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New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. (First state with the "fs" logo on the copyright page. Jacket has first issue price of $2.75 and correct back panel and flap info: "Farrar, Straus and Company/ 53 East 34th Street, New York 16, N. Y.") [viii], 306 pp. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Offsetting to end papers, cloth is bit grubby, worn at tips. Jacket has some chips along edges,scratch on front panel, small piece of archival mending tissue on verso near foot, price intact. A nice copy. The first publication in book form of Shirley Jackson's classic horror story "The Lottery," which debuted in The New Yorker in 1948, as well as other stories.

Philip K. Dick's first novel, 'Solar Lottery', published in 1955, introduces themes of autocracy and randomized social order through a futuristic society where the ruling Quizmaster is selected through a combination of skill and chance.

Identifying a first edition of 'Solar Lottery' could involve checking publisher information, noting 'Ace Books', which published the paperback in 1955. Look for the absence of subsequent printings or editions noted inside or any statement of 'First Edition'.