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The Zap Gun
by Dick, Philip K
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0881845531
- ISBN 13
- 9780881845532
- Seller
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Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
Item Price
£14.20£8.52
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About This Item
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1989. A very nice copy of this Carroll & Graf first printing. Interiors are tightly bound and unmarked. Soft cover wraps show light rubbing and chipping. Spine is uncreased, just lightly chipped. A very solid copy in a protective sleeve.. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Barclay Shaw - Cover Art. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
Scaldingly sarcastic yet enduringly empathetic, The Zap Gun is Dick's remarkable novel depicting the insanity of the arms race. Lars Powderdry and Lilo Topchev are counterpart weapons fashion designers for a world divided into two factions--Wes-bloc and Peep-East. Since the Plowshare Protocols of 2002, their job has been to invent elaborate weapons that only seem massively lethal. But when alien satellites hostile to both sides appear in the sky, the two are brought together in the dire hope that they can create a weapon to save the world, a task made all the more difficult by Lars falling in love with Lilo even as he knows she's trying to kill him.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookmarc Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015197
- Title
- The Zap Gun
- Author
- Dick, Philip K
- Illustrator
- Barclay Shaw - Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0881845531
- ISBN 13
- 9780881845532
- Publisher
- Carroll & Graf Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- SCIENCE FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookmarc Books
Biblio member since 2011
Campbell River, British Columbia
About Bookmarc Books
We are a small independent, carbon-neutral bookroom located in Campbell River, BC. Open to the public by appointment only, we specialize in Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Weird Fiction. Throw in some Occult options and we think we've got a nice assortment, but by all means, have a look for yourself. If you need more info or a scan, just let us know.If you are a local or are visiting the Campbell River area, you can always pick your book up in person...at an agreed upon time, please. We also feature Free Local Delivery!
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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