James Bond First Editions

Nobody Lives For Ever.

GARDNER, John (1926-2007).

London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1986. [James Bond novel] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS PUBLISHER, inscribed and signed twice. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Trevor Scobie, priced at £8.95. Author's inscription to the flyleaf; To My Dear Dear Friends / Carolyn & Otto / John (underline). With further full signature to title page. Fine throughout. Presented to Otto Penzler and his wife Carolyn. Penzler's Mysterious Press published John Gardner's 1984 novel The Garden of Weapons. A fine association. Item #67637

BMC No.1 [1984] p.4-13 'James Bond Revivals'. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 613.

Price: £650.00