Publication: A Handful of Darkness

Publication: A Handful of DarknessPublication Record # 689
Author: Philip K. Dick
Date: 1955-00-00
Publisher: Rich & Cowan
Price:
10/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
Pages: 224
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: A Handful of Darkness by Peter Rudland
Notes:
- "First published —1955" on copyright page. [Currey]
- Artist from the image
- PKD's first collection and first hardcover.
- [The rarest PKD title]
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 7339504
- Reginald-1: 04298

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Collection Title: A Handful of Darkness • collection by Philip K. Dick

Contents (view Concise Listing)

The Indefatigable Frog • (1953) • short story by Philip K. Dick
Colony • (1953) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
Impostor • (1953) • short story by Philip K. Dick
The Little Movement • juvenile • (1952) • short story by Philip K. Dick
The Builder • (1953) • short story by Philip K. Dick
The Cookie Lady • (1953) • short story by Philip K. Dick
Exhibit Piece • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick
Expendable • (1953) • short story by Philip K. Dick
The Impossible Planet • (1953) • short story by Philip K. Dick
Planet for Transients • (1953) • short story by Philip K. Dick
The Preserving Machine • [Dr. Rupert Labyrinth] • (1953) • short story by Philip K. Dick
Progeny • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick
Prominent Author • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick
The Turning Wheel • (1954) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
Upon the Dull Earth • (1954) • novelette by Philip K. Dick

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	N/A	Rtrace	2021-05-29 13:07:27
Bleiler Supernatural	N/A	Rtrace	2021-05-29 13:07:27
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Bluesman	2009-07-30 22:30:27
Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2011-12-07 10:50:35
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2011-12-07 10:50:35
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Bluesman	2011-12-07 10:50:35
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Verified	Bluesman	2009-03-23 22:39:43
Currey	Verified	Bluesman	2009-03-23 22:39:43
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2009-03-23 22:39:43
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2009-03-23 22:39:43
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2009-07-30 22:30:27
Reginald1	Verified	Bluesman	2011-12-07 10:50:35
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2011-12-07 10:50:35
Tuck	Verified	Mhhutchins	2007-07-20 20:11:01