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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Dick, Philip K
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Rapp and Whitting, 1969. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) in a Very Good plus Dust Jacket which is not price clipped, rubbing to extremities of jacket, light wear to corners, small area of fade to rear of jacket. Tight binding. A hint of spotting to edge of text block, light offsetting to end pages, else unmarked internally, publisher's green cloth, silver lettering to spine. .
Synopsis
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dickis the masterpiece of science fiction that inspired the cult movie Blade Runner . By 2021, the World War had killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remained coveted any living creature and for people who couldn't afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacrae: horses, birds, cats, sheep, and even humans. Nebula Award Nominee (1969)
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- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016211
- Title
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
- Author
- Dick, Philip K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Rapp and Whitting
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Philip K. Dick, first edition, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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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.
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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