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A Handful of Darkness
by DICK Philip K
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Rich & Cowan, 1955 (500 grams) First edition in second issue wrapper which mentions World of Chance, on back panel, Dick's second book being his first collection of short fiction,and his first hardcover book, ex-library, lacks front fep, rear fep has left half neatly removed, rubber stamps to paste down, half title and title, some ballpen numbers to paste down and half title, tape residue to paste downs and half title, closed edges browned, pp 23-27 has some minor staining, small tear top margin edge of pp19-20, BUT the price clipped DW is very tidy, just being slightly chipped to spine tail, collection of 15 short stories, includes, The Preserving Machine, TIDY DW MAY BE USEFUL TO UPGRADE ANOTHER COPY. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ex-Library.
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Details
- Seller
- Fortuna Books
(NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 004834
- Title
- A Handful of Darkness
- Author
- DICK Philip K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rich & Cowan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Modern first Edition Rare Collectible Collectable Science Fiction golden Age Philip k Dick Anthology First British Edition Scarce Dustwrapper Dust Cover Dust Wrapper
- Bookseller catalogs
- SCIENCE-FICTION FANTASY & HORROR;
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Fortuna Books
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Christchurch, Canterbury
About Fortuna Books
Est 1999 e.v. and specialising in the occult, new age and metaphysics as well as religion and mythology, we also stock general fiction and non-fiction. Our shop which was upstairs in the Olympia Building, accessed via Shand's Emporium, was lost in the 2012 earthquakes, and we are currently mail order only.
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- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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