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William Boyd | First Editions
1952
William Boyd, CBE (born 7 March 1952) is a British novelist and screenwriter, best known for his novels A Good Man in Africa and An Ice-Cream War. Boyd's official James Bond novel, Solo, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2013.
William Boyd has a catalogue of literary awards, including the 1981 Whitbread First Novel Award for A Good Man in Africa, the 1982 Somerset Maugham Award, the 1993 Sunday Express Book of the Year for The Blue Afternoon, the 2006 Costa Book Award for Restless, and the 2007 British Book Awards/Richard and Judy Best Read of the Year (shortlist) for Restless, among many others.
See below our stock of Douglas Adams First Editions, and signed copies.
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An Ice Cream War.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[12]; 370; [2]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Paul Webb, priced at £7.95. Light spotting to top edge, cloth slightly pushed to spine ends. Jacket spine sunned. Very good. Boyd's... More about An Ice Cream War
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Solo [A James Bond Novel]
London: Jonathan Cape, 2013. FIRST TRADE EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher's red screen-printed hardcovers in an embossed and die-cut dustjacket, featuring bullet-holes in the style of the original US printing of Ian Fleming's The Man With The Golden Gun (this adventure being set in 1969, a little after the... More about Solo [A James Bond Novel
Solo.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2013. [James Bond Novel]. FIRST TRADE EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher's red screen-printed hardcovers in an embossed and die-cut dustjacket, featuring bullet-holes in the style of the original US printing of Ian Fleming's The Man With The Golden Gun (this adventure being set in 1969, a.... More about Solo
Solo.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2013. [James Bond Novel] FIRST TRADE EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp326. Publisher's red screen-printed hardcovers, red endpapers, embossed and die-cut dust-jacket, featuring bullet-holes in the style of the original US printing of Ian Fleming's The Man With The Golden Gun (this adventure being set in 1969... More about Solo
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