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LOVE AND NAPALM: EXPORT U.S.A.

Ballard, J[ames] G[raham].

New York: Grove Press, Inc., [1972]. Octavo, cloth. First published U.S. edition. First printed, but never published by Doubleday in 1970 as THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION. The Doubleday edition was destroyed by the publisher with only a handful of copies surviving (seemingly because of the story "Why I Want to F**k Ronald Reagan." This edition includes a preface by William S. Burroughs, original to this edition. Collection of linked stories, the contents follow that of the U.K. edition. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-62. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1274-77. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A sharp copy. (28706). Item #28706

Price: $250.00