VALIS

Overview:

  • Title: VALIS
  • Author: Philip K. Dick
  • Year: Unknown
  • ISBN-10: 9781407239972
  • Publisher: Gollancz / Orion
  • Price: £7.99
  • Pages: 271
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: VALIS
  • Notes:
    Undated reprinting of the Masterworks 2001 edition; text block re-covered in the 2nd series binding. 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"
    • "Printed in Great Britain by [over] Clay's Ltd, St Ives plc"
    • No number line.
    • No ISBN.
    Back cover:
    • "UK £7.99" (no additional pricing)
    • "Based on illustration by Chris Moore/ Artist Partners"
    • "ISBN 978-1-407-23997-2". EAN "00799".
    Spine:
    • "SF Masterworks", "VALIS" in black; "Philip K. Dick" in purple, all on graduated yellow-to-white ground.
    • "Philip K. Dick" measures 50 mm (2 inches).
    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. Gloss cover, not semi-gloss.