Preserving Machine by Philip Dick (42 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Wrinkled spine, top corners creased, minor edge wear, one thumb crease on the front and rear wraps each., pages tanning. Solid binding, text clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club Edition. damage to book corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book Club Edition. Ace Books, 1969. Hardcover. CONDITION: Very Good, BCE. DJ CONDITION: Fair. Board covers in VG-NF condition, no surface, edge, or corner wear. spine solid and straight, hinges tight, very light end bumping. Text block tight, pages bright, clean and unmarked, no creasing or tearing. DJ fair with surface scuffing, chipping and creasing at spine ends, spine discolorization. Contains "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Book Club Edition. Hardback book with dust jacket. The jacket has light rubbing/light edgewear but looks very nice under the fresh mylar cover I've added. The book is sturdy, crisp and clean with no writing.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 286 pages. (SL#31).

Condition: Very Good. British Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Hardcover Edition. The SF Book Club Edition (this) is the 1st hardcover Edition. Short Story Collection Fine in a jacket with some rubbing to the spine, mild rubbing to the front panel.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Binding and pages are intact. All pages are clear from notations. Creases and scratches visible across cover of paperback. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st ed/1st pr. Book is square, solid, and unread. No remainder marks. This book is so sharp it could slice even Superman's skin -- you'll shout up, up, and away with glee when it arrives at your door! In protective archival bag! NOTE: The pages are lightly age-toned; also, VERY minor traces of handling/edge-wear. Top edge of back cover has a tiny dink.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. shows minor wear and tanning.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Ace Books, 1969. 12mo. Paperback. Book is very good. Covers have some light shelf wear. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York. …

12Mo Softcover. Condition: Good. 373pp. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact, textblock has slight cant, lightly bumped corners. Moderate++ overall shelf/timewear, coverwear, cover edge and cornerwear, foxing on inner covers and endpapers, spotting on textblock edges, pageblush throughout, bookstore stamp on frontleaf. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. About very good in wrappers; Shows slight scuffing/bumping, foxing, name stamped on end pg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Vintage book club edition. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear and rubbing) dust jacket.

near fine.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. first edition hardcover bookclub. fine book fine price clipped jacket.

Softcover. Small 8vo. 317 pp. Ace 67800. Short story collection. Leo and Diane Dillon cover art. Levack: PKD: A Philip K. Dick Bibliography: Revised Edition [1988]. According to the publisher's blurb a 'showcase of fourteen of [the author's] best stories sifted from a period of nearly as many years.'. Unread. Fine with a bit of age toning throughout. Tight, crisp and square.…

Condition: Good. Light wear & tanning to the softcover. Lightly tanned textblock. Content is in very good, clean condition.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. (science fiction, sci-fi) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . #67800. Spine cracked. (Short Stories, Science Fiction).

Softcover. Small 8vo. Ace 67800. PO. First edition and first printing. Short story collection. Leo and Diane Dillon cover art. See Levack: PKD: A Philip K. Dick Bibliography: Revised Edition [1988] 34a [p.55]. According to the publisher's blurb a 'showcase of fourteen of [the author's] best stories sifted from a period of nearly as many years.'. Very Good with a few cover creases, some very light edge wear and age toning.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dick, Philip K. The preserving machine and other stories. London: Pan Books Ltd., 1972. First Pan edition. Pan Science Fiction Series. Paperback, Good. Illustrated card covers with light shelfwear, a little age-tanning to the white edges on spine and reverse, small stain to reverse. Binding strong. 286pp. Page edges lightly tanned, contents clean and bright. The Preserving Machine is a collection of science fiction stories which had originally appeared in the magazines Fantasy and Science Fiction, Galaxy Science Fiction, Beyond Fantasy Fiction, If, Amazing Stories, Planet Stories, Worlds of Tomorrow, Imagination and Satellite. Contents: "The Preserving Machine" ; "War Game" ; "Upon the Dull Earth" ; "Roog" ; "War Veteran" ; "Top Stand-By Job" ; "Beyond Lies the Wub" ; "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" ; "Captive Market" ; "If There Were No Benny Cemoli" ; "Retreat Syndrome" ; "The Crawlers" ; "Oh, to be a Blobel!" ; "What the Dead Men Say" ; "Pay for the Printer". RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.…

First Edition. THE PRESERVING MACHINE, Ace, 1969, first edition, near fine in wraps.

Soft Cover. Condition: G+. Reprint. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (rubbed & creased, a little marked, closed tear to front cover, old tape mark to spine, single library RSM to first page, label inside lower cover); pp. 373, [3 (pubs. advts.)]. A good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. NO JACKET. Hardback 1972. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref M16.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This copy from the 'Royal Air Force Debden, Station Recreational Library' with its stamp and partially removed label to endpapers. Contents: The preserving machine.--War game.--Upon the dull earth.--Roog.--War veteran.--Top stand-by job.--Beyond lies the wub.--We can remember it for you wholesale.--Captive market.--If there were no Benny Cemoli.--Retreat syndrome.--The crawlers.--Oh, to be a Blobel!--Pay for the printer. 252 pages ; 23 cm. First UK edition, first printing. Burgundy boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Shelf wear to edges, small loss to head of spine, couple of closed tears to edges, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.…

Unabridged Pan Ed. Paperback. Sm. Slim 8vo. Marginal browning, original black & blue lettered coloured pictorial limp card wrapps., very minor rubbing to corners. Pan Science Fiction. US$30.

Hardcover. dj. First published as an Ace paperback original in 1969 with fifteen stories, followed the same year by a US Sciene Fiction Book Club edition: this 1971 Victor Gollancz first British edition (a Pan paperback followed in 1972) drops one of those stories (''What the Dead Men Say''), See Levack: PKD: A Philip K. Dick Bibliography: Revised Edition (1988) 34c (p.56). Small green bookstore sticker affixed to front pastedown (hidden by front inner flap), page edges a little browned, a VG+ copy in a fairly good price-clipped dustjacket with creasing along bottom edge of front panel , and (more so) to the bottom part of front inner flap, with a 6cm closed tear along bottom of front spine flap fold. First British edition (& 1st edition thus).…