World Of Chance
by Dick, Philip K
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
Item Price
£745.00£596.00
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About This Item
0 First Rare Hardcover edition/First Printing published by Rich & Cowan, London 1956. Comes with it's original dustjacket plus a facsimile jacket. Original jacket has large section missing from rear panel, closed tears and creasing/small sections missing from edges. Small mark to front flap and some browning to verso. Now protected in archive cover. No marks or inscriptions. Bookplate removed from front pastedown. Spotting to page edges and occasional throughout. paper split at spine to half-title page (Not affecting webbing) Cloth covers have general reading and shelf wear with some markings. Bump to bottom corner of rear.
Synopsis
Solar Lottery is a 1955 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was his first published novel and contains many of the themes present in his later work.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Idlegeniusbooks
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009198
- Title
- World Of Chance
- Author
- Dick, Philip K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Rich & Cowan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
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Idlegeniusbooks
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London
About Idlegeniusbooks
We are a small trader specialising in Modern First Editions. We are also the book 'Experts' for Cashintheattic and value books for insurance and Probate.Our stock includes many signed books and Ephemera items. We also sell books on London and Architecture.
Glossary
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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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Frequently asked questions
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