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Against A Dark Background: Available Copies

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Against a Dark Background
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780553292251
    Publisher: Spectra Books (1993)


    Seller: ThriftBooks-Phoenix (Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $7.13
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    TOTAL Cost: $7.13

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.6

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Against a Dark Background
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780553292251
    Publisher: Spectra Books (1993)


    Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta (AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $7.15
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    TOTAL Cost: $7.15

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.6

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Against a Dark Background
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780553292251
    Publisher: Spectra Books (1993)


    Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta (AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $7.15
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    TOTAL Cost: $7.15

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.6

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Against A Dark Background
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231854
    Publisher: Orbit (1994)


    Seller: WorldofBooks (Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $2.18
    Shipping: $6.06
    TOTAL Cost: $8.24

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Against A Dark Background
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231793
    Publisher: Orbit (1996)


    Seller: SecondSale (Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $9.06
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    TOTAL Cost: $9.06

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

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Against A Dark Background
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231793
    Publisher: Orbit (1996)


    Seller: SecondSale (Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $9.06
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    TOTAL Cost: $9.06

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Against a Dark Background
    by Banks; Banks, Iain M.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231793
    Publisher: Little Brown and Company (1996)


    Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $9.10
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    TOTAL Cost: $9.10

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.75

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Against A Dark Background
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780316036375
    Publisher: Orbit (2009)


    Seller: HPB-Diamond (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $6.17
    Shipping: $3.75
    TOTAL Cost: $9.92

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Against A Dark Background
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231793
    Publisher: Orbit 05/01/1995 (1995)


    Seller: AwesomeBooks (Wallingford, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $4.37
    Shipping: $5.67
    TOTAL Cost: $10.04

This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

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Against A Dark Background: Iain M. Banks
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231793
    Publisher: Orbit (1996)


    Seller: WeBuyBooks (Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $1.00
    Shipping: $10.09
    TOTAL Cost: $11.09

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Against A Dark Background
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780316036375
    Publisher: Orbit (2009)


    Seller: HPB Inc. (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $7.59
    Shipping: $3.75
    TOTAL Cost: $11.34

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Against A Dark Background [Paperback] Banks, Iain M.
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780316036375
    Publisher: Orbit (2009)


    Seller: MI Re-Tale (Dacula, GA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $6.49
    Shipping: $5.29
    TOTAL Cost: $11.78

Acceptable reading copy. Several of the first pages have light ripples near the edge.

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Against a Dark Background
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231793
    Publisher: Orbit (1995)


    Seller: Goldstone Books (Llandybie, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $4.38
    Shipping: $7.56
    TOTAL Cost: $11.94

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Against a Dark Background
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231793
    Publisher: Orbit (1995)


    Seller: Goldstone Books (Llandybie, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $4.38
    Shipping: $7.56
    TOTAL Cost: $11.94

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Against A Dark Background
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780316036375
    Publisher: Orbit (2009)


    Seller: EdmondDantes Bookseller (Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $7.48
    Shipping: $4.49
    TOTAL Cost: $11.97

Trade PB with only minor reading wear; book is clean, unmarked.

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Against A Dark Background: Iain M. Banks
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231793
    Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, London (1995)


    Seller: WorldofBooks (Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $6.11
    Shipping: $6.06
    TOTAL Cost: $12.17

A superb standalone novel from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, a master of modern science fiction. Sharrow was once the leader of a personality-attuned combat team in one of the sporadic little commercial wars in the civilisation based around the planet Golter. Now she is hunted by the Huhsz, a religious cult which believes that she is the last obstacle before the faith's apotheosis, and her only hope of escape is to find the last of the apocalyptically powerful Lazy Guns before the Huhsz find her. Her journey through the exotic Golterian system is a destructive and savage odyssey into her past, and that of her family and of the system itself. Praise for Iain M. Banks: 'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' Independent on Sunday 'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' Guardian 'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' Scotsman 'Compulsive reading' Sunday Telegraph The Culture series: Consider Phlebas The Player of Games Use of Weapons The State of the Art Excession Inversions Look to Windward Matter Surface Detail The Hydrogen Sonata Other books by Iain M. Banks: Against a Dark Background Feersum Endjinn The Algebraist. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Against A Dark Background: Iain M. Banks
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231793
    Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, London (1995)


    Seller: WorldofBooks (Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $6.11
    Shipping: $6.06
    TOTAL Cost: $12.17

A superb standalone novel from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, a master of modern science fiction. Sharrow was once the leader of a personality-attuned combat team in one of the sporadic little commercial wars in the civilisation based around the planet Golter. Now she is hunted by the Huhsz, a religious cult which believes that she is the last obstacle before the faith's apotheosis, and her only hope of escape is to find the last of the apocalyptically powerful Lazy Guns before the Huhsz find her. Her journey through the exotic Golterian system is a destructive and savage odyssey into her past, and that of her family and of the system itself. Praise for Iain M. Banks: 'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' Independent on Sunday 'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' Guardian 'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' Scotsman 'Compulsive reading' Sunday Telegraph The Culture series: Consider Phlebas The Player of Games Use of Weapons The State of the Art Excession Inversions Look to Windward Matter Surface Detail The Hydrogen Sonata Other books by Iain M. Banks: Against a Dark Background Feersum Endjinn The Algebraist. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

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Against A Dark Background: Iain M. Banks
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231793
    Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, London (1995)


    Seller: WorldofBooks (Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $6.11
    Shipping: $6.06
    TOTAL Cost: $12.17

A superb standalone novel from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, a master of modern science fiction. Sharrow was once the leader of a personality-attuned combat team in one of the sporadic little commercial wars in the civilisation based around the planet Golter. Now she is hunted by the Huhsz, a religious cult which believes that she is the last obstacle before the faith's apotheosis, and her only hope of escape is to find the last of the apocalyptically powerful Lazy Guns before the Huhsz find her. Her journey through the exotic Golterian system is a destructive and savage odyssey into her past, and that of her family and of the system itself. Praise for Iain M. Banks: 'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' Independent on Sunday 'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' Guardian 'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' Scotsman 'Compulsive reading' Sunday Telegraph The Culture series: Consider Phlebas The Player of Games Use of Weapons The State of the Art Excession Inversions Look to Windward Matter Surface Detail The Hydrogen Sonata Other books by Iain M. Banks: Against a Dark Background Feersum Endjinn The Algebraist. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

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Against A Dark Background
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231854
    Publisher: Orbit (1994)


    Seller: Books From California (Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $8.36
    Shipping: $3.99
    TOTAL Cost: $12.35

creasing along the edges of the cover of the book

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Against A Dark Background
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231854
    Publisher: Orbit (1994)


    Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta (AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $12.43
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $12.43

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.34

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Against A Dark Background
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231793
    Publisher: Orbit (1996)


    Seller: MusicMagpie (Stockport, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $5.55
    Shipping: $6.93
    TOTAL Cost: $12.48

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Against A Dark Background
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780553292251
    Publisher: Spectra (1993)


    Seller: A Mystical Unicorn (Rusagonis, NB, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $2.27
    Shipping: $10.75
    TOTAL Cost: $13.02

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Against A Dark Background
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231793
    Publisher: Orbit 05/01/1995 (1995)


    Seller: Bahamut Media (Reading, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $4.37
    Shipping: $8.81
    TOTAL Cost: $13.18

Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

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Against A Dark Background
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231793
    Publisher: Orbit (1996)


    Seller: Books Unplugged (Amherst, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $14.36
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $14.36

Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within

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Against a Dark Background
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231793
    Publisher: Little Brown & Company (1996)


    Seller: Better World Books Ltd (Dunfermline, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $5.65
    Shipping: $10.09
    TOTAL Cost: $15.74

Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Against a Dark Background
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231854
    Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Limited (1994)


    Seller: Better World Books Ltd (Dunfermline, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $5.65
    Shipping: $10.09
    TOTAL Cost: $15.74

Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Against a Dark Background
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231793
    Publisher: Little Brown & Company (1996)


    Seller: Better World Books Ltd (Dunfermline, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $5.65
    Shipping: $10.09
    TOTAL Cost: $15.74

Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

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Against a Dark Background
    by Banks, Iain M

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231793
    Publisher: Orbit (1996)


    Seller: medimops (Berlin, Germany)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $6.07
    Shipping: $9.73
    TOTAL Cost: $15.80

Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

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Against A Dark Background
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231854
    Publisher: Orbit (1994)


    Seller: Irish Booksellers (Portland, ME, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $15.97
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $15.97

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Against a Dark Background
    by Banks, Iain M

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781857231793
    Publisher: Orbit (1996)


    Seller: medimops (Berlin, Germany)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $6.65
    Shipping: $9.73
    TOTAL Cost: $16.38

Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

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