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Michael Moorcock Cornelius Chronicles Books 1 to 7 and Chinese Agent - $50 (Beverly Hills Adj)
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Jerry Cornelius #5
by Michael Moorcock
First Printing, 1976, Quartet Books, Softcover with Dust Jacket
ISBN 9780704321212
Catherine Cornelius and Una Persson (usually supporting characters in the Jerry Cornelius novels) grow bored of their current tranquil existence together as lovers and separate in search of adventure. Their stories are told in parallel from this point until the end, where they rejoin and the story begins again. Catherine, generally portrayed in a saintly and/or martyred role moves through a series of relationships in which she is abused or dominated by her partner. She attempts at one point to get Jerry Cornelius (her brother and sometimes her lover) to beat her, but he is unable to satisfy her. Una Persson, who ordinarily fills Jerry's role as the eternal revolutionary when he is unwilling or unable to, embroils herself in a series of revolutionary wars - always on the losing side. At the end, Una begins to despair of the situation in which she has found herself, and is rescued by Catherine who takes her back to the cottage they shared at the start of the novel to recuperate. This is an inversion of their roles throughout the book, as up until that point Una has been an active combatant and Catherine has been increasingly dominated.
The Cornelius Chronicles
Jerry Cornelius #1-4 omnibus
By Michael Moorcock, Malcolm Dean (Illustrator)
Paperback, Avon Books, 1977
Cover damaged around edges
The Cornelius Quartet is the collective name for the Jerry Cornelius novels by Michael Moorcock, although the first one-volume edition was entitled The Cornelius Chronicles. It is composed of The Final Programme, A Cure for Cancer, The English Assassin and The Condition of Muzak.
The Cornelius Chronicles Vol. II
Jerry Cornelius #6-7 omnibus
By Michael Moorcock
Paperback, Avon Books, 1986, 1st printing, cover damaged around edges
Jerry Cornelius, a time traveler who is able to assume many identities, must prey on others to maintain his image stability
#6 The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius: Stories of the Comic Apocalypse
#7 The Entropy Tango: A Comic Romance
The Chinese Agent
by Michael Moorcock
Paperback, Mayflower Press, 1979, UK Import
Kirkus Reviews - Ex-con Jerry Cornell, product of the seamiest of London's byways and working under duress for British Intelligence, lands right side up in this spottily funny spoof of the Bond-bred genre. When a Chinese-American jewel thief is by mistake handed a package of Red China-bound secrets in the Tower of London (all Chinese look alike), a crew of unlikely originals give chase--Jerry, a top Chinese agent with a poetic imagination, a fading Mata Hari, gals and gaffers, and an Inspector named Crapper. Somehow Peking is sent packing. Has its moments.