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The Man in the High Castle
by Phillip K. Dick
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1988. Near Fine. Collector's Edition. The book is tight with solid hinges with good corners and clean boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, embossed seal, or markings The book is bound in leather, with gilded page edges, a hubbed spine, satin page marker, and accents in 22 KT gold. The gilt has faint, tiny scratches to the top and side fore-edges. 239 pages. 6 ¼ x 9¼" tall. Introduction by Richard Curtis. Illustration by Richard Powers. Includes Collector's Notes and "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" unused bookplate.
Considered Philip K. Dick's greatest novel when first published in 1962. An alternative history novel wherein the Axis Powers won World War II. The story occurs in 1962, fifteen years after the end of the war in 1947, and depicts the political intrigues between Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany as they rule the partitioned United States.
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- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4290
- Title
- The Man in the High Castle
- Author
- Phillip K. Dick
- Illustrator
- Richard Powers
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Easton Press
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 239
- Size
- 6.25 x 9.25
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
- Keywords
- dystopia, alternate history, science fiction, easton press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collector's Editions; Easton Press;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Armadillo Alley Books
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Carrollton, Texas
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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- Edges
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- Bookplate
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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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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