A Scanner Darkly
by Dick, Philip K
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
First UK edition, first impression. Adapted to film in 2006 and one of the author's best-known novels.
Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some spotting to top edge and toning to text-block, as is common, else clean and near fine.
The original and unclipped dust jacket is slightly sunned to the spine panel, but in excellent, near fine or better condition otherwise.
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
- Fine Book Cellar Ltd. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1476183139462
- Title
- A Scanner Darkly
- Author
- Dick, Philip K
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Date Published
- 1977
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Scanner Darkly, First, Dick
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Science Fiction; Philip K. Dick;
Terms of Sale
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