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. Contents lightly toned else a crisp, fresh copy The first James Bond continuation novel from John Gardner. Formerly owned by the respected Bond historian John Griswold (1950-2016), author of "Ian Fleming's James Bond", purchased by ourselves at Winter Auctions in 2010 (lot slip included), with a pencilled note to that effect by Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert. Item #74409

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

Price: £295.00