James Bond First Editions

Licence to Kill [James Bond series].

GARDNER, John (1926-2007).

The Armchair Detective Library, April 1989. Octavo. Original black boards, lettered in gilt to the spine, photographic dust jacket with a promotional still showing Timothy Dalton as James Bond in the 1989 movie, priced at £12.95 and $18.95. A clean, fine copy. First US edition, first printing, signed by the author on the title page. Title page cancelled, as issued, showing the British spelling "Licence". This copy is from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), with his bookplate. Schøyen's private collection of manuscripts, which span all cultures and all time periods, is one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. Item #156087

Gilbert, page 613; The Schøyen Collection No. 329.

Price: £1,750.00