Buy this book on-line BANKS**, IAIN: : WHIT OR ISIS AMONGST THE UNSAVEDLONDON.LITTLE,BROWN AND COMPANY,1995. ISBN 0316914363.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,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.] NFINE/VG+. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to d/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,black background with b/w design illustrated upper panel of dw/dj,with white lettering; with some minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - a small closed tear/nick to foot of front panel; rear lower corner minimally rubbed with some reciprocal loss,some minimal scoring/ indentations to rear panel of dw/dj - without too adversely affecting the boards beneath. Majority of creasing is along top edges of dw/dj.Top edges lightly dust-soiled with some minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges also lightly grubbed/thumbed; contents though are bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Publisher's bright,clean,sharp-cornered, original,plain black cloth boards with black blocked letters to spine/backstrip,a b/w striped headband,and immaculate plain black endpapers with glossy+matt dw/djs' design repeated to centre of same.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-455pp [paginated] includes 29 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,dw/djs' b/w design illustration repeated to chapter separator pages.
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