May 15, 2018 - Sale 2478

Sale 2478 - Lot 109

Price Realized: $ 5,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
DICK, PHILIP K. Valis. Publisher's unbound long galley proofs, 68 sheets, printed on rectos only. Folded without creasing, slightly browned, edges with occasional creasing and short tears. Hand-titled in blue ink indicating publication date of February 1981, with the majority of the printed titles reading "VALES" rather than "VALIS." (ESS) New York: Bantam, 1981

Additional Details

rare galley proofs for the bantam paperback original, one of a scant few produced. Neither Rare Book Hub nor ABPC locate any at auction, and we trace only one copy in the trade. Included is a copy of the proof of the Bantam covers (folded, some creasing, two short tears).