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Ubik (1st/1st)
by Dick, Philip K
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1969. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Doubleday First edition first printing March 1969. Hardback book is tight and clean with lean. Boards clean, with softened corners. Bumped to head and foot of spine, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with toning to edges, and two feint spots to fore-edge. FEP has been removed, and there are US Air Force Stamps to the front and rear pastedowns, the copy right page, and the last free end paper. There is also "SF" pen notation to the top corner of the title page. The other pages are all crisp and unblemished, nice and white. Feels lightly read and still tight. Grades very good. Jacket is complete and tidy, generally there are is feint grubbiness to the white areas of the front and rear panels. The front panel has 5mm closed tear to the top edge, and the spine has some light toning, however it is not sunned as the delicate pink author name still retains good colour. Overall a solid very good copy. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A solid collectors copy of this title. It has all of the required points for first issue, "First Edition" to copyright page, K10 on page 202 (March 1969), and the price of $4.50 isd present on the front flap. Whilst it is not a perfect first printing example it is priced accordingly and would still make a super addition to PKD collector's shelves.
Synopsis
Ubik is a 1969 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. In 2005, Time magazine named it one of the 100 greatest English-language novels published since 1923; critic Lev Grossman described it as "a deeply unsettling existential horror story, a nightmare you'll never be sure you've woken up from".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007459
- Title
- Ubik (1st/1st)
- Author
- Dick, Philip K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Pages
- 202
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 1.10 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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- Title Page
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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- Copyright page
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- Text Block
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- Spine
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