Bond Continuation Series
For Special Services [James Bond series].
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novel] A quality hardback re-issue of the first Jonathan Cape edition (1981) featuring the same dust-jacket artwork. FIRST EDITION thus, with a full strike-line number sequence. Octavo, pp.243 + afterword. Black hardcovers blocked in gilt, red endpapers, illustrated jacket priced..... More
For Special Services [James Bond series].
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, publisher's copy. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.254; [1], afterword; [1], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket with no price to the front flap - copies without a printed price were intended for export. No inscriptions, contents clean. A...... More
For Special Services. James Bond 007.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.254; [1], afterword; [1], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £6.95. No inscriptions. A clean, near fine copy in similar wrapper. Shows well. An original novel starring James Bond, and the second..... More
GoldenEye [James Bond series].
London: BCA by arrangement with Hodder and Stoughton. 1995. [Film novelisation] True first hardback EDITION, issued several months before the Hodder edition. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.218. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. Usual toning to paper stock else a clean, near fine copy in jacket The author's second film..... More
Goldeneye [James Bond series].
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1996. [Spy thriller] Second Hodder hardcover edition [the strike-line erroneously notes 10 through 3; no copies are noted with number 2 present]. Tall octavo (24 x 16cm). Publisher's hardback cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £16.99 (identical jacket to the first). A fine copy. The author's..... More
GoldenEye [James Bond series].
Book Club Associates, 1995. Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. A fine copy. First edition, first impression, of Gardner's adaptation of the 1995 film of the same name. GoldenEye is the rarest of the Gardner Bond books; this Book Club Associates edition was published several..... More
Icebreaker [James Bond series].
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novel] ISBN: 978 0 857 82048 8. Quality hardback re-issue of the first Jonathan Cape edition (1983) featuring the same dust-jacket artwork. FIRST EDITION thus, with a full strike-line number sequence. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.243. Publisher's black cloth lettered..... More
Icebreaker [James Bond series].
Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1983. Octavo. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in a pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Bill Botten, priced at £7.50 to the front flap. A fine copy, in near-fine dust jacket. First edition, first impression, signed by the author to..... More
IceBreaker.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.250; [6], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket by Bill Botten, priced at £7.50. Ink ownership to flyleaf, jacket shows general wear, torn at joint with tape repair to reverse side. Very good. John..... More
Icebreaker.
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novel] A quality hardback re-issue of the first Jonathan Cape edition (1983) featuring the same dust-jacket artwork. FIRST EDITION thus, with a full strike-line number sequence. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.243. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine..... More
IceBreaker.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, publisher's copy with warmly SIGNED PRESENTATION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.250; [6], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket by Bill Botten, priced at £7.50. Inscribed by the author in black ink to the title page; To Otto &..... More
The James Bond Collection. Licence Renewed; For Special Services; Icebreaker; Role of Honour; Nobody Lives For Ever.
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novels] LIMITED BOX SET. Quality hardback re-issues of the first Jonathan Cape editions (1981-6) featuring the same dust-jacket artwork. FIRST EDITIONS thus, with a full strike-line number sequence. Octavo, five volumes in publisher's illustrated red card slip-case, showing the original..... More
James Bond in Brokenclaw.
New York: G. P. Putman's Sons, 1990. [Thriller] FIRST US EDITION, AUTHOR'S PERSONAL COPY, signed. Octavo, pp.304. Publisher's hardcover in pictorial dust-wrapper showing the original price of $14.95. Autographed by John Gardner to the title page with his manuscript note 'Author's Copy'. Jacket sunned to spine else fine. An original..... More
James Bond in For Special Services.
New York: Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, 1982. [Thriller] FIRST US EDITION, AUTHOR'S PERSONAL COPY, signed. Octavo, pp.298; [6], blank. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-jacket, showing the original price of $9.95. Autographed by John Gardner to the title page with his manuscript note 'Author's Copy'. Fine condition throughout. The author's..... More
James Bond in Icebreaker.
New York: Putnam, 1982. [Thriller] FIRST US EDITION, AUTHOR'S PERSONAL COPY, signed. Octavo, pp.301; [3], blank. Publisher's hardcover in pictorial dust-wrapper showing the original price of $10.95. Autographed by John Gardner to the title page with his manuscript note 'Author's Copy'. Gently sunned to spine else fine. The author's third..... More
James Bond in License [Licence] Renewed.
New York: Richard Marek Publishers 1981. [Thriller] FIRST US EDITION, AUTHOR'S PERSONAL COPY, signed. Octavo, pp.285. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. Autographed by John Gardner to title page with his manuscript note 'Author's Copy'. Jacket sunned to spine else fine. The author's first novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond..... More
James Bond in License [Licence] Renewed.
New York: Richard Marek Publishers, 1981. [Thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.285. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. In pictorial dust-wrapper priced at $9.95 to front flap. Fine book in a near fine jacket with light creases to the front flap. From the comprehensive James Bond..... More
James Bond in No Deals' Mr. Bond.
New York: G. P. Putman's Sons, 1987. [Thriller] FIRST US EDITION, AUTHOR'S PERSONAL COPIES (two varying copies), signed. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.317; [3]. Publisher's hardcover in pictorial dust-wrapper showing the original price of $13.95, the other copy in a simple mock-up jacket of some vintage (likely contemporary) with a...... More
James Bond in Nobody Lives Forever.
New York: G. P. Putman's Sons, 1986. [Thriller] FIRST US EDITION, AUTHOR'S PERSONAL COPY, signed. Octavo, pp.301; [3], blank. Publisher's hardcover in pictorial dust-wrapper showing the original price of $13.95. Autographed by John Gardner to the title page with his manuscript note 'Author's Copy'. Jacket gently sunned to spine else..... More
James Bond in Role of Honor [Honour].
New York: G. P. Putman's Sons, 1984. [Thriller] FIRST US EDITION, AUTHOR'S PERSONAL COPY, signed. Octavo, pp.304. Publisher's hardcover in pictorial dust-wrapper showing the original price of $11.95. Autographed by John Gardner to the title page with his manuscript note 'Author's Copy'. Jacket sunned to spine else fine. The author's..... More
James Bond in Scorpius.
New York: G. P. Putman's Sons, 1988. [Thriller] FIRST US EDITION, AUTHOR'S PERSONAL COPY, signed. Octavo, pp.319; [1], blank. Publisher's hardcover in pictorial dust-wrapper showing the original price of $12.95. Autographed by John Gardner to the title page with his manuscript note 'Author's Copy'. Jacket gently sunned to spine, later..... More
James Bond in The Man From Barbarossa.
New York: G. P. Putman's Sons, 1991. [Thriller] FIRST US EDITION, AUTHOR'S PERSONAL COPY, signed. Octavo, pp.304. Publisher's hardcover in pictorial dust-wrapper showing the original price of $14.95. Autographed by John Gardner to the title page with his manuscript note 'Author's Copy'. A fine copy. An original novel starring Ian..... More
[James Bond series] Nobody Lives For Ever, corrected manuscript.
Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 1986. Comprising the complete text in 295 numbered pages on A4 sheets, printed to the rectos only. Loose leaves, housed in a simple card folder. In near-fine condition, with the occasional fold and crease to folios. The corrected manuscript of the 1986 James..... More
James Bond: Licence to Kill [3 copies]. From the motion picture written by Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum.
New York, NY: The Armchair Detective Library, 1990. [Film novelisation] Three differing versions of the John Gardner book; FIRST EDITION in hardcover [with] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITIONS (UK and US). Octavos, hardback in glossy dust-wrapper or photographic card covers. Fine condition throughout. From the comprehensive Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by..... More
James Bond: Licence to Kill. From the motion picture written by Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum.
The Armchair Detective Library, 1989. SIGNED FIRST UK HARDBACK EDITION, preceeding the cloth-bound 'Collector' and 'Limited' issues. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth in glossy dust-jacket, with the cancelled title-page (showing the British spelling 'Licence'), as called for. A fine copy of a...... More