London: Tor, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight clean, and square. Boards clean, and sharp. Title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with toning to edges. Feels lightly read. Bumped to head and foot of spine, Very good condition. Jacket nice and straight with handling marks to the gloss, and crimping to spine ends. 4mm Split to head of upper joint. Overall a solid 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. A very good example of this collectible first edition first printing, by a great British SF author. An increasingly uncommon hardback title one for the Asher collector

Raised to adulthood during the end of the war between the human Polity and the vicious arthropoid race, the Prador, Ian Cormac is haunted by childhood memories of a sinister scorpion-shaped war drone

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Bookseller: Durdles Books (IOBA) (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005354
Title: The Voyage of the Sable Keech
Author: Asher, Neal
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
ISBN 10: 1405001402
ISBN 13: 9781405001403
Publisher: Tor
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2006
Pages: 564
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: Ian Cormac polity General
Bookseller catalogs: Science Fiction;
X weight: 1000 g

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Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.

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