"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka

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 scarce book. John Gardner's first film novelisation starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Item #45225
Hubin; Crime Fiction IV.
Price: £1,650.00