Espedair Street
by Iain Banks
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan London, 1987. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 5.5". None. The first edition of this fictional novel following a bass guitar player's rise to fame, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This novel was written by Iain Banks, a Scottish fiction author. This work tells the story of Dan Weir, a bass guitar player in a rock band, and his rise to fame and the struggles that come with it. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear. The wrap is very smart with edge wear, a very small closed tear to the head of the spine and a one inch closed tear to the head of the joint to the front flyleaf, sunning to the spine and the odd very slight mark. Internally firmly bound with clean and age toned pages. Near Fine
Synopsis
Espedair Street is a novel by Scottish writer Iain Banks, published in 1987.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 896Z23
- Title
- Espedair Street
- Author
- Iain Banks
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan London
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 9" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- First edition Iain Banks Fiction Novel Iain Banks
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Shelf Wear
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....