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Licence Renewed. James Bond 007

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

$262 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1981. [Spy novel] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 270 [4]. Recently re-bound in brown half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and lighter brown cloth over boards. Edges lightly trimmed for binding; with the original dust-jacket and cloth spine bound in at rear. A crisp, clean copy in an attractive new leather binding. The first James Bond continuation novel from John Gardner. Bond is back and he's better than ever... but the 1980s have reached the department as well. Political restraints are squeezing in on the Service. The elite Double-O status, for example, conveying its authority to kill, is being abolished. BMC No.1 [1984] p.4-13 'James Bond Revivals'. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 613.

  • Publisher: London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1981
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: unknown

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