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Stated First American Printing; A Fine book in a Nearly Fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author to the title page. A handsome copy of this critically acclaimed novel, basis for the David Cronenberg film; scarce in this condition, very rare indeed signed. This copy is in fine condition with a square tight binding, clean silver and black boards with bright spine lettering, and bright white pages throughout; the book shows only some light sunning to the board edges. Housed in a crisp and clean near fine dust jacket that shows only a light age-toning to the flap and panel edges, a very mild rubbing to the spine ends, and a short closed tear to the lower back panel near the flap fold. A beautiful copy of a book rarely found signed by Ballard. Not remaindered, not price clipped ($6.95 present), not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.

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.