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CONSIDER PHLEBAS
by Banks, Iain
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0333441389
- ISBN 13
- 9780333441381
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, UK: MacMillan, 1987. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. Pp. Octavo. 471. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) with no statement of reprint to the copyright page therefore indicating a true first print in a near fine jacket which is not price clipped. Tightly bound wit lean to the spine, clean pages, unread with light toning. Contemporary inscription by the author to the front end page, which is signed, dated and located. [ To the young and totally impressive Steve Hatton from the utterly complete and total bastard . Iain Banks. Conspiring '87 Brighton 28/8/87 ].
Synopsis
Consider Phlebas is a space opera novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1987.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016089
- Title
- CONSIDER PHLEBAS
- Author
- Banks, Iain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0333441389
- ISBN 13
- 9780333441381
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- CONSIDER PHLEBAS, BANKS, IAIN, first edition, signed
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- Fine
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- Copyright page
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- Spine
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- First Edition
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Price Clipped
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