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Deus Irae
by DICK, Philip K & ZELAZNY, Roger
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG+
- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Doubleday, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. Stated First Edition, 13.5 x 21.5 cm black boards with orange stamped titles to the spine. Rough cut fore edge [vi] 182[2]pp with unclipped dust jacket priced at $5.95. Clean boards with some shelf wear and pushing to the spine tips and corners. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate and just a tiny corner crease to the front free endpaper and a little spotting to the edge of the text block. The dust jacket is complete and the spine unfaded. The corners and spine tips have some rubbing with a little surface abrasion and associated creasing and there is a 1.5 cm closed tear at the foot of the spine. An interesting work based on a dystopian story of Philip K. Dick's and later finished by Roger Zelazny. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Synopsis
Deus Irae is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick and Roger Zelazny. It was published in 1976. Deus irae means God of wrath in Latin. The name is a play on Dies Irae, meaning Day of Wrath or Judgment Day. Dick began the book but realized he didn't know enough about Christianity to finish it. He asked Ted White to collaborate on it with him, but after reviewing the manuscript White never got started.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202491
- Title
- Deus Irae
- Author
- DICK, Philip K & ZELAZNY, Roger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG+
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- American|Dystopian|Science Fiction|Religion
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About the Seller
Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
Glossary
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- VG+/VG+
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly better than Very Good Condition. Very...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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