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A SCANNER DARKLY
by Dick, Philip K
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in near fine jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0385016131
- ISBN 13
- 9780385016131
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1977. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First printing of Dick's late-period masterpiece of paranoia and personal disintegration. Dick's semi-autobiographical novel, set in a futuristic Orange County seen through the eyes of an investigator and drug addict whose private life and psyche come apart under the influence of the reality-reversing Substance D. With jacket illustration by legendary film-makers Stephen and Timothy Quay, who began their careers designing science fiction book covers before turning to animation. 8'' x 5.5''. Original salmon-beige boards. In original unclipped ($6.95) pictorial dust jacket. Jacket illustration by The Quays; jacket typography by Judith Turner. [4], 220 pages. Trace sunning to jacket spine., touches of shelfwear. Book has remainder spray to bottom edge, as common. Some toning to endpapers. Overall bright and sharp.
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
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49885
- Title
- A SCANNER DARKLY
- Author
- Dick, Philip K
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in near fine jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385016131
- ISBN 13
- 9780385016131
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- 20th century,Post-WWII,Science Fiction,US American
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Type Punch Matrix
Type Punch Matrix is a rare book firm founded by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. TPM is a member firm of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and upholds their Code of Ethics.
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