James Bond First Editions

The Man With The Red Tattoo.

BENSON, Raymond (born 1955).

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. [Spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.292 [2]. Hardback volume, bound in publisher's cloth with pictorial dust-wrapper. SIGNED by the author in ballpoint pen to title page. The signature was obtained directly from Raymond Benson by Jon Gilbert of this firm. Gentle toning to edges of text block, otherwise unused. James Bond is sent to Japan to investigate the deaths of the family of Peter McMahon, head of an important genetic research organisation, and a personal friend of the Prime Minister. 007's quest for answers leads to the only surviving daughter and a nest of Yakuza gangsters. Along the way, he uncovers a plot of such monstrous proportions that it could only have been hatched in the mind of a madman. The last original novel by the James Bond writer Raymond Benson. Item #75168

Price: £100.00