BANKS, Iain M. ~ Feersum Endjinn. Signed by the author.

FIRST UK PRINTING. Orbit, London: 1994.

8vo., black publisher's boards, lettered in gilt to spine with device to foot; together in the vibrant printed dustwrapper (unclipped, £15.99 to front flap) illustrated by Mark Salwoski, with decorative chapter headings featuring the same eagle illustration; THE BOOK very near fine, with a little pushing to head of spine; pages lightly and evenly toned; THE WRAPPER fine. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. FIRST UK EDITION. This copy is neatly signed by the author to the bottom of the title page. The second novel by Banks to be set outside of his famous 'Culture' series, this another Science Fiction tale which centres around the concept of a central upload of mindstates which allows the dead to be reincarnated numerous times. The plot focuses on Count Alandre Sessine VII - who has died numerous times and is on his final life - and his attempts to find his killer. The story is also set against the backdrop of 'the Encroachment', as the solar system drifts into a into an interstellar molecular cloud, the consequences of which will be the dimming and eventual extinguishing of the Sun, ending life on Earth. Seldom found with the wrapper unfaded to the spine.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Near Fine
JACKET: Fine