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by Banks, Iain M
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1841498939
- ISBN 13
- 9781841498935
- Seller
-
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Orbit, 2010. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition 1st printing copy of this Iain M Banks novel. Hardback book is very clean, tight and square. Boards clean and sharp. The spine is straight with perfect titling. Sharp spine ends. Text block has a patch of toning to the top edge. The pastedown and FEPs are unmarked. The pages are crisp and clean, no creasing, spots, or tears. Feels well bound, perfectly tight and unread. Near Fine condition. Jacket is fine, a touch of crimping to edges. 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 quality addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. More images of this book are available please contact us if you require them. A lovely clean and unread copy of this great Banks title, nice copy for a collectors shelves. To browse the rest of our extensive Iain M Banks listings search using the keyword: Durdbanks
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007228
- Title
- Surface Detail
- Author
- Banks, Iain M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1841498939
- ISBN 13
- 9781841498935
- Publisher
- Orbit
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 640
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Culture Wasp Factory Durdbanks General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
- X weight
- 1100 g
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. All books, where possible, are sent by signed and tracked services and our postage prices reflect this. We cannot normally send to overseas PO Box addresses. Purchasers may need to provide a phone number for heavier or valuable items as per our courier requirements. We only use airmail for overseas orders, we will not use surface mail.
About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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