Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks (179 results)

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Mixed media product. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the publication of the first Culture novel, CONSIDER PHLEBAS, in 1987, this boxed set contains the first three books in the bestselling 'Culture' series.

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8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 6 coloured illustrations; blue cloth, upper board blocked in red, backstrip lettered in blue, a near fine copy in publisher's blocked board slip-case with printed lining.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition with complete number line. Book has a small half inch stain to bottom of textblock. otherwise book is in excellent shape all around, very clean and sharp, with a tight binding, looking as new. Dust jacket has some minor wear at head of spine, light yellowing at flap folds. otherwise clean and bright, now protected in an archival cover. Photos on request.

Condition: Good. Good in a Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is shelfworn and edgeworn with a few closed edge-tears, but is overall good and intact, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light overall wear to the boards with a small, faint watermark to the lower left edge of the front board; Unblemished textblock edges; The first two endpapers has a couple of faint creases to the middle, otherwise the endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; Tight binding; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 1.5 lbs; Black dust jacket with illustration of a spaceship, and title in blue lettering over yellow cloth-covered boards; 1987, MacMillan Publishing UK; 471 pages; "Consider Phlebas," by Iain M. Banks.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Daniel Taylor (illustrator). First Thus. Deep blue cloth with speckled effect and motif in bronze. Titles in light blue. Full page colour illustrations. Housed in a dark blue slip case with mottled bronze effect. This is a brand new, unread copy of The Folio Society edition of the first of the Culture series.

Hardcover first edition - First US printing. Banks' first science fiction novel and the first to be published under the name "Iain M." - the first in a series of novels about an interstellar post-scarcity society called the Culture. Becoming increasingly hard to find. 471 pp. Near fine in a very good dustjacket with minor edgewear, original price of 18.95 on dj flap - overall, a tight and clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($18.95), lightly toned, a few small closed tears. Blue boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first novel in Banks's Culture series.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. The first book in Banks's popular Culture Series. Amazon announced a TV adaptation in 2018, but this got cancelled in August 2020, probably due to the pandemic, but it will probably just be time before these well loved stories makes it to our screens. A fine unread book in a NF - F DJ with slight fading to the spine. There is a small dealer price sticker on the front cover. Unclipped but with no price, I believe this is an export DJ. DW now in a protective acetate cover. ; Culture Series.

Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition 7.34.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus / Very Good. Stated First U.S. Edition. Octavo, 8.5 in. x 5.7 in., pp. 471. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt title to spine. Very light rubbing to extremities. Unmarked interior. Light sunning, and light rubbing to edges of dustjacket. Protected in mylar. "Consider Phlebas is a space opera novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks. It is the first in a series of novels about an interstellar post-scarcity society called the Culture. The novel revolves around the Idiran-Culture War, and Banks plays on that theme by presenting various microcosms of that conflict. Its protagonist Bora Horza Gobuchul is an enemy of the Culture." (from Wikipedia) "Escape seemed impossible: 'there was one bewilderingly complicated and unlikely way out of the concentric shells of erupting energies now opening like the petals of some immense flower between the star systems. It was not, however, a route the Mind of a small, archaic warship could plan for, create and follow. By the time it was noticed that the ships Mind had taken exactly that path through its screen of annihilation, it was too late to stop it from falling away through hyperspace towards the small, cold planet fourth out from the single yellow sun of the nearby systems.the planet the Mind had made for through its shield of explosions was not one they could simply attack, destroy or even land on; it was Schar's World, near the region of barren space between two galactic strands called the Sullen Gulf, and it was one of the forbidden planets of the Dead".

First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); dark blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-471,[1]pp. Crown gently nudged, else Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $18.95). Sharp copy of the first volume in Banks's ten-volume Culture series. "Horza, an alien shape changer and one of the most feared spies and assassins in the galaxy, is hired by another alien race, the Idirans, to further their religious crusade against the Culture, a technologically advanced , liberal-minded human civilization" (Barron, Anatomy of Wonder II-72).

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Printings. Brand new copies in slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight and square. Boards sharp, with some feint grubby marks to the upper board. The lower board has some feint grubby and splash marks. Spine clean with bumped ends, black title unmarked and bold. Text block has a obviously accidental biro mark to the top edge, otherwise clean with light toning to edges, more pronounced to the top edge. Previous owners name and date in neat biro to the FEP, which also has a previous booksellers pencil price. Otherwise the pages are unblemished. Feels well bound and gently read. Very good condition. Jacket has small losses to the top fore-edge corners, and run to the head of the front joint. There is general light creasing to the panels and minor crimping to the edges. There is a touch of sunning to the spine, as evidenced by a little fading of the yellow titles. Overall a very good copy. 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 worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. Whilst this volume is not the most perfect copy we have handled of this title, it is a well bound and solid example of Iain M Banks's debut novel. In the fitted archival cover is looks very presentable on the shelf and will make a great addition to a modern SF collection. To browse the rest of our extensive Iain M Banks listings search using the keyword: Durdbanks.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A nice copy in the first printing of an increasingly collectible title. Book is fine aside from typical toning to block, jacket is fine aside from a faint scratch to front cover, largely imperceptible in mylar, but for an inch or so at the bottom, visible when book is tilted. Octavo in yellow cloth, black titles, 467 pages, pictorial jacket. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box.

Hard Cover. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: F-. First Edition. F/F-. 8vo. original yellow boards (paperstock a trifle tanned, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper (faintly rubbed); pp. (viii (last blank)), 472 (last blank). A fine copy of the first 'The Culture' novel, uncommon and in demand.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean. Spine ends gently bumped, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with moderate toning to edges. The pages are unblemished. Feels very lightly read. Near fine condition. Jacket has very light evidence of handling, with some very minor crimping to edges. There is a little sunning to spine, as evidenced by a little fading of the yellow titles. Overall a near fine copy. 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 worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A very square and solid example of this collectible first edition first printing title, by Iain M Banks, his debut novel. A great addition to a modern SF collection. To browse the rest of our extensive Iain M Banks listings search using the keyword: Durdbanks.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Softcover, uncorrected proof in advance of the hardback first edition. Signed by Iain Banks at the title page. Pink wraps with black titling and illustration, good with scuffing, creasing, moderate edgewear, 1-inch tear from top edge of front hinge, and a 1/2-inch tear from the bottom. Slight forward tilt to spine; spine wrinkled; binding sound. Foxing to top of textblock, light soil to textblock edges. Text bright and unmarked. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Richard Hopkinson, dj art. (illustrator). 1st Edition. The book has slight browning and soiling to the edges of the page block. The dust jacket has slight wear to the extremities and is unclipped (L10.95). Signed by the author on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. London, Macmillan & Co., 1987. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A fine copy. Signed by the author to the title page surrounding the M of Macmillan. Consider Phlebas is the first of Banks's Science Fiction novels, and opened the world up to The Culture and one of literature's finest space operas. An important novel and without doubt a highlight of modern science fiction. A lovely copy with just a little gentle bumping to the spine tips. [11174, Hyraxia Books]. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. UK Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Fine in pink wrappers. Signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the title page. The author has also added the letter " M" to his printed name. First Book of the Culture Series. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, first impression, of the author's sci-fi debut, inscribed by him on the title page, "To James - a demanding dingbat, from Iain Banks, 11/04/1987". This copy was presumably inscribed by Banks at Forbidden Planet's signing event for Consider Phlebas, held at The Science Fiction and Comic Book Shop in London. This title, the first in the Culture series, is uncommon inscribed. Octavo. Original yellow cloth, spine lettered in black. With dust jacket. Spine ends bumped, contents lightly toned, top edge foxed; jacket lightly creased, tiny chip at foot of spine, a couple of corners nicked, unclipped: a near-fine copy in like jacket.

First Editions. First Impressions. Ten octavo volumes (22.5-24.5cm); yellow, navy blue, and black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in black, bronze, gilt, silver, and white on spines; dustjackets; [viii],[2],3-471,[1]; [viii],[2],3-309,[3]; [xii],[2],3-371,[5],3; [x],182; [viii],[3],4-451,[5]; [vi],[7],8-336,[10]; [x],357,[1]; [xii],593,[3]; [viii],627,[5]; [viii],517,[3]pp. Surface Detail and Excession are Very Good+; remaining volumes are Near Fine or better a few with some of the usual tanning to text edges, Use of Weapons and Inversions with some faint foxing to upper text edges; The Player of Games is a review copy, with the publisher's typed slip laid in. Each volume in the correct, unclipped dustjacket, and all Near Fine or better but for three volumes (Use of Weapons with some minor wrinkling at lower inch of spine panel, Excession with a faint, shallow dampstain to base of spine [noticeable only on verso], and Surface Detail with some moderate shelfwear overall Very Good+). Complete set of the Scottish author's sprawling ten-volume Culture series. "The books focus on the titular Culture, a utopian, post-scarcity space society that is humanoid in nature but did not originate on Earth. The stories revolve around how the Culture wields their enormous political and technological power to shape the evolution of societies across the universe. The Culture society is made up of humanoids, aliens, and very advanced artificial intelligence living in 'man-made' habitats spread across the galaxy. The main theme of the novels is the dilemmas that an idealistic hyperpower faces in dealing with civilizations that do not share its ideals, and whose behavior the Culture feels it is in the greater interest of the universe to change" ("The Culture: An Introduction." Blog post: The Quill to Live, May 17, 2021). A challenging set to complete, seldom offered in commerce. Barron, Anatomy of Wonder II-72, 73, 75.