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Dick, Philip K.. Ubik. Doubleday Science Fiction, New York, 1969.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good grey hardcover with very good dustjacket. Light soiling to white jacket. Small water stain at bottom of dj spine. 1st Book Club edition with 28K in the gutter of page 203. Book Club edition.
Seller: Nerman's Books & Collectibles, Pembina, ND, U.S.A.
Dick, Philip K.. Ubik. Doubleday & Company, New York, 1969.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 202 pages; 1969 Doubleday & Company. HC/DJ 1st Book Club edition. Snugly bound and clean in original pictorial dust jacket. Date code 28K in the gutter of the blank leaf facing page 202. Jacket lightly toned amd a bit faded at spine and less so ay flap folds. Jacket fornt flap bottom corner clipped; publisher's yellow top stain a little faded. VG/VG-
Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Dick, Philip K.. UBIK (Collector's Clamshell Case Only). Doubleday & Company, Inc, New York, 1969.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition Custom Clamshell Case. (definitely no book included). First Edition Clamshell Case. This book was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 greatest novels since 1923. Dick, Philip K. UBIK Custom Collector's Clamshell Case Only. New York, Doubleday & Company, 1969 [Book Date]. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] . HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine. The case is finished in in black & red Nuba® with 'sculpted design on the side paying homage to the amazing dustwrapper. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. Protect Your Investment Attractively. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Benchmark Title. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included. First Edition Custom Clamshell Case. (definitely no book included).
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Philip K. Dick. Ubik. Science Fiction Book Club / Doubleday & Co., 1969.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SFBC book club version of the original Doubleday edition, a July 1969 1st printing thus (code "28K" on bottom of page 203.) This book is in near fine condition, marred only by spine lean, very light bumps on spine ends, and a thin light bump across the deckled right edge of the pages. Its binding is sound, with no spine crease. Covers and pages are unmarked and otherwise unworn. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is in very good- condition, marred by a couple of 1" light smudges (one on the front cover and one on the back cover), some traces of light soiling, a corner-clipped front flap, and the very light bumps on spine ends. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description.
Seller: Space Age Books LLC, Conroe, TX, U.S.A.
Dick, Philip K.. Ubik. Doubleday / SFBC, New York, 1969.
Price: US$365.37 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Doubleday Science Fiction Book Club edition first printing July 1969. Hardback book is tight and clean with a slight lean. Boards sharp and very clean. Minor bump to head and foot of spine, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with light toning to edges. There are some light spots to the top edge, the foreedge is deckle edged. The pages are crisp and unblemished, nice and white. Feels lightly read and still tight. There is an previous owners untidy biro name and address to the front pastedown, that is mostly covered with the front flap. Grades very good. Jacket is complete and tidy, generally there are some minor spotting to the front and rear panels. There are very minor rubs to the foredge corners. There is some very minor chipping to the top edge of the front panel at joint. Also a single tiny chip to the top edge of the rear panel. The jacket spine is toned, however does not appear to be sunned as the delicate pink author name still retains good colour. Overall a solid very good copy. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A solid collectors copy of this title. The jacket is very tidy, and presents well. First Book Club printing July 1969 with gutter code '28K' on page 203. These book club first printings are becoming increasingly hard to find, certainly in this condition. A cost effective filler for a PKD collector.
Seller: Durdles Books (IOBA) (PBFA), Birmingham, United Kingdom
Dick, Philip K. Ubik. doubleday, New York, 1969.
Price: US$421.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Price clipped protective cover with 28 K in gutter opposite page 202. Book is tight.
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Doubleday Science Fiction. New York. 1969. 278 pages. First Bookclub Edition of Dick's classic, with 28 K in gutter opposite page 202. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Sewn binding with yellow topstain. Gray boards stamped in pink on spine. Panels, endpapers and pages are bright and clean. Book itself is impeccable in seemingly unread condition. Book's only flaw is limited to minor shelf-rubbing at tips. As for the elusive DJ, it is slightly lesser condition than then NF book. DJ shows a couple of tiny chips at foot and crown of DJ spine. Minor faint sunning to spine. A touch of ink on upper right corner of DJ that can be lifted with acetate. A very attractive copy of Dick's classic in its original desirable DJ. Near fine in VG DJ; flaws noted.
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Dick, Philip K. Ubik. Doubleday, New York, 1969.
Price: US$825.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Grey cloth in white, illustrated DJ designed by Peter Rauch. A professionally restored ex-library copy. Binding resewn, endpaper replaced, perforation library mark repaired. Bump to front and rear boards. DJ has a few minor tears to flaps and some paper loss to spine, where a label was removed.
Seller: The Book Lady Bookstore, Savannah, GA, U.S.A.
Dick, Philip K.. Ubik (1st/1st). Doubleday & Company, Inc, New York, 1969.
Price: US$1410.19 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Doubleday First edition first printing March 1969. Hardback book is tight and clean with lean. Boards clean, with softened corners. Bumped to head and foot of spine, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with toning to edges, and two feint spots to fore-edge. FEP has been removed, and there are US Air Force Stamps to the front and rear pastedowns, the copy right page, and the last free end paper. There is also "SF" pen notation to the top corner of the title page. The other pages are all crisp and unblemished, nice and white. Feels lightly read and still tight. Grades very good. Jacket is complete and tidy, generally there are is feint grubbiness to the white areas of the front and rear panels. The front panel has 5mm closed tear to the top edge, and the spine has some light toning, however it is not sunned as the delicate pink author name still retains good colour. Overall a solid very good copy. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A solid collectors copy of this title. It has all of the required points for first issue, "First Edition" to copyright page, K10 on page 202 (March 1969), and the price of $4.50 isd present on the front flap. Whilst it is not a perfect first printing example it is priced accordingly and would still make a super addition to PKD collector's shelves.
Seller: Durdles Books (IOBA) (PBFA), Birmingham, United Kingdom
Dick, Philip K.. Ubik. Doubleday, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1969.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Gray cloth with silver spine lettering. First edition stated on copyright page and "1969" on the title page. Printing code "K10" on page 202. Prior owner name written in ink on front pastedown. Something was once pasted to the rear free endpaper, but has now been removed leaving some glue residue, a thin strip of paper residue and some abrasion on the paper. Somebody read part of the book as the corner of page 56 has a fold crease. No edge wear or other signs of usage. A fine book, except as noted, in a fine dust jacket except that it is price clipped. A very scarce book.
Seller: Stuart W. Wells III, Norwalk, CT, U.S.A.
Dick, Philip K.. Ubik. Doubleday & Company, Inc, New York, 1969.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition stated, first printing. Very Good, with reading crease to spine, light touches of rubbing to cloth at tips, offsetting to gutters at front and rear end sheets. In a Very Good dust jacket with price of $4.50 intact, light toning and light rubbing, flap folds lightly worn. A lovely copy of the first trade edition.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
DICK, Philip K.. Ubik.. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1969, 1969.
Price: US$3204.97 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, of one of the author's most acclaimed works, a "masterpiece of malleability" that has resisted several attempts to adapt it for the screen; director Michel Gondry shelved work on his adaptation in 2014, remarking that "it was a dream, but in life you can't always have what you want" (quoted in Henz). Patrick Henz, "Neuromancer, Blade Runner & Ubik - 'Ethics Inside'", 18 November 2018, available online; Sam Jordison, "Philip K Dick's Ubik", 18 March 2014, available online. Octavo. Original grey cloth, spine lettered in silver. With dust jacket, designed by Peter Rauch. Spine slightly cocked, light rubbing and a couple of slight bumps to extremities, contents clean; jacket rubbed, a few creases and tiny nicks to extremities, unclipped: a very good copy in very good jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Dick, Philip K.. Ubik (1969). Doubleday, New York, 1969.
Price: US$3250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Doubleday 1st edition, with dust-jacket. Not a book club edition! Former library copy that was never checked out. I have owned it for over 30 years. Jacket is protected with a clear, mylar sleeve. Dust jacket underneath mylar still has a nice whiteness. Back, blank page was cut by the library that the pocket was attached. Library owner's stamp and a couple of 'discard' stamps on the blank, first page and a small, sticker (that may be removed) at the bottom of spine where a dewy dec. number would normally be except it is blank. A fine copy in a near fine jacket outside of the mentioned signs of library ownership. Spine is straight. The book is tight. It appears to have never been read. Only very slight hints of shelf wear. This book has become very difficult to find, especially in higher grades. One of the best SF works of the 20th Century. My understanding is a film is being produced in 2009 on a screenplay that Dick composed and approved for a French filmmaker in 1976. See Lem's book of essays on science fiction criticism, Microworlds, devotes several chapters to Dick and Ubik in particular. This will be shipped with required insurance and required signature. Please select a priority service for shipping.
Seller: The Book Eater, High Point, NC, U.S.A.
Dick, Philip K.. UBIK. Doubleday & Co., Garden City, 1969.
Price: US$3250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. "A brilliantly realized science fiction future darkened by Kafkaesque paranoia. As portrayed by Dick, a world in which cryogenic suspension has abolished traditional concepts of death and in which psychics can alter the future by changing the past is one that offers no foundation for objective truth." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-113. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-336. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-97. Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, p. 104. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2350-56. Upper corner of first two leaves creased, staining to gutter margins from binding glue bleed, a nearly fine copy in very good or better dust jacket with mild dust soiling, light age-darkening to spine panel with just a touch of color fade, and small scratch to rear panel. (#135664)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Philip K. Dick. UBIK. Doubleday, New York, 1969.
Price: US$3837.84 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. First Edition stated. Original $4.50 price indicated at top of front flap. Light rubbing on front/rear pastedowns and end pages, as well as top/bottom text block edges. 1 inch closed tear at top of front panel. 2 light ring stains on rear panel.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.