition. After a 1970 edition by Doubleday had already been printed, Nelson Doubleday Jr. personally cancelled the publication and had the copies destroyed, fearing legal action from some of the celebrities depicted in the book. Thus, the first US edition was published in 1972 by Grove Press under the title Love and Napalm: Export USA with a new preface by William S. Burroughs.   \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 align=\"left\"\u003eNew York: Grove Press, 1972. Publisher's original black cloth, spine lettered in metallic red and orange; pp. 157. A fine copy in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket showing just traces of shelfwear. Very presentable, protected in archival mylar.\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"The Rare Book Sleuth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46991627223215,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/8846\/4815\/files\/IMG_8435.jpg?v=1780328681","url":"https:\/\/rarebooksleuth.com\/products\/love-napalm-j-g-ballard-first-american-edition","provider":"The Rare Book Sleuth","version":"1.0","type":"link"}