Look Windward by Iain Banks: Books, Signed (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression, SIGNED at title page with named dedication. Good with a spine roll and some toning to page block, in unclipped VG jacket with some light wear. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Light bruising, creasing on edges of d/j. Flat-signed by author on title page. ; 200 X 140 X 40 millimeters; 352 pages; Signed by Author.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The sixth novel in the Culture series. Original black cloth with bronze lettering to spine. Some toning to edges. Very slight wear to top edge of the original and unclipped dust jacket with some fading to spine panel, otherwise near fine with a round retailer sticker to upper panel. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. BANKS, Iain. Look to Windward. London: Orbit. 2000. 8vo. First edition. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, in the dust jacket. Signed without dedication by the author on the title page. The author's seventh in the popular Culture series, of which Consider Phlebas was the first. The book's title is taken from a line by T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land. A fine copy, pristine but for a few singular spots to the textblock top edge. Else fine, in a fine unclipped dust jacket (£16.99 net). Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. Iain M. Banks' sixth 'Culture' novel, a brilliant work of science fiction, signed by Banks to the title page. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Look to Windward' is the sixth novel by Iain M. Banks to feature the 'Culture' - the author's interstellar post-scarcity civilisation. A powerful and original work of science fiction.Banks wrote a total of ten novels in this series, published from 1986 to 2012. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with light shelf wear to the head and tail of the spine. Minor bumps and marks to the rear board. Spine of the dust wrapper is sunned, with a Blackwell's sticker to the front wrap. A small amount of wear to the rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. signed by author. book.

First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the half-title, "To Dave, best wishes, Iain M. Banks". Banks (1954-2013) published his first science fiction title, Consider Phlebas, in 1987, in which he introduced an anarchist utopian society named "The Culture". Look to Windward is a further title in the Culture series. Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in bronze, black endpapers. With dust jacket. Spine ends a little bumped; unclipped jacket edges lightly creased: a near-fine copy in like 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.