8vo. [4], 336, [10] pp. Black tweed boards, gilt lettering on spine (slight

8vo. [4], 336, [10] pp. Black tweed boards, gilt lettering on spine (slight uniform age toning throughout), w/ d.j. cover art by Sal Wowski, NF/NF copy. First edition, of this 5th installment in the author's sprawling space opera "Culture Series" which explores the activities of a Special Circumstances agent and a Culture emigrant on a planet whose development is locked in the Middle Ages.