London, Orbit, 1990. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A very good copy. inscribed by the author to the half-title. Use of Weapons was the third of Banks' Culture novels, but was actually written 16 years earlier in a much more convoluted form. It was the first SF novel he wrote, though the third published. Nominated for the BSFA Award. A very good copy. Foxing to the block edges, a little pulling to the hinge, a little bumping to the spine tips. Iain M. Banks (1954-2013) was one of recent history's finest writers of fiction, managing to write consistently well under two names, one in the literary fiction circle, the other in sf. He's best remembered for his series of space operas set in the post-scarcity Culture universe. [11641, Hyraxia Books].