Consider Phlebas, First Edition, Signed (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine-. Stated First American Edition. Flatsigned by Banks on the title page. Book in Fine condition. Jacket Near Fine with a 3/8" vertical tear from top front panel near hinge. Sporatic minor edge wear to jacket. Protected with a Brodart sleeve. First printing. 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 of the author's first science fiction book, signed by him incorporating the publisher's imprint on the title page. This is the first book in Banks's Culture series, works which "combine extravagant, high-tech invention with real human drama" (Walter). Damien Walter, "30 Years of Culture", The Guardian, 6 February 2017. Octavo. Original yellow cloth, spine lettered in black. With dust jacket. Spine ends just bumped, a few spots to edges of lightly toned book block; jacket bright and unclipped: a near-fine copy in fine jacket.

A set of first edition, first printings, published by Macmillan London Limited / Orbit between 1987 and 2012. Complete set of the Scottish author's ten-volume Culture series. All books are in near fine to fine condition in their original dust wrappers. Aside from volumes 4, 6, 9 and 10 are inscribed. Exceptionally scarce set signed. The Culture series by Iain M. Banks is a thought-provoking collection of science fiction novels set in a utopian, post-scarcity interstellar society known as the Culture. In this advanced civilisation, humans, artificial intelligences (AIs), and various species coexist peacefully, with technology providing abundance and near-immortality. The Culture is governed by benevolent AI Minds, and its citizens enjoy vast freedoms, often choosing their own lifestyles without fear of poverty, illness, or war. However, the series often explores the darker complexities of such an ideal society when it encounters other civilisations that are less advanced or more oppressive. Themes of morality, politics, war, and the limits of intervention are central to the novels, as the Culture frequently grapples with its role in shaping the fates of others.