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A Scanner Darkly
by Dick, Philip K
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
-
Kingscliff, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday & Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Edges lightly foxed. Jacket evenly but lightly chipped at edges and fore edge folds, spine panel slightly sunned ; Original full tan leatherette. First edition with G51 to lower gutter at page 216. Overall an excellent copy; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; (iv,220) pages .
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
- Haymes & Co.
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B4277
- Title
- A Scanner Darkly
- Author
- Dick, Philip K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, Modern First
Terms of Sale
Haymes & Co.
Al l books are sold as complete or as otherwise described. Any item found to be not as described may be returned within 7 days of purchase.
About the Seller
Haymes & Co.
Biblio member since 2022
Kingscliff, New South Wales
About Haymes & Co.
Haymes & Co. are 6th generation antiquarian booksellers. Our foundations trace back to Rotterdam, Holland, in the early 19th century.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- First Edition
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