The Player of Games by Banks, First Edition (26 results)

Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). SF novel, the second Culture novel. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new) but for a touch of wear along bottom spine edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Signed by the Author. The Dustcover has some wear with a tiny tear at the bottom. Name inside cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed by Banks on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (£11.95). Blue buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The second first novel in Banks's Culture series.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1ST. Signed By The Author On The Title Page. A - British - First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Very Good Plus Condition. Boards Have A Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear. Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Tiny Bit Of Reading Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Very Good Plus Condition. Tiniest Bit Of Wear Along The Edges. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Peter Gudynas (illustrator). 1st Edition. Full number line. This paperback cover has several creases and dents. Title page foxed. Pages are tanned, no marks.

Paperback. Condition: New. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Vii + [296] pp.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 304 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. (1989) Stated first edition with a complete number line. Octavo black cloth lettered in gilt. Small remainder mark at the lower text block, else fine and unread in an about fine dust jacket which has just slight creasing at the spine tips.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Daniel Taylor (illustrator). 1st Edition. Deep magenta covers with gold effect spotting and decoration. Many full page colour illustrations. Housed in a deep red slip case with similar gold spotting. The first printing of this Folio Society edition in as new condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Light wear to dust jacket. First edition in priced dust jacket. Full number line. Gurgeh is one of the greatest game-players the Culture's ever produced; respected and rarely beaten, he is successful at almost everything. the Empire of Azad, a civilization of immense and appalling cruelty. where there exists a game so complex and so closely modeled on the rules of existence that the winner becomes Emperor.

Futura. UK. 1989. 'The Player of Games' by Iain M Banks. This book is a Paperback. First edition. Covers are bright bearing a futuristic scene. Very good covers are bright with very good edges and tips and spine which is bright and unfaded. Contents: there is a name to the front and edges are age toned. Otherwise very good. A solid Paperback first edition of this incredible novel. From the author of 'The Wasp Factory'. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Futura. UK. 1989. Paperback. The Player of Games by Iain Banks. This book is a First edition. Covers are bright bearing a futuristic scene. One front tip bears a crease across it and there is minor rub to edges. Small area of rub to front cover , otherwise very good. Spine bears fine crease, nice and bright and unfaded. Contents are lightly tanned to fore-edge of text block but overall this is a very good, solid Paperback first edition of this incredible novel, with no writing or marks to contents. From the author of 'The Wasp Factory'. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the second novel in Iain M. Banks's acclaimed Culture series, a masterful exploration of a post-scarcity, spacefaring civilization governed by benevolent AIs and shaped by anarchist ideals. 8vo. 390 pp. A near-fine copy in the publisher's blue cloth boards, gilt-stamped on the spine, wrapped in a striking pictorial dust jacket designed by Richard Hopkinson. "Banks is a phenomenon." William Gibson. Minor rubbing on the front board with some light aging to the unclipped jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Iain M. Banks (1988) 'The Player of Games', UK first edition, first printing, published by Macmillan. Signed and beautifully inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication: "To Dominic | (thanks for the beer money) | Iain M Banks | 14/9/88". Condition: a near fine specimen without any previous owners' scribbles, no bookplates, no stamps. Internally clean. Light rubbing to the boards' edges as shown, otherwise fine. The dust jacket is NOT faded on the spine and NOT price clipped. The second Culture novel by Banks. The SpaceX drone ships Just Read the Instructions and Of Course I Still Love You are named after ships in the book. Both, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are known fans of Iain M. Banks' sci-fi. First and Fine. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, 8vo., pp.309, blue hardcover, gilt; author's presentation inscription to title, a little rubbing to head and foot of spine, else fresh and very good indeed. in vg complete and unclipped dust-jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED UK LIMITED FIRST EDITION in slip case. First impression. This being This being #175. Some minor rubbing primarily corners (see photo). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. First edition, first impression. One of 201 numbered copies to be signed by the author, of which this is number 178. Housed in accompanying cloth slipcase. A beautiful, fine book in a fine slipcase with a little rubbing in places, primarily to the corners and back. Signed by Author(s).

Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 201 numbered copies signed by Banks. Second novel of the Culture sequence. ". though more economically told than CONSIDER PHLEBAS (1987), its bulbous predecessor, less challengingly pits its protagonist against a savage game-based civilization, which he causes to crumble." - John Clute and David Langford, SFE (online). Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1986-2009. A fine copy in cloth slipcase without dust jacket as issued. (#168901).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. One of 201 numbered copies signed by Banks. Second novel of the Culture sequence. ". though more economically told than CONSIDER PHLEBAS (1987), its bulbous predecessor, less challengingly pits its protagonist against a savage game-based civilization, which he causes to crumble." - John Clute and David Langford, SFE (online). [Reference: Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1986-2009]. A fine copy in cloth slipcase without dust jacket as issued. (#168901) (29680).

First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [x],[2],3-309,[1]pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $16.95), with a few pinpoint rubbed spots to extremities, and a single, tiny tear to base of spine. Sharp copy of the second volume in Banks's sprawling ten-volume Culture series, nominated for the British Science Fiction Association Award.

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.

The 2nd Novel in the Culture Series. In 2015 two SpaceX autonomous Spaceport Drone Ships were named after ships in the book as a posthumous tribute to Banks by Elon Musk. This is the limited edition, #44 of 201 copies Fine unread book, possibly the slightest of fading to spine. VG+ slipcase showing some rubbing and shelfwear.

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.