Books

Farrar, Straus & Company: NY, 1973. First American edition (& 1st printing). Hardcover. Filmed in 1996 by David Cronenberg with James Spader and Holly Hunter. ''First American printing, 1973'' on the copyright page: priced $6.95. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new) but for a touch of wear along both spine edges.

Crash is a novel by English author J. G. Ballard, first published in 1973. It is a story about symphorophilia; specifically car-crash sexual fetishism: its protagonists become sexually aroused by staging and participating in real car-crashes.

Look for the publishing detail that reads 'London: Jonathan Cape, 1973', without mention of reprints or later editions.