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The Broken Bubble
by Dick, Philip K. with a Foreword by Tim Powers and an Afterword by James Blaylock
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- a finely bound in marbled paper over boards with a leather spine by Denis Gouey. slightly bumped and slightly water damaged at t
- Seller
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scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Ultramarine Press, 1988. First edition, first printing. Hardbound. a finely bound in marbled paper over boards with a leather spine by Denis Gouey. slightly bumped and slightly water damaged at the top else a nearly fine copy. a handsome item. here offered is copy #49 [NB: there are several smudges to the top edge]. of an edition of 150, this is one of 124 numbered copies signed by Powers and Blaylock [the Foreword and the Afterword were not in the Arbor House edition]. actually only 36 copies of this the numbered edition were produced.
Synopsis
The Broken Bubble is an early mainstream novel by noted science fiction author Philip K. Dick. It was written somewhere around 1956 under the longer title The Broken Bubble of Thisbe Holt, and was rejected for publication in the 1950s, as were all of Dick's "straight" (non-SF) novels at the time. It was published posthumously with a shortened title in 1988.
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- Bookseller
- stephensbookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 404403
- Title
- The Broken Bubble
- Author
- Dick, Philip K. with a Foreword by Tim Powers and an Afterword by James Blaylock
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - a finely bound in marbled paper over boards with a leather spine by Denis Gouey. slightly bumped and slightly water damaged at t
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ultramarine Press
- Date Published
- 1988
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
stephensbookstore
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scranton, Pennsylvania
About stephensbookstore
mostly older books but also art and architecture, modern first editions, science fiction and mystery, and vintage paperbacks.
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