James Bond First Editions

The Striker Portfolio.

HALL, Adam [pseudonym of TREVOR, Elleston] (1920-1995).

London: Heinemann, 1969. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.232. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, russet red endpapers. With the dust-jacket priced at 25s/£1.25. Contents clean, neat bookseller ticket to pastedown, closed tear to back of dust-jaket but otherwise very lightly used. Near fine. The third 'Quiller' spy mission. Quiller was clearly influenced by the James Bond film franchise and was part of the 1960s 'Spy Boom' in television and cinema. The BAFTA-nominated 1966 Rank Film 'The Quiller Memorandum' was written by Harold Pinter and featured a score by John Barry. A BBC Television series followed in 1975. This copy was part of the Jon Gilbert espionage collection, with his pencilled ownership within. Item #68860

Price: £65.00