Two by J. G. Ballard
Ballard, J. G. Concrete Island. Vintage Books, 1985 (1st Vintage Ed.). Softbound. $20.
Ballard, J. G. The Drowned Island. Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1987 (1st Carroll & Graf Ed.). Softbound. $15.
Two speculative dazzlers by the novelist who quipped, prophetically, 'For a writer, death is always a career move.' Concrete Island, his postindustrial take on The Tempest, boasts cover design by Carin Goldberg (with art by Chris Moore), known for her culture-shaping work on Madonna's 1983 self-titled debut album and her iconic 1986 Vintage Books edition of James Joyce's Ulysses. And The Drowned World, which features a cover by versatile industry workhorse Tom McKeveny, relates a tale later classified by some as 'climate fiction' and described by Will Self as 'a vision of . . . startling and coruscating originality'.
Both books have tight spines with slight leans and some cosmetic creasing. Both have clean, unmarked interiors and light edge-wear. Mass-Market Paperbacks.
