The Wasp Factory

London: Macmillan, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Essentially a fine unread copy, but for slightest rubbing to extremities, in a fine, ( though price-clipped ) jacket. A lovely copy..

Reprint paperback. Some light rubbing to the edges and light age tanning to the pages. Signed and dated to a previous owner by Banks on the title page. A bizarre, imaginative, disturbing, and darkly comic look into the mind of a child psychopath - one of the most infamous of contemporary Scottish novels.

London: Macmillan London, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good +. 184 p. 23 cm. Brown cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Front flap price clipped. Macmillan promotional label on front free endpaper. The first novel by Scottish writer Iain Banks. Frank Cauldhame lives with his father outside a remote Scottish village. Frank's mother abandoned them years ago, his… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0395362962 . Signed by Banks on the title page. Slightest bit of rubbing at the base of the spine of the DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184 pages; Signed by Author .

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Macmillan, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8x1x11. Jacket is shelf rubbed with lightly creased edges, a small sticker and 2 very small closed tears. Boards are slightly edge rubbed with lightly knocked corners. Binding is sound. Tanned pages. No inscriptions or annotations. Presents well in cellophane. r*27/07/2023. JHK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan London Limited, 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth, gilt. Pictorial jacket price clipped, but otherwise clean. Interior crisp and clean. This is Iain Banks' first book..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1984. First U.S. edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK -- SIGNED by Banks. Written from the first-person perspective of a sixteen-year-old describing his childhood, which included deaths within his family. Fine in dust jacket with only the barest wear on the spine ends.

Abacus, UK, 2010. 31st trade paperback edition. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear, price sticker on rear cover. Frank, no ordinary sixteen-year-old, lives with his father outside a remote Scottish village. Their life is, to say the least, unconventional. Frank's mother abandoned them years ago: his elder brother Eric is confined to a psychiatric hospital; and his father measures out… Read more about this item

Paperback. Acceptable.

Macmillan, 1984. Hardcover. Near Fine. A first edition, first printing published by Macmillan in 1984. A near fine book with some light wear to the spine tips and corners. No inscriptions. Some very minor spotting to the page edges. SIGNED and inscribed by the Author to the title page (to John - a fellow Stirlingite/from Iain Banks/13/8/87/). In… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin Co.,, 1984. Hardback in near fine condition with a very good dust jacket. Reprinted 1984 edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

London: MacMillan, 1984. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine in near fine unclipped dj. Lower corners slightly bumped, with a few tiny scuff marks to the boards. Jacket is nearly fine with trivial hints of wear and very slight wrinkles where the corners were bumped.. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Acclaimed Scottish writer's first novel.… Read more about this item

Paperback. Good.

BOSTON: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0333363809 . First American edition. Fine in close to fine dust jacket. (1/2"-inch tear at base of front panel of jacket. ) Author's FIRST book. ; 5 3/4" x 8 1/2"; 184 pages .

Futura Publications, 1985. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book 1988 reprint Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 184 pages. Item Type: Book. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Ex-Library with usual labels, stamps and marks. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0708837611. ISBN/EAN: 9780708837610. Please contact H4o Books if… Read more about this item

Paperback. Acceptable.

London: Macmillan, 1984.. First edition. 8vo. 184 pp. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped, signed and dated (1994) by the author on the title page. Slight foxing to the endpapers and the jacket flaps, a speck of wear at the foot, the cloth slight bumped at the spine ends, an attractive copy.

London, Macmillan. 1984. First edition hardcover. The book is in fine condition. The dust wrapper is also fine with just a hint of rubbing. The author's first book.