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Against A Dark Background
by Banks, Iain M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1857230310
- ISBN 13
- 9781857230314
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Orbit, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Black boards with silver spine titling, very good with light scuffing, bumped spine ends. Spine cocked forward. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good with light scuffing and edgewear. Interior clean and unmarked.
Synopsis
Against a Dark Background is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1993. It was his first science fiction novel not to be based or set in the Culture, although technically it may be within the same universe and setting.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2019963
- Title
- Against A Dark Background
- Author
- Banks, Iain M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1857230310
- ISBN 13
- 9781857230314
- Publisher
- Orbit
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 9x6x1
- X weight
- 30 oz
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The Book Bin is a locally owned and operated business that has been in the same family since 1983. We are an ABA- and ABAA-affiliated general-interest bookstore with two stores in Salem and Corvallis, Oregon. We have over 30,000 items listed for sale online, and a dedicated rare book room in our Salem location. Books in our rare book room cover a wide range of subjects, with a focus on science fiction, fantasy and horror, literature and poetry, metaphysics, and children's books.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...