The Unlimited Dream Company. de BALLARD, J. G - 1979

London: Jonathan Cape,, 1979. First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the title page. Winner of the 1980 British Science Fiction Association Award, The Unlimited Dream Company is one of a number of provocative novels, including Concrete Island (1974) and High Rise (1975), "which cast [Ballard's] affection for his home of Shepperton in a distinctly surreal light" (ODNB). Octavo. Original green boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge grey. With dust jacket. A near-fine copy, bump and slight lean to head of spine, negligible offsetting to free endpapers, in like dust jacket, spine panel faintly faded, top edge creased and lightly toned, a sharp example.