9780575041523 - The Day of Creation von Ballard, J. G. (11 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. The Day of Creation This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Ex library copy with usual stamps and marks inside, missing front endpaper. Unclipped DJ has slight shelf wear. ; Green cloth boards, nice tight copy. Wrap around DJ artwork by Paul Wright. ; 254 pages; In parched central Africa Doctor Mallory arrives to run a WHO clinic, but within six month has few patients due to local guerilla activity. So instead he concentrates on improving the towns water supply, dreaming of a third Nile to bring the Sahara alive. When a tractor extending the airstrip moves a tree bole and water bubbles out, it seems his dream is coming true. Ex-Lib.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. In a lawless zone of central Africa, a doctor explores a newly formed river. Fine in fine dustjacket.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 254p. ; 24cm. Subjects: Physicians, Africa ; Fiction. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 254 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects; Physicians ; Fiction. Water-supply ; Fiction. Africa, Central ; Fiction. Sahara ; Fiction. Fiction in English, 1945, Texts. Africa, Central ; Fiction. English fiction. English fiction; 20th century. Drama. English literature; 20th century. English literature. 3 Kg.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Small tear to top and bottom corner of D/J. The parched, diseased, impoverished terrain of central Africa, somewhere near the borders of Chad and Sudan, is the locale of J. G. Ballard's new novel. Doctor Mallory arrives to run a WHO clinic in the small town of Port-la-Nouvelle, but within six months the surges and countersurges of guerilla and paramilitary activity in this forgotten and lawless zone have left him without patients, and he devotes himself instead to the problem of bringing water to the region, dreaming of a third Nile which will bring the Sahara into flower. Then an apparent miracle occurs. 254 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. ****Near fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Corners sharp. Boards clean and unmarked, with the edges just slightly faded. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. No foxing. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. No tears or creases. Pages clean although the paper stock has tanned slightly. ***In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £10.95 net. Head and tail of spine of dustwrapper just very slightly rubbed. There is a 2cm closed tear to the edge of the front panel of the dustwrapper at the top corner, but this is not very noticeable. No chips or creases. Spine colour unfaded. Dustwrapper bright. ***254 pages. 242mm x 162mm. ***'The Day of Creation is a 1987 novel by British writer J. G. Ballard. The main character of the novel is the World Health Organization doctor John Mallory who, six months after his arrival in Central Africa, finds that intense guerrilla activity has left him without patients. He devotes himself, instead, to the task of bringing water to the region, with dreams of setting the Sahara in flower. When he accidentally manages to achieve his task by creating a river, he becomes prey of an increasingly delirious spiral of fantasies, starting to identify himself with the new river that he has dubbed "Mallory". Obsessed, he decides to go up the river in order to "kill" its source, together with a teenaged African girl, whom he considers a sort of spirit of the waters, and other characters including a half-blind British documentary filmmaker and two ruthless local chieftains trying to take advantage of the new prosperity brought by the water.' (Wiki) ***'This is classic Ballard. Mesmerising. No one else writes with such haunting aspect.' - William Boyd (Review quote taken from the back panel) ***First impression of the true first edition, in very nice collectable condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.