James Bond First Editions

Scorpius [James Bond series].

GARDNER, John (1926-2007).

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author, bibliographer's copy. Royal octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.190; [2], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper priced £10.95 to flap. A clean, fine copy. Virtually as new. An original novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. From the collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Otto Penzler, purchased by ourselves at Swann Auctions in 2010, with auction lot slip tucked in. Penzler's Mysterious Press published John Gardner's 1984 novel The Garden of Weapons. A fine association. Item #67691

Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 613.

Price: £550.00