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Consider Phlebas Book One of the Culture series by Iain M. Banks (author of "Player of Games", etc.) Hardcover First Edition - First Printing London: Macmillan UK. Beautiful wrap-around dust jacket art by Richard Hopkinson/The Garden Studio. £10.95 cover price. (Reprinted in the US by St. Martin's Press whose cover art is not nearly as good or vivid.) Copyright 1987 without any other printing indications and lists three previous Banks novels: "The Wasp Factory", "Walking on Glass", and "The Bridge".Fine- in Fine Dust Jacket. A nearly perfect copy, outwardly exceptional. Some natural aging to the text-block but much less toning than I've seen on other copies, a common problem with UK editions circa 1980-2000. Tiny hint of shelf-wear to the top of the spine, and and slight bump to lower right-hand corner, not noticeable when covered by the jacket. The dust jacket is fine, and completely intact.
NOTE: All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers.
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