A Contemporary Man
BALLARD, J.G. Edited and Compiled by James Goddard & David Pringle with illustrations by Carol Gregory. The First Twenty Years. Middlesex:Bran's Head Books.1976.
8vo. Original light blue cloth with gilt title lettering to front board, Light blue pictorial dust jacket, pp. [x], 76, [bibiography 26], minor bumping to top and bottom of spine, slight toning to dust jacket with fading to spine, small closed tear to top left corner of rear wrapper, otherwise near fine.
First edition, signed by both Ballard and James Goddard
Consisting of a long interview with J.G.Ballard recorded at his house in Shepperton, on 4th January 1975, an extensive bibliography of his published fiction and non-fiction through to the end of 1975, and a selection of critical articles and reviews by various hands including contributions from Brian Aldiss, Michael Moorcock, Ian Watson, Peter Linnett, and James Carnell.
"Any serious attempt to classify or distribute the works of J.G Ballard among literary genres is difficult…Above all, Ballard is a 'contemporary' writer" (from the Preface).
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