The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965) Signed First Edition Reference

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is one of Dick’s most nightmarish and theologically ambitious novels. In a future where colonists on Mars escape their misery through a hallucinogenic drug called Can-D, a rival substance — Chew-Z, brought by the mysterious Palmer Eldritch — offers something far more disturbing: a drug experience in which the user becomes trapped in a reality controlled by Eldritch himself. Published by Doubleday in 1965, the novel is a terrifying meditation on drugs, religion, corporate exploitation, and the nature of God.

First Edition Identification

Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York Publication date: 1965 Format: Hardcover in dust jacket

Doubleday first edition with the distinctive mid-1960s jacket design.

Signed Copy Market Values

• Signed first edition, fine/fine: $5,000–$15,000
• Unsigned first edition, fine/fine: $500–$1,500

One of the most important Dick novels, and as a Doubleday hardcover, more physically robust than the Ace paperback originals. The theological dimensions give it a unique position in Dick’s bibliography.