A Scanner Darkly
by Dick, Philip K
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385016131
- ISBN 13
- 9780385016131
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday and Company / SFBC, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. Early Book Club Edition. Doubleday / SFBC, 1977; gutter code 'H 05' on last page of text indicates January 1977 printing; 220pp. Dust jacket by The Quays. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of brown boards, white titling remains bold; text very good throughout. Very minor wear, toning to edges of unclipped dust jacket; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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
- Seller
- The Book House in Dinkytown (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 316347
- Title
- A Scanner Darkly
- Author
- Dick, Philip K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0385016131
- ISBN 13
- 9780385016131
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company / SFBC
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8x5x0
- Keywords
- stre100
- X weight
- 16 oz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Book House in Dinkytown
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
About The Book House in Dinkytown
Used books bought and sold, classics and collectibles in all fields. In Dinkytown since 1976.
Glossary
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- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...