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BANKS**, IAIN M[enzies]: : FEERSUM ENDJINN.** [UK,UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY.]

LONDON.ORBIT,1994.

ISBN 1857232739.

UK,8vo wraps,Uncorrected Proof copy,1st edn. [He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.] [Often of limited availability,the text of a forthcoming book,is printed and bound in softcovers for use by the author,editors, proofreaders and some favoured reviewers.For undecorated printed wraps,with minimal publication data imprinted - the produced/released number of copies would almost certainly be less than 500,and most probably would tend to be around 200 copies.For glossy pictorial illustrated wrappers, produced numbers are often higher than 200,but either have a scarcity to them.Often errors or earlier versions of text appear in these proofs.Versions where the text has changed considerably are obviously considered more desirable by their nature.] MINT.Unread.Bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,wrap-around,matt,maroon card covers with publisher's capitalised,black-lettered ORBIT PROMOTION - JUNE 1994 and UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY FROM ORBIT information,similarly lettered+coloured book's title and author's other black-lettered name to front cover; a flat and reading-crease free spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author's and publisher's capitalised, black-lettered name and black illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear cover with a critic's [The Times] black-lettered review,black lettered synopsis and publisher's information of publication date,price,format and ISBN and publisher's UK address.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp, unblemished with no ageing/toning or any foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, unread othr than my own collation.UK, 8vo wraps,Uncorrected Proof copy,4-279pp [paginated] includes 10 sections with varying number of chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a blank dedication (to be supplied) page and blank (with artwork to be supplied) indvidual section pages and to the rear,2pp blanks as final pages. Want other PROOF copies? Please search my MODERN FIRSTS, MODERN FIRSTS2, CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED, BIOGRAPHY, SIGNED, NAVAL/MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY catalogues for examples.   Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 30-year-old age and nature, i.e an ephemeral paperback Proof. It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults usually associated with a decades' old paperback.An uncommon and superb example in such a high grade. Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time. . . Chief Scientist Gadfium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been waiting for from the Plain of Sliding Stones. . . And Bascule the Teller,in search of an ant,is about to enter the chaos of the crypt. . . And everything is about to change. . . For this is the time of the encroachment and, although the dimming sun still shines on the vast,towering walls of Serehfa Fastness,the end is close at hand.The King knows it,his closest advisers know it,yet still they prosecute the war against the clan Engineers with increasing savagery. The crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sent, an emissary who holds the key to all their futures. 'Feersum Endjinn' is an imaginative tour de force,a stunning novel of bravery and hope,fear and betrayal,strangeness and charm in the face of darkness: it is Iain M. Banks at his unparalleled best. Want more Iain M[enzies] BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2,1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the less expensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo wraps,Uncorrected Proof copy.
Not SIGNED.

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