Ubik (1st/1st) by Philip K. Dick 1st/1st Doubleday 1969 Very Good Hardback
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. 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. 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. We are full-time professional booksellers and members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and the Provincial Book Fair Association (PBFA) and therefore are committed to good bookselling practices, and excellent customer service. This book will be sent UK addresses via a tracked and/or signed for postal service.We package our books very securely so that they reach you in the same condition that they leave us. However, if you have any complaints please do not hesitate to message us and we shall do everything we can to make you happy.