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The Crystal World: Available Copies
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The Crystal World by Ballard, J. G.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780374520960
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1988)
Seller: ZBK Books (Carlstadt, NJ, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $9.05
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $9.05
Pages and cover are intact. Used book in good and clean conditions. Limited notes marks and highlighting may be present. May show signs of normal shelf wear and bends on edges. Item may be missing CDs or access codes. May include library marks.
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Seller: Ergodebooks (Houston, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $11.63
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $11.63
From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Cocaine Nights comes an acclaimed backlist title -- the extraordinary vision of an African forest that turns into crystal -- now reissued in new cover style. Through a 'leaking' of time, the West African jungle starts to crystallize. Trees are metamorphosed into enormous jewels. Crocodiles encased in second glittering skins lurch down the river. Pythons with huge blind gemstone eyes rear in heraldic poses. Most men flee the area in terror, afraid to face what they cannot understand. But some, dazzled and strangely entranced, remain to drift through this dreamworld forest. There is a doctor in pursuit of his ex-mistress, an enigmatic Jesuit wields a crystal cross, and a tribe of lepers search for Paradise!
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The Crystal World by Ballard, J. G.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780374520960
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1988)
Seller: HPB Inc. (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $7.99
Shipping: $3.75
TOTAL Cost: $11.74
Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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The Crystal World (Berkley SF, X1380) by J. G. Ballard
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Publisher: Berkley Books January 1967 (1967)
Seller: The Book Garden (Bountiful, UT, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $7.00
Shipping: $5.25
TOTAL Cost: $12.25
Heavy wear to cover, corners and edges, exposes the boards. Has soiling to cover and pages, with creases. Previous owner's name inside. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.
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Seller: Henniker Book Farm and Gifts (Henniker, NH, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $7.00
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $12.50
Very Good- Condition. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and creasing (see picture). Pages have some toning. No marks on the text block. Previous owner's markings on free-end paper. Noted as March 1967 edition, X1380.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 160 pages
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Seller: GF Books, Inc. (Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $12.91
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TOTAL Cost: $12.91
Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting.
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Seller: WeBuyBooks 2 (Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $2.95
Shipping: $9.99
TOTAL Cost: $12.94
Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.
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Seller: WeBuyBooks 2 (Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $2.95
Shipping: $9.99
TOTAL Cost: $12.94
Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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