A Scanner Darkly
by Dick, Philip K
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0385016131
- ISBN 13
- 9780385016131
- Seller
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Farway, Colyton, Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Doubleday: NY, 1977. First edition (& 1st printing). Hardcover. SF novel (made into a film in 2006). First printing with code G51 on p. 216 (a second printing has code H13 on p. 216). ''First edition'' stated on copyright page and priced $6.95 ot top of inner front flap, See Levack: PKD: A Philip K. Dick Bibliography: Revised Edition (1988) 36a (p.58). A little browning along page edges, else a fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new) but for a touch of wear along top spine edge.
Synopsis
A Scanner Darkly is a BSFA Award winning 1977 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. The semi-autobiographical story is set in a dystopian Orange County, California in the then-future of June 1994. It includes an extensive portrayal of drug culture and drug use.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cold Tonnage Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 02329
- Title
- A Scanner Darkly
- Author
- Dick, Philip K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (& 1st printing)
- ISBN 10
- 0385016131
- ISBN 13
- 9780385016131
- Publisher
- Doubleday: NY
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Cold Tonnage Books
Biblio member since 2005
Farway, Colyton, Devon
About Cold Tonnage Books
I am the foremost British bookseller of fine, collectable, signed 1st editions of science fiction, fantasy and the supernatural. Full-time (it pays the mortgage) since 1989. All books bubble-wrapped and sent in card boxes.
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