The Player of Games: second novel Culture series
by Ian M. Banks
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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NOTE: The spine has bright gold title and author lettering on the board, more vivid than the scan.
The Player of Games Book Two of the Culture series by Iain M. Banks (author of "Consider Phlebas", etc.) Hardcover First Edition - First Printing
London: Macmillan UK, 1988. Beautiful wrap-around dust jacket art by Richard
Hopkinson. Lacks a cover price, probably for the export markets to
Canada and Australia. (Reprinted in the US by St. Martin's Press whose cover art is not nearly as good or vivid.) Copyright
1988 without any other printing indications and lists "Consider
Phlebas" as the only other Culture novel flanking the title page along
with other Banks titles.
Fine
in Fine Dust Jacket. A near perfect copy, outwardly exceptional. Some
natural aging to the text-block and but very little toning as is common
with UK editions. Tiny hint of shelf-wear to the top of the spine, and a
tiny pin-prick on the spine, almost unnoticeable. The dust jacket is
fine, and completely intact.
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- Bookseller
- TristanBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Player of Games
- Author
- Ian M. Banks
- Illustrator
- Richard Hopkinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Hardcover Edition - First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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