The Man in the High Castle
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Overview:
- Title: The Man in the High Castle
- Author: Philip K. Dick
- Year: 1995
- Publisher: The Easton Press
- Pages: 239
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: The Man in the High Castle
- Notes:
- "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" (over) "Bound in Genuine Leather" stated on the title page.
- "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 1995 by The Easton Press..." stated on the copyright page. No stated date of publication.
- This is a limited edition of an unknown number of copies and was available by subscription only.
- One of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction series, indicated by the logo printed on the endpapers.
- No ISBN, no printed price, and no dustjacket as issued.
- The uncredited illustrative cover design is repeated on the back.
- Pages are gilt-edged and there is a light-green satin bookmark bound into the book.
- The frontispiece, credited on the title page and the copyright page, is on the verso of the page facing the title page. It has a copyright © 1987.
- "Collector's Notes" (uncredited) are on a double-sided laid-in sheet.
- This is probably a reprint of a previous edition. This edition has a dark green leather cover. The previous edition had orange-tan leather but with the same gilt design.
- The introduction by Richard Curtis is undated, unusual for books in this series. Perhaps the date was removed for this reprint.
- The frontispiece by Richard Powers is almost identical to his cover for the 1985 Bluejay/SFBC edition of Edgar Pangborn's A Mirror for Observers (even though the art has a 1987 copyright in this edition.) A German Swastika and a Japanese symbol has been added to the top of the original painting.
- Verified copy was purchased for approximately $45.00 from the publisher.