THE STATE OF THE ART

First edition, first printing. Limited edition. Signed by the author and the illustrator. Publisher's original purple cloth with silver titles to the upper board and spine, in the Arnie Fenner illustrated dustwrapper. Housed in the publisher's purple cloth slipcase. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. The slipcase is lightly rubbed at the extremities and structurally sound.

Issued in a limited edition of 400 copies, this example is numbered 183 and signed by Iain M. Banks and Arnie Fenner on the limitation page.