
Bond Continuation Series
Scorpius.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1988. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Royal octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.190; [2], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper priced £10.95 to flap. Fine in like wrapper, but for some faint age-toning to paperstock. Becoming a difficult title. An original novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Hubin;..... More
SeaFire.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1994. [James Bond Continuation] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (16 x 24cm), pp.247. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £14.99 for the UK market (non-priced export copies were also produced). Edges slightly toned. A fine copy. An original novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. BMC..... More
SeaFire.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1994. [James Bond Continuation] FIRST EDITION, EXPORT COPY. Octavo (16 x 24cm), pp.247. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket with no price to front flap- copies without a printed price were intended for export. Top edge faintly spotted/dusty else a fine copy. An original novel..... More
Colonel Sun.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Illustrated map endpapers, this copy, as most, with the 'North' arrow on the pastedown pointing directly up (True North), rather than at a slight angle (Magnetic North). The variant with a dropped quad mark to..... More
GoldenEye
London: Hodder and Stoughton 1996. FIRST HODDER EDITION. Royal octavo, pp.218. Publisher's hardcover in original photographic dust-wrapper priced at £16.99. This copy in the standard black binding with gilt lettering; this title was also issued for libraries in plain red cloth. Some trivial wear and faint toning to the cheap..... More
Death Is Forever.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1992. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.248. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket with no price to front flap- copies without a printed price were intended for export. A clean, near fine copy. 'Death Is Forever' plunges James Bond into the dangerous, shadowy world..... More
Death Is Forever.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1992. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.248. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket with no price to front flap- copies without a printed price were intended for export. With presentation note to title page in black ink; "To..... More
Death Is Forever.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1992. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.248. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £14.99 for the UK market (non-priced export copies were also produced). A fine copy. 'Death Is Forever' plunges James Bond into the dangerous, shadowy world of post-Cold-War Europe. Loaded..... 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. With good, strong colour to the spine (often fades), a little rubbed to extremities. A lightly handled copy in near fine condition. An original..... 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 with no price to the front flap - copies without a printed price were intended for export. No inscriptions. Some rubbing and acceptable wear..... More
GoldenEye.
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. Some light handling. Near fine The author's second film novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Gilbert, Jon;..... More
IceBreaker.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, TWICE-SIGNED, with original artwork. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.250; [6], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket. This remarkable copy embellished with an original painting from the dust-wrapper artist Bill Botten, who illustrated the jacket for this and other..... More
Icebreaker.
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.
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. No inscriptions. Some rubbing and acceptable wear. A very good copy. John Gardner's third 007 novel as official successor to..... 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] 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 printed..... 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
Licence Renewed.
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novel] 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.259; [3], blank. Black hardcovers blocked in gilt, red endpapers, illustrated jacket priced at..... More
The Man From Barbarossa
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1991. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Pp.231. An original novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. A couple of tiny marks; a lovely fine copy (not a remainder copy). Autographed by the late John Gardner to the title page in..... More
Never Send Flowers.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [James Bond Continuation] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 212 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £14.99. Some trivial handling; a fine copy. When an officer of the British Security Service is murdered in Switzerland..... More
No Deals Mr Bond.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1987. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.240. Black cloth-effect paper over boards, gilt titles, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Trevor Scobie, priced £10.95. A remarkably fresh-looking copy. Virtually as new. John Gardner' sixth original novel starring Commander Bond, set in Eastern Europe, London..... More
Nobody Lives For Ever.
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novel] ISBN: 978 0 857 82052 5. 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.184. Publisher's black cloth lettered..... More
Nobody Lives For Ever.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1986. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Black cloth-effect paper over boards, gilt titles, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Trevor Scobie priced at £8.95. Crisp and clean, inside and out. A lovely fine copy. The fifth Gardner Bond, and the last..... More
Role Of Honour (A James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.222. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to the spine in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £7.95. Single line through price on flap else a crisp, fresh copy. John Gardner's fourth 007 novel as official..... More
Role of Honour.
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novel] ISBN: 978 0 857 82050 1. 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.199. Publisher's black cloth lettered..... More
Win, Lose Or Die
New York: Putnam 1989. FIRST US EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. Octavo, pp.319. Publisher's hardcover in pictorial dustwrapper. Fine, but for heavy price-clipping to the front flap. Haining; Crime Fiction p.208. BMC No.1 [1984] p.4-13 'James Bond Revivals'. Hubin; Crime Fiction IV. More