Item #74630 The Facts of Death. Raymond BENSON, born 1955.
The Facts of Death.
The Facts of Death.
The Facts of Death.

The Facts of Death.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1998. [James Bond spy thriller] TRIPLE-SIGNED FIRST EDITION, Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.274; [2], blank. Publisher's hardcover cloth in illustrated dust-jacket. SIGNED by the author in his customary sharpie to the title page. Also, signed to flyleaf by the artist together with his characteristic ink chop. From the collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert, with his pencil ownership and loose bookplate. Clean throughout. Raymond Benson's second original 007 adventure. Following Richard Chopping, Bill Botton and Trevor Scobie, artist David Scutt produced some distinctive original artwork for many of the James Bond continuation novels by John Gardner and Raymond Benson. In the 1990's he also produced striking cover designs for Coronet series of the Ian Fleming originals. He has also illustrated jackets for Phillip Pullman, Terry Pratchett and Bernard Cornwell. Item #74630

Hubin; Crime Fiction IV. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 613.

Price: £175.00