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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
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
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
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
London: Frederick Muller 1969. FIRST EDITION, 8vo, Publisher's dark blue cloth, slight lean to spine, lovely fresh pages, fine. Photographic dustwrapper with a little wear to extremities and a few tiny scratches to the spine, near fine. A Boysie Oakes spy thriller written before Gardner's stint as the official James..... More
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
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
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
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
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 original printed price..... More
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
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
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
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
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
Royal Tunbridge Wells: Adrian Harrington Ltd., 2020. [Literary and film Reference] 'RED' edition, SIGNED by the author. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.292, printed on Munken Lynx paper. Illustrated throughout in black and white, with a colour frontispiece and 32 colour plates. Bound in full graphite buckram, blocked in two-colour metallic..... More
Royal Tunbridge Wells: Adrian Harrington Ltd., 2020. [Literary and film Reference] 'SILVER' edition, SIGNED by the author. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.292, printed on Munken Lynx paper. Illustrated throughout in black and white, with a colour frontispiece and 32 colour plates. Bound in full graphite buckram, blocked in two-colour metallic..... More
London: Queen Anne Press, 2012. ILAB-Breslauer Prize Winner [2014]. FIRST EDITION, DELUXE LIMITED ISSUE No.103 of 250 copies, SIGNED by the author in blue ink to limitation page at rear. Royal quarto (33 x 24cm), pp.x; 692 [2]. With black and white illustrations throughout plus four suites of eight colour..... More
London: Queen Anne Press, 2017. SIGNED by the author. Royal quarto (33 x 22cm), with black and white illustrations throughout plus four suites of eight colour plates. Set in Albertina type and printed in two colours. Elegantly bound in full green cloth with black endpapers, gilt lettering and ornament. Fine/new..... More
London: Queen Anne Press, 2017. Royal quarto, with black and white illustrations throughout plus four suites of eight colour plates. Set in Albertina type and printed in two colours. Elegantly bound in full green cloth with black endpapers, gilt lettering and ornament. SIGNED by the author. Supplied with a felt..... More
UK: Hamlyn 1987. Hardcover. First edition. Pp.128, illustrated throughout. With a Foreword by Albert R. Broccoli. Publisher's glossy photographic covers in colour dust-wrapper. No inscriptions or price-clipping. A fine copy. Coffee-table reference book, issued to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first Bond movie 'Dr.No'. More
London: Puffin Books, 2008. FIRST HARDBACK EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR in blue ink to the title page. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[x]; 254; [1], Acknowledgements; [3], advertisements. Publisher's hardcover volume in red, black and silver boards, patterned red endpapers with repeated series logo, all edges red. Some light wear..... More
London: Puffin Books, 2008. [James Bond continuation] REGULAR FIRST HARDBACK EDITION, SIGNED and LIMITED to 1500 numbered copies, this being no.51. Octavo, (21 x 13cm), pp.355. Publisher's gold-coloured covers with all edges gilt and original wraparound sash- no jacket was issued. 'Signed by the author' series roundel applied to front..... More
London: Puffin Books, 2005. [Children's adventure novel] LIMITED COLLECTOR'S EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm). Publisher's hardback in dust-wrapper, housed in an illustrated slipcase. The signed limited edition, being one of 999 copies. A very fine/as new copy, in the original shrinkwrap (unopened). The first episode in the acclaimed 'Young Bond'..... More
London: Orion Books, 2015. [James Bond Continuationl] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 310 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and large skull motif blocked to upper in silver. Blueprint-style endpapers. With the silver blueprint-style..... More