Item #64478 Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure. Robert Kingsley MARKHAM, Sir AMIS.
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.

Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Version with dropped quad mark to copyright page. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Cartographical endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Tom Adams priced at 21s. Contents clean, edges toned, jacket with some tape marks to reverse side, neatly laminated. Very good. After Ian Fleming's death in 1964, Glidrose decided to continue the Bond franchise with a series of well-known authors each writing a book under the pen-name Robert Markham. However, only Kingsley Amis took up the offer, and in 1968 his 007 novel, 'Colonel Sun' was published. Bond fans now consider it a classic, although sales proved disappointing. Amis had previously written a critical work on Bond, entitled 'The James Bond Dossier'. There is also a suggestion that Amis finished 'The Man With The Golden Gun' after Fleming's death, and that Colonel Sun was his incentive from Glidrose. Item #64478

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