1978 - 1984





Bananas #10 London, Spring 1978
Contains the short story, Having A Wonderful Time.




The Best Short Stories of J.G. Ballard Holt, Rinehart, Winston, NY, 1978. Paperback.
Collects: Introduction • The Concentration City • Manhole 69 • Chronopolis • The Voices of Time • Deep End • The Overloaded Man • Billenium • The Garden of Time • Thirteen for Centaurus • The Subliminal Man • The Cage of Sand • End Game • The Drowned Giant • The Terminal Beach • The Cloud-Sculptors of Coral D • The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race • The Atrocity Exhibition • Plan for the Assassination of Jacqueline Kennedy • Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan.




Ambit 73 London, Winter 1978
Contains the experimental work, The Invisible Years, with text by JG Ballard and Martin Bax, with illustrations by Ronald Sanford




Ambit 74 London, Spring 1978
Contains the experimental work, The Invisible Years, with text by JG Ballard and Martin Bax, with illustrations by Ronald Sanford




Ambit 75 London, Summer 1978
Contains the short story, Zodiac 2000.




Anticipations Edited by Christopher Priest, Faber & Faber, London, 1978. Paperback.
Contains the short story, One Afternoon At Utah Beach.




The Drowned World Gollancz, London 1978. Hardcover.
15 year anniversary reprint.




Ambit 76 London, Autumn 1978
Contains the experimental work, The Invisible Years, with text by JG Ballard and Martin Bax, with illustrations by Ronald Sanford.




Bananas #12 London, Autumn 1978
Contains the short story, Motel Architecture.




Low-Flying Aircraft Panther, London, 1978. Paperback.




The Crystal World Panther, London, 1978. Paperback.




The Drought Panther, London, 1978. Paperback.




The Unlimited Dream Company Jonathan Cape, London, 1979. Uncorrected Proof




The Unlimited Dream Company Jonathan Cape, London, 1979. Hardcover.




The Unlimited Dream Company Holt, Rinehart Winston, NY, 1979. Hardcover.




Ambit 77 London, Winter 1979
Contains the experimental work, The Invisible Years, with text by JG Ballard and Martin Bax, with illustrations by Ronald Sanford




Ambit 78 London, Spring 1979
Contains the experimental work, The Invisible Years, with text by JG Ballard and Martin Bax, with illustrations by Ronald Sanford




Ambit 79 London, Summer 1979
Contains the experimental work, The Invisible Years, with text by JG Ballard and Martin Bax, with illustrations by Ronald Sanford




Ambit 80 London, Autumn 1979
Contains the first chapter, The Coming of the Helicopters, of The Unlimited Dream Company.




Antaeus #35 Ecco Press, New York, Autumn 1979
Contains the segment, Flight, later renamed The Coming of the Helicopters, the first chapter of The Unlimited Dream Company.




Decade the 1960s Edited by Brian Aldiss and Harry Harrison Pan Books, London, 1979. Paperback.
Contains the short story, The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered As A Downhill Motor Race.




Chronopolis Berkley, NY, 1979. Paperback.




The Disaster Area Granada, London, 1979. Paperback.




The Atrocity Exhibition Panther, London 1979. Paperback.




The Venus Hunters Granada, London 1980. Paperback.




Ambit 85, London, Spring 1981.
Contains the exteract Landfall At Last from the novel Hello America.




Hello America Jonathan Cape, London, 1981. Hardcover.




The Crystal World Avon Books, NY, first printing, May 1981. Paperback.




The Drowned World Dragon's Dream, B.V., 1981. Hardcover.
Illustrated by Dick French.




Ambit 87 London, Autumn 1981
Contains the short story, News From The Sun.




Foundation 24 London, February 1982
Contains the short story, News From The Sun.




Interzone #2 Summer, 1982
Contains the David Pringle interview, From Shanghai to Shepperton.




News From The Sun Interzone, London 1982. Paperback.
Edition limited to 750 copies, consisting of 20 lettered presentation copies and 730 numbered copies of which nos. 12-100 are signed by the author. Nos. 101-730 are available exclusively to Interzone charter subscribers. This is copy 197.




News From The Sun Interzone, London 1982. Paperback.
Number 365 of 750 copies. Inscribed by JGB




Myths Of The Near Future Jonathan Cape, London, 1982. Uncorrected Proof
Collects: Myths of the Near Future • Having a Wonderful Time • A Host of Furious Fancies • Zodiac 2000 • News from the Sun • Theatre of War • The Dead Time • The Smile • Motel Architecture • The Intensive Care Unit.




Myths Of The Near Future Jonathan Cape, London, September 2, 1982. Hardcover.




Myths Of The Near Future Jonathan Cape, London, September 2, 1982. Hardcover.
With the bookplate: "From The Library of Angela Carter" on the inside front cover. The bookplate was designed by Sebastian Carter of the Rampant Lions Press.




Fantasy & Science Fiction 33rd Anniversary Issue, Volume 63, Number 4, October 1982
Contains the short story, Myths Of The Near Future.




City Limits Number 62, December 10-16 1982
Contains the short story, Report on an Unidentified Space Station and a review of American SF movies entitled: "Into A Black Hole?".




Patchin Review Number 6, March-May, New York 1983
Contains JGB's brief and blistering comments about a PEN Symposium




Hello America Triad/Granada, London, 1983. Paperback.
Signed by JGB.




The Drowned World JM Dent & Sons, London, 1983. Paperback.




The Voices of Time JM Dent & Sons, London, 1984. Paperback.




The Terminal Beach JM Dent & Sons, London, 1984. Paperback.




Myths Of The Near Future Panther, London, 1984. Paperback.




Myths Of The Near Future Paladin, London, 1984. Paperback.




Science Fiction 1: Ballard Denoël, Paris, January 1984. Paperback.
Contains the short stories Souvenirs de l'ere spatiale (Memories of the Space Age), Ce queje crois (What I Believe), plus De Shanghai a Shepperton, an interview by David Pringle, Ballard chez lui, a 1982 interview by Catherine Bresson, and the essay Crash by Jean Baudrillard




Ambit 96 London, Spring 1984
Contains the short story, The Secret Autobiography Of J.G.B******, which first appeared in French in Etoile Mecanique, July 1981 – March 1982.




Empire Of The Sun Granada, London 1984. Paperback.
Marked "Special Overseas Edition". This copy came from David Pringle, who claims it preceeds the Gollancz edition.




Empire Of The Sun Gollancz, London, 1984
According to collector Mike Holliday: "The earliest uncorrected proof, shot from the author's typescript and including a few (very minor) handwritten corrections; only a small number were issued - some claim as few as thirty, although the total may well have been somewhat more than this. Both proofs are in light blue covers, but the initial proof can be distinguished on the front by the description 'uncorrected typescript'; it is also 524 pages, compared to the normal proof's 278 pages. Inside, the initial proof has a copyright date of 1983, but it is often seen for sale dated 1984, the same year as the eventual publication date of the novel." Signed by JGB




Empire Of The Sun Gollancz, London, 1984
As above. With the bookplate: "From The Library of Angela Carter" on the inside front cover. The bookplate was designed by Sebastian Carter of the Rampant Lions Press. This is the copy she read to write her blurb on the back cover of the hardcover first edition.




Empire Of The Sun Gollancz, London, 1984
Uncorrected proof. This proof was issued with a dust jacket (not shown) the same as the novel, but with an unclipped price of "£8.99 APPX"




Empire Of The Sun Gollancz, London, 1984. Hardcover.




Empire Of The Sun Gollancz, London, 1984. Hardcover.
Limited edition of 100 signed copies. This is number 77. Issued without dustjacket, wrapped in tissue paper and in a black slipcase.




Empire Of The Sun Simon & Shuster, NY, October 1984. Uncorrected Proof




Empire Of The Sun Simon & Shuster, NY, 1984. Hardcover.




Interzone #8 London, Summer, 1984
Contains the declaration, What I Believe.
Inscribed by JGB.




Interzone #9 London, Autumn, 1984
Contains the short story, The Object Of The Attack.




Concrete Island Jonathan Cape, London, 1984. Hardcover.




The Disaster Area Jonathan Cape, London, 1984. Hardcover.
This copy is from the working library of novelist Angela Carter (1940-1992) with her posthumous bookplate. The bookplate reads 'From the Library of Angela Carter' and was designed by Sebastian Carter of the Rampant Lions Press.




The Crystal World Jonathan Cape, London, 1984. Hardcover.




The Drought Jonathan Cape, London, 1984. Hardcover.




The Paris Review Vol 94, Winter, 1984
Contains the Thomas Frick interview, The Art of Fiction LXXXV