VALIS

Overview:

  • Title: VALIS
  • Author: Philip K. Dick
  • Year: Unknown
  • ISBN-10: 9781857983395
  • Publisher: Gollancz / Orion
  • Price: £8.99
  • Pages: 271
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: VALIS
  • Notes:
    Stated 22nd printing of the 2001 edition, by number line. Title page:
    • "SF Masterworks" underlined and with a circle, per the first Masterworks series.
    • "VALIS [over] Philip K. Dick"
    • Gollancz colophon.
    Copyright page:
    • "Copyright © Philip K. Dick 1981"
    • "This edition published in Great Britain in 2001 by [over] Gollancz [over] An imprint of the Orion Publishing Group [over] Orion House, 5 Upper St Martin's Lane, [over] London WC2H 9EA"
    • Number line: "23 25 27 29 30 28 26 24 22"
    • "ISBN 978 1 85798 339 5"
    • "Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clay's Ltd, Elcograf S.p.A."
    Back cover:
    • "UK £8.99" (no additional pricing)
    • "Based on illustration by Chris Moore/ Artist Partners"
    • "ISBN 978-1-857-98339-5". No EAN.
    Spine:
    • "SF Masterworks", "VALIS" in black; "Philip K. Dick" in blue, all on graduated yellow-to-white ground.
    • "Philip K. Dick" measures 61 mm (2.4"); longer than earlier printings at 50 mm (2").
    Novel starts on first numbered page, 9, and finishes on page 256. There is an Appendix, starting on page 257, headed: "Appendix [over] Tractates Cryptica Scriptura", and unsigned on the last numbered page, 271. This is an aggregation of all the Journal entries in the novel, and is therefore treated as part of the novel. Semi-gloss cover, not gloss.