The Player of Games by Ian M. Banks - 1988: second novel Culture series

NOTE: The spine has bright gold title and author lettering on the board, more vivid than the scan.

The Player of Games Book Two of the Culture series by Iain M. Banks (author of "Consider Phlebas", etc.) Hardcover First Edition - First Printing London: Macmillan UK, 1988. Beautiful wrap-around dust jacket art by Richard Hopkinson. Lacks a cover price, probably for the export markets to Canada and Australia. (Reprinted in the US by St. Martin's Press whose cover art is not nearly as good or vivid.) Copyright 1988 without any other printing indications and lists "Consider Phlebas" as the only other Culture novel flanking the title page along with other Banks titles.

Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. A near perfect copy, outwardly exceptional. Some natural aging to the text-block and but very little toning as is common with UK editions. Tiny hint of shelf-wear to the top of the spine, and a tiny pin-prick on the spine, almost unnoticeable. The dust jacket is fine, and completely intact.

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