Scorpius [James Bond series].

[FLEMING, Ian] GARDNER, John (1926-2007).

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. Clean throughout. Appears unread. An original novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Formerly owned by the respected Bond historian John Griswold (1950-2016), author of "Ian Fleming's James Bond", purchased by ourselves at Winter Auctions in 2010 (lot slip included), with a pencilled note to that effect by Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert. Item #76408

Hubin; Crime Fiction IV. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 613.

Price: £65.00