BALLARD, J. G.

£1,750 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Vermilion Sands. Uncorrected proof copy of the first edition, signed by the author on the title page, rare thus. This collection of nine short stories was originally intended to be published on 15 November 1973 (this date appears on the dust jacket rear flap), but this was later postponed to 29 November, as noted in a manuscript annotation to the dust jacket front panel ("Proof only Publication 29.11.73").

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