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Published by Little, Brown Book Group Limited, 1989
ISBN 10: 1857231465ISBN 13: 9781857231465
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
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Published by Orbit, 1989
ISBN 10: 0708883095ISBN 13: 9780708883099
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Little, Brown, 2008
ISBN 10: 0316005401ISBN 13: 9780316005401
Seller: ZBK Books, Carlstadt, NJ, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: good. Pages and cover are intact. Used book in good and clean conditions. Limited notes marks and highlighting may be present. May show signs of normal shelf wear and bends on edges. Item may be missing CDs or access codes. May include library marks.
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Published by HarperCollins Publishers, 1996
ISBN 10: 0061053562ISBN 13: 9780061053566
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Published by Orbit, 2023
ISBN 10: 0356521648ISBN 13: 9780356521640
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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Published by HarperCollins Publishers, 1990
ISBN 10: 0061000981ISBN 13: 9780061000980
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: Good. Peter Gudynas (illustrator). Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Published by Orbit, 2001
ISBN 10: 1841490954ISBN 13: 9781841490953
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Orbit, 2012
ISBN 10: 0356502090ISBN 13: 9780356502090
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 7.87x5.24x3.19 inches. In Stock.
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Slipcase Only. Condition: New. Each slipcase is individually hand made from the highest quality materials using time honored traditional techniques, and it is important to note that there are no acidic glues, resins, or epoxy mixes in their construction. Any paper and cloth products used are also acid free. Please note that this case has been designed to fit the 1st Edition / 1st Printing of the title and other copies are not guaranteed to fit. Specifications - 1st Edition 1st Printing Custom Slipcase - 1/4 Inch Moisture Resistant Customwood 300 gsm Textured Cardstock - Cloth lining - Titebond non-toxin original wood glue.
Futura. UK. 1989. Paperback. The Player of Games by Iain Banks. This book is a First edition. Covers are bright bearing a futuristic scene. One front tip bears a crease across it and there is minor rub to edges. Small area of rub to front cover , otherwise very good. Spine bears fine crease, nice and bright and unfaded. Contents are lightly tanned to fore-edge of text block but overall this is a very good, solid Paperback first edition of this incredible novel, with no writing or marks to contents. From the author of 'The Wasp Factory'. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.
Futura. UK. 1989. 'The Player of Games' by Iain M Banks. This book is a Paperback. First edition. Covers are bright bearing a futuristic scene. Very good covers are bright with very good edges and tips and spine which is bright and unfaded. Contents: there is a name to the front and edges are age toned. Otherwise very good. A solid Paperback first edition of this incredible novel. From the author of 'The Wasp Factory'. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.
Published by St Martins Pr, 1989
ISBN 10: 0312026307ISBN 13: 9780312026301
Seller: Byrd Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: very good. In Used Condition.
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Published by MacMillan, London, United Kingdom, 1988
ISBN 10: 0333471105ISBN 13: 9780333471104
Seller: 84 Charing Cross Road Books, IOBA, Cambridge, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Association Member: IOBA
Book
Hardback. Condition: Collectable - Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 2nd print First Edition. ~~Withdrawn Ex-Library, replacement plain binding~~Quite Good/Quite Good 1st printing 1st ed 1988 Macmillan hardback, price-clipped DJ with barcode with ISBN present to lower rear of DJ. Piece torn from inside front flap of DJ and some edge-wear to jacket, wear to inside front cover from label removal and some page tanning, serial number written to copyright page, fair reading copy of the first printing with the jacket in the first state, tidy and unmarked in secure binding. More Banks editions available. C2,2 Size: 140\nx 220mm. 288 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction; ISBN: 0333471105. ISBN/EAN: 9780333471104. Dewey Code: 823/.914. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 091594.
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Published by MacMillan, London, United Kingdom, 1988
ISBN 10: 0333471105ISBN 13: 9780333471104
Seller: 84 Charing Cross Road Books, IOBA, Cambridge, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Collectable - Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Good+/VG 1st printing 1st ed 1988 Macmillan hardback, unclipped DJ with correct price £11.95 to lower corner of front flap, in mylar protection. Some rubbing wear to boards with noticeable spotting and foxing along page edges, jacket well-preserved and very bright, internally unmarked, tight binding. More Banks 1st editions available. Size: 140\nx 220mm. 288 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction; ISBN: 0333471105. ISBN/EAN: 9780333471104. Dewey Code: 823/.914. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 090641.
Published by St. Martin's Press, New York, 1989
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA
First Edition
First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [x],[2],3-309,[1]pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $16.95), with a few pinpoint rubbed spots to extremities, and a single, tiny tear to base of spine. Sharp copy of the second volume in Banks's sprawling ten-volume Culture series, nominated for the British Science Fiction Association Award.
Published by Macmillan, London, 1988
ISBN 10: 0333471105ISBN 13: 9780333471104
Seller: Durdles Books (IOBA) (PBFA), Birmingham, United Kingdom
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean with touch of rubbing to lower edges. Spine ends gently bumped, with rubbing (common with this title), title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with hint toning to edges, slightly more pronounced to the top edge. The pages are unblemished. Feels very lightly read. Near fine condition. Jacket has very light evidence of handling, and little sunning to spine, as evidenced but a fading of the yellow title, but does not detract too much on the shelf. Overall a near fine copy. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A very square and solid example of this collectible first edition first printing title, by Iain M Banks, the second of the Culture novels, a novel that we enjoyed very much. A great addition to a modern SF collection. To browse the rest of our extensive Iain M Banks listings search using the keyword: Durdbanks.
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A wonderful example of the first edition of Iain M. Banks's second Culture novel, in which a master game player travels to a distant civilisation in order to play an infinitely complex game. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The first edition of Iain M. Banks's second published Culture novel, this work follows Jernau Morat Gurgeh as he travels to the Empire of Azad in order to win their infamous game, the winner of which is appointed emperor.The Guardian termed Banks's Culture series as 'one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future'.The exceptionally vibrant dust wrapper is illustrated by Richard Hopkinson. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, with minor bump to back strip head. Otherwise, externally excellent. A touch of sunning to dust wrapper back strip, with minor closed tear to head of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine. book.
Published by St. Martin's Press, 1989
Seller: Harbor Books LLC, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Black boards over black cloth spine, 309pp just a hint of dust spotting to fore edge, else contents clean, tight and unmarked except for stamp on rear endpaper. The stamp states - Quality Printing and Binding by Orange Graphics, PO Box 791, Orange, VA 22960. Black and red illustrated dust jacket with some minor foxing visible on inside white. Dust jacket states 'Book Club Edition' and has '15127' on rear. This dust jacket is completely different to all the other jackets listed on line, and begs the question if this was a one off printing by this binder. Photos on request.
Published by St. Martin's Press, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0312026307ISBN 13: 9780312026301
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st US Edition. Small green remainder dot to bottom of page block. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 number line. Unclipped dust jacket ($18.95). Signed by the author on the title page. Signed by Author(s).
Published by London: Macmillan, 1988., 1988
Seller: Minster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970), YORK, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition, 8vo., pp.309, blue hardcover, gilt; author?s presentation inscription to title, a little rubbing to head and foot of spine, else fresh and very good indeed. in vg complete and unclipped dust-jacket.
Published by Macmillan, London, 1988
ISBN 10: 0333471105ISBN 13: 9780333471104
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed by Banks on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (£11.95). Blue buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The second first novel in Banks's Culture series.
Published by Macmillan, 1988
ISBN 10: 0333471105ISBN 13: 9780333471104
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Signed by Banks at the title page. 309 pages. Blue boards with gold spine titles, very good with light rubbing to spine tips and fore-edge corners. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket has faint general edgewear, near fine in Mylar. Interior clean and bright, unmarked. Signed.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED UK LIMITED FIRST EDITION in slip case. First impression. This being This being #175. Some minor rubbing primarily corners (see photo). Signed by Author(s).
Published by Macmillan London Limited, 1988
Seller: Fine Book Cellar Ltd. ABA ILAB PBFA, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Signed and dated by the author in the year and month of publication to the title page. Rare thus. Cover art by Richard Hopkinson. The popular second book in the Culture series. Original dark blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Just a hint of the usual rubbing to spine tips, else fine, in a near fine or better dust jacket with the slightest hint of spine fade and one isolated and very minor instance of wear to spine head. A fantastic example, seldom encountered with such attributes.
Published by Macmillan, London, 1988
Seller: Hyraxia Books. ABA, ILAB, Hutton Cranswick, United Kingdom
Book Signed
Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. London, Macmillan, 1988. Limited Edition. Hardback. A fine book in a near fine slipcase, just a touch rubbed to the corners. Signed by the author, to the limitation page as issued. Number 7 of 201 copies. A nice copy with just a little rubbing and a few marks to the case. Illustrations by Richard Hopkinson [11000, Hyraxia Books]. Signed by Author(s).
Published by London: Macmillan (1988)., 1988
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Limited edition, no. 76 of 201 copies, (viii), 309, (1) pp. Maroon cloth, slipcase with a colour illustration to one side, faint rubbing to the slipcase otherwise an excellent copy.
Published by Macmillan, London, 1988
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 201 numbered copies signed by Banks. Second novel of the Culture sequence. ". though more economically told than CONSIDER PHLEBAS (1987), its bulbous predecessor, less challengingly pits its protagonist against a savage game-based civilization, which he causes to crumble." - John Clute and David Langford, SFE (online). Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1986-2009. A fine copy in cloth slipcase without dust jacket as issued. (#168901).
Published by London: Macmillan and Company, 1988
Seller: Fine Book Cellar Ltd. ABA ILAB PBFA, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. First edition, first impression. One of 201 numbered copies to be signed by the author, of which this is number 178. Housed in accompanying cloth slipcase. A beautiful, fine book in a fine slipcase with a little rubbing in places, primarily to the corners and back. Signed by Author(s).
Published by London: Macmillan, 1988, 1988
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
First edition, signed limited issue, number 53 of 201 copies signed by the author, this copy additionally inscribed on the title page, "Totally personalised to Neil from Iain (M) Banks, at Contrivance, Jersey, 1989, 27/03/1989". This copy was inscribed at the Eastercon science fiction convention. The Player of Games is the second published novel in the Culture series. These space operas "combine extravagant, high-tech invention with real human drama" (Walter). Elon Musk named two SpaceX autonomous spaceport drone ships after ships in this book: "Just Read the Instructions" and "Of Course I Still Love You". ISFDB 45401. Damien Walter, "30 Years of Culture", The Guardian, 6 February 2017. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, red endpapers, edges red. With the red cloth slipcase, colour illustrated panel inset to front as issued. Covers and slipcase lightly rubbed; near-fine.