James Bond First Editions

Licence Renewed. James Bond 007.

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

London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1981. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.270; [2], blank. With the author's signature in black ink to the title page. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. Edges very lightly toned/spotted else fine in a lovely fine wrapper. 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. Item #67725

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

Price: £275.00