James Bond First Editions

Cold [James Bond series].

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

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1996. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (24 x 16cm) Pp.213. Publisher's hardback cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper without a printed price (for export). Autographed by John Gardner to the title page. Fine and fresh throughout. John Gardner's final James Bond title, published as 'Cold Fall' in America. Bond, on assignment with the FBI, travels to Italy to face a terrorist army called COLD (Children of the Last Days). The Hodder edition was published on 2nd May 1996, apparently bound up according to the actual number ordered from booksellers and libraries- reportedly just 900 copies were produced. Item #74641

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

Price: £975.00