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Surface Detail: Available Copies

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Surface Detail (Culture Novels)
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781841498959
    Publisher: Orbit (2011)


    Seller: Ergodebooks (Houston, TX, U.S.A.)
    New Book
    Book Price: $4.82
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $4.82

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Surface Detail (Culture)
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780316123402
    Publisher: Orbit (2010)


    Seller: KuleliBooks (Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $1.63
    Shipping: $3.99
    TOTAL Cost: $5.62

The book may have minor cosmetic wear (i.e. creased spine/cover, scratches, curled corners, folded pages, minor sunburn, minor water damage, minor bent). The book may have some highlights/notes/underlined pages - Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included - Safe and Secure Mailer - No Hassle Return

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Surface Detail
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780316123402
    Publisher: Orbit (2010)


    Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta (AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $6.11
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $6.11

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2

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Surface Detail (Culture)
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780316123402
    Publisher: Orbit (2010)


    Seller: Dream Books Co. (Denver, CO, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $6.86
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    TOTAL Cost: $6.86

Minimal signs of wear. Corners and cover may show wear. May contain highlighting and or writing. May be missing dust jacket. May not include supplemental materials. May be a former library book.

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Surface Detail (Culture Novels)
    by Iain M. Banks

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781841498959
    Publisher: Orbit (Hachette) (2011)


    Seller: GF Books, Inc. (Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $7.02
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $7.02

Book is in Used-LikeNew condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear.

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Surface Detail (Culture Novels)
    by Iain M. Banks

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781841498959
    Publisher: Orbit (Hachette) (2011)


    Seller: GF Books, Inc. (Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $7.02
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $7.02

Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.

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Surface Detail (Culture Novels)
    by Iain M. Banks

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781841498959
    Publisher: Orbit (Hachette) (2011)


    Seller: Books Unplugged (Amherst, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $7.03
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $7.03

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

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Surface Detail (Culture Novels)
    by Iain M. Banks

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781841498959
    Publisher: Orbit (Hachette) (2011)


    Seller: Book Deals (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $7.03
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    TOTAL Cost: $7.03

Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library.

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Surface Detail (Culture Novels)
    by Iain M. Banks

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781841498959
    Publisher: Orbit (Hachette) (2011)


    Seller: Book Deals (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $7.03
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $7.03

Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any).

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Surface Detail (Culture Novels)
    by Iain M. Banks

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781841498959
    Publisher: Orbit (Hachette) (2011)


    Seller: Book Deals (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $7.03
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $7.03

Like New condition. Great condition, but not exactly fully crisp. The book may have been opened and read, but there are no defects to the book, jacket or pages.

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Surface Detail (Culture Novels)
    by Iain M. Banks

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781841498959
    Publisher: Orbit (Hachette) (2011)


    Seller: Books Unplugged (Amherst, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $7.03
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $7.03

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

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Surface Detail (Culture Novels): A Culture Novel
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781841498959
    Publisher: Orbit (Hachette) (2011)


    Seller: WorldofBooks (Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $1.00
    Shipping: $6.06
    TOTAL Cost: $7.06

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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Surface Detail (Culture Novels): A Culture Novel
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781841498959
    Publisher: Orbit (Hachette) (2011)


    Seller: WorldofBooks (Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $1.00
    Shipping: $6.06
    TOTAL Cost: $7.06

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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Surface Detail (Culture Novels): A Culture Novel
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781841498959
    Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, London (2011)


    Seller: WorldofBooks (Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $1.82
    Shipping: $6.06
    TOTAL Cost: $7.88

The ninth Culture book from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, a modern master of science fiction. It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters. Lededje Y'breq is one of the Intagliated, her marked body bearing witness to a family shame, her life belonging to a man whose lust for power is without limit. Prepared to risk everything for her freedom, her release, when it comes, is at a price, and to put things right she will need the help of the Culture. It begins in the realm of the Real. It begins with a murder. And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself. Praise for the Culture series: '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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Surface Detail (Culture)
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780316123402
    Publisher: Orbit (2010)


    Seller: Book Deals (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $9.00
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $9.00

Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library.

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Surface Detail (Culture)
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780316123402
    Publisher: Orbit (2010)


    Seller: Books Unplugged (Amherst, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $9.00
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $9.00

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

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Surface Detail (Culture)
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780316123402
    Publisher: Orbit (2010)


    Seller: Book Deals (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $9.00
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $9.00

Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers.

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Surface Detail
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780316123402
    Publisher: Orbit (2010)


    Seller: Better World Books (Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $9.03
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $9.03

Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Surface Detail
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781841498935
    Publisher: Orbit (2010)


    Seller: WorldofBooks (Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $3.07
    Shipping: $6.06
    TOTAL Cost: $9.13

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Surface Detail (Culture Novels): A Culture Novel
    by Iain M. Banks

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781841498959
    Publisher: Orbit (2011)


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

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Surface Detail (Culture Novels): A Culture Novel
    by Iain M. Banks

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781841498959
    Publisher: Orbit (2011)


    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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Surface Detail (Culture)
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780316123419
    Publisher: Orbit (2011)


    Seller: Zoom Books Company (Lynden, WA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $11.23
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $11.23

Book contains highlighting and underlining. Pages may be slightly bent. Cover may shows sign of heavy usage. We offer 100% money back guarantee!

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Surface Detail
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781841498935
    Publisher: Orbit (2010)


    Seller: WeBuyBooks (Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $1.27
    Shipping: $10.09
    TOTAL Cost: $11.36

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Surface Detail (Culture)
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780316123419
    Publisher: Orbit (2011)


    Seller: HPB-Diamond (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $7.84
    Shipping: $3.75
    TOTAL Cost: $11.59

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Surface Detail (Culture)
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780316123419
    Publisher: Orbit (2011)


    Seller: SecondSale (Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $11.82
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $11.82

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

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Surface Detail (Culture)
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780316123419
    Publisher: Orbit (2011)


    Seller: SecondSale (Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $11.82
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $11.82

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

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Surface Detail
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780316123402
    Publisher: Orbit Books, New York, NY (2010)


    Seller: Books & Salvage (Ocean Gate, NJ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $6.91
    Shipping: $4.99
    TOTAL Cost: $11.90

Book is in Good condition. Cover is clean with no marks or stains. Dust Jacket is in Good condition, glossy clean with no tears or stains. Binding is tight, edges are square, corners are sharp. Pages are clean with no writing or underlining. A Great Copy! An Awesome Buy!

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Surface Detail
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781841498935
    Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, London (2010)


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

It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters. It begins with a murder. And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself. Lededje Y'breq is one of the Intagliated, her marked body bearing witness to a family shame, her life belonging to a man whose lust for power is without limit. Prepared to risk everything for her freedom, her release, when it comes, is at a price, and to put things right she will need the help of the Culture. Benevolent, enlightened and almost infinitely resourceful though it may be, the Culture can only do so much for any individual. With the assistance of one of its most powerful - and arguably deranged - warships, Lededje finds herself heading into a combat zone not even sure which side the Culture is really on. A war - brutal, far-reaching - is already raging within the digital realms that store the souls of the dead, and it's about to erupt into reality. It started in the realm of the Real and that is where it will end. It will touch countless lives and affect entire civilizations, but at the centre of it all is a young woman whose need for revenge masks another motive altogether. 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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Surface Detail
    by Iain M. Banks

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781841498935
    Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, London (2010)


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

It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters. It begins with a murder. And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself. Lededje Y'breq is one of the Intagliated, her marked body bearing witness to a family shame, her life belonging to a man whose lust for power is without limit. Prepared to risk everything for her freedom, her release, when it comes, is at a price, and to put things right she will need the help of the Culture. Benevolent, enlightened and almost infinitely resourceful though it may be, the Culture can only do so much for any individual. With the assistance of one of its most powerful - and arguably deranged - warships, Lededje finds herself heading into a combat zone not even sure which side the Culture is really on. A war - brutal, far-reaching - is already raging within the digital realms that store the souls of the dead, and it's about to erupt into reality. It started in the realm of the Real and that is where it will end. It will touch countless lives and affect entire civilizations, but at the centre of it all is a young woman whose need for revenge masks another motive altogether. 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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Surface Detail (Culture)
    by Banks, Iain M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780316123402
    Publisher: Orbit (2010)


    Seller: HPB-Diamond (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $8.44
    Shipping: $3.75
    TOTAL Cost: $12.19

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