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John E. Gardner. Icebreaker. Jonathan Cape January 1983, 1983.
Price: US$3.50 + shipping
Description: Different cover than pictured, this is the Berkley International Edition from 1983. Minor spine wear.
Seller: R Bookmark, Youngtown, AZ, U.S.A.
Gardner, John. Icebreaker. Jonathan Cape, 1983.
Price: US$11.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The jacket is shelf rubbed with creasing around the edges. The binding is secure. The pages are tanned but otherwise clean with no inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
GARDNER, John. Icebreaker. Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1983.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Uniformly toned edges. Dust jacket is unclipped, tiny edge tears, rubbed at folds, part faded at the spine, protected in a removable clear film sleeve.
Seller: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, New Zealand
John Gardner. Icebreaker. Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1983.
Price: US$18.34 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 250pp - black cloth - minor lean to spine - minor foxing to edges - dustwrapper spine is very lightly faded - clean solid copy
Seller: Plane Tree Books, Taupo, New Zealand
John Gardner. Icebreaker. Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, 1983.
Price: US$19.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black cloth binding with gilt lettering; slight tanning to text due to paper quality o/w fine internally, no inscriptions; jacket is near complete but shows creasing, slight chipping to extremities and the rear panel is rubbed. 250pp
Seller: Trafford Books PBFA, Manchester, United Kingdom
GARDNER, John. Icebreaker. Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1983.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A near fine first edition copy in a near fine dust jacket, just slightly faded at the spine.
Seller: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, New Zealand
Gardner, John. Icebreaker. Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1983.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG++, Mild shelfwear, browning/VG+, Edgewear, small tear, mild soiling. A James Bond thriller. Jacket by Bill Botten. Photo on request.
Seller: Klanhorn, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
Price: US$26.25 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A handful of tiny marks on the fore edges. Jacket not clipped but has two tiny closed tears and a small amount of edge wear to the head of the back strip.
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand
Price: US$32.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second British printing, 1983 (same year as first printing). With original unclipped jacket (£7.50). A James Bond story. Jacket has faults - namely patchy edge/shelf wear, few small marks, minor foxing, few small (approx. 1cm) tears, one patch of loss to back lower corner, a few other smaller patches of loss (to head/tail of spine and other corners), few scratches, the odd small crease/rub to edges, a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, little pushing/bumping to corners, little fading to spine, few small marks/spots of foxing to front/back inner flaps and is in only good condition. Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with minor pushing/bumping to corners and a hint of pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages are a bit tanned. Odd small mark/spot of foxing/small scratch to page edges, tops and bottoms. Very occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
GARDNER, John (1926-2007). IceBreaker. London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1983, 1983.
Price: US$44.91 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.250; [6], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket by Bill Botten, priced at £7.50. Ink ownership to flyleaf, jacket shows general wear, torn at joint with tape repair to reverse side. Very good. John Gardner's third 007 novel as official successor to Ian Fleming; 'Icebreaker' sees James Bond posted to the north of Finland and he is obliged to collaborate with the KGB, CIA and Mossad to eradicate a secret terrorist group. Haining; Crime Fiction p208. Benson, Raymond; Bond Companion (1984). BMC No.1 [1984] p.4-13 'James Bond Revivals'. Hubin; Crime Fiction IV. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 613.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
GARDNER, John. Icebreaker. (London): Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton (1983)., 1983.
Price: US$44.91 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo, 250 pp. Faint marginal browning throughout. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, lower wrapper with light scuffing and some creasing to the top edge.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Gardner, John. Icebreaker. Jonathan Cape & Hodder Stoughton, 1983.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine first edition hardcover, no writing or marks. Black boards, gold lettering. Jacket near fine, slight edge wear, price-clipped, not faded. This is the third John Gardner James Bond. Can Smersh be trusted to resist the temptation to seek vengeance on Bond? Is it the breezy American or the voluptuous Israeli who is acting as double agent? 250 pages. M05032
Seller: The Groaning Board, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Gardner, John. Icebreaker. Jonathan Cape, London, 1983.
Price: US$45.09 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full black paper boards. 250 pp. Small white scuff to spine foot, small spot of wear to upper corner of rear board at turn in. Dust jacket is sunned to spine, lightly bumped to extremities, lightly rubbed to rear cover, short tears to foot of front cover and foot of rear flap. Interior lightly age toned. Ink gift inscription Near fine overall.
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
Gardner, John. Icebreaker. Jonathan Cape, London, 1983.
Price: US$45.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover, in price-clipped dust jacket. The first edition, first printing. Jacket faded at spine, with some shallow wear at edge (complete and neat in a mylar protective sleeve). Slight handling to book, with some toning to edges of text. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
Gardner, John. Icebreaker. Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1983.
Price: US$48.75 + shipping
Description: 10mo; VG/VG; pp 250; beige/light blue pictorial spine with black text; first edition; dust jacket has very light wear to exterior; mylar wrap; cloth shows light wear to exterior; strong boards; text block edges have slight toning to exterior; tight binding. 1336673. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Gardner, John. Icebreaker. Jonathan Cape // Hodder & Stoughton, 1983.
Price: US$49.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Black cloth boards with gilt titling. Book is Fine and flawless inside and out. Unclipped DJ is also in great shape, albeit with some scuffing on edge of flap. This is a James Bond novel, of which Gardner took over the rights in the late 70's and wrote multiple Bond novels, mostly all highly regarded including this one. Oddly, this DJ is not yellow on the top half where the wood grain is. It's not faded so unsure if it's a printing mistake. DJ is now housed in an archival quality Brodart book jacket cover.
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Gardner, John.. Icebreaker.. London; Jonathan Cape & Hodder & Stoughton, 1983., 1983.
Price: US$51.33 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 250. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine in an unclipped, pictorial jacket by Bill Botten. Single 1.5 cm closed tear to jacket, otherwise a clean. bright copy; Fine copy in Near Fine jacket. Third book in the John Gardner series of James Bond novels in which Bond has to work alongside his peers from America, Russia and Israel in the desolation of Lapland.
Seller: Keel Row Bookshop Ltd - ABA, ILAB & PBFA, Whitley Bay, United Kingdom
Gardner, John. ICEBREAKER. Jonathan Cape & Hodder & Stoughton, Lonodn, 1983.
Price: US$51.75 + shipping
Description: 250 pages. Pages v/g condition. Previous owner's name crossed out at top of ffep. Black cloth, gilt title on spine. Edges show very light wear. DJ illustrated on both covers. Edges show light wear. DJ not price clipped. VG/VG
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$71.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo (20.5cm.); original boards in pictorial dust jacket; 250pp. Jacket edge-worn, rear panel soiled, dampstain to textblock fore-edge, some clear tape repair to jacket verso. About Very Good overall. Rubberstamp to textblock fore-edge: "Complimentary Copy--Not for Sale." The third James Bond novel by John Gardner.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$77.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: nice budget copy,.BOOK; black fabric weave boards are lovely and clean.binding firm & is extra tight.it looks a fully'-unread copy of this title.the internal book pages are super white & clean!.has no insriptions!,book has no noted foxing or marking',yes pages are basicly fully as new',(just a hint of dull on very top the pageblock),.a lovely crisp clean copy'.DUSTJACKET; is very bright and clean' & is extra lovely'.this dustcover is not price clipped'.the prone colour of the spine is just a fraction,a hint faded.most happy to forward a Scan on request/please see the thumbnail.'Very nice copy of this bond 007 title'.,rare title & a top budget collectors copy'.PRICED TO SELL.FREE 'Fast' AIR POSTAGE yes worldwide, is INCLUED in price,.plus our QUAILTY PACKAGING.
Seller: Instant Rare and Collectable, North Auckland, AD, New Zealand
Price: US$79.00 + shipping
Description: BOOK; black fabric weave boards are lovely and clean,slightest fine dent.binding firm & is extra tight.it ooks a fully'-unread copy of this title.the internal book pages are super white & clean!.has no insriptions!,book has no foxing or marking',yes pages are basicly fully as new'.DUSTJACKET; is very bright and clean' & is extra lovely'.wee fraction of a rubb top edge ie above the word ice,.slightest minor age marking to the rear panel/the author-picture illustration,this is not very noticeable.this dustcover is not price clipped'.the prone colour of the spine is mostly unfaded,which is rare nowadays with this title.most happy to forward a Scan on request/please see the thumbnail.'Very nice copy of this bond 007 title'.,rarer title & a top collectors copy'.PRICED TO SELL.FREE 'Fast' AIR POSTAGE yes worldwide, is INCLUED in price,.plus our QUAILTY PACKAGING.
Seller: Instant Rare and Collectable, North Auckland, AD, New Zealand
John Gardner. Icebreaker. Jonathan Cape, London, 1983.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First U.K. Edition, First Printing in Fine/ Fine condition in a Brodart cover. Unsigned.
Seller: Libris Redux, Dundas, ON, Canada
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A handsome first Impression of the first edition, minor edgewear in Near Fine condition in alike dust-wrapper; John Gardner's third novel featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond finding himself recruited into a dangerous mission involving an alliance of agents from the United States (CIA) , the Soviet Union (KGB) and Israel (Mossad). The team, named "Icebreaker", to root out the leader of the National Socialist Action Army (NSAA) , Count Konrad von Glöda; 8vo ; 250, [6] pages
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
GARDNER, John. Icebreaker. London: Jonathan Cape, 1983.
Price: US$102.66 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. Octavo. Bound in black cloth covered hard boards and in the original un-clipped dust jacket (£7.50 net). Fine condition book in Fine jacket.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
Gardner, John [Ian Fleming]. Icebreaker. London Jonathan Cape 1983, 1983.
Price: US$109.08 + shipping
Description: A first edition, first printing published by Jonathan Cape in 1983. A near fine book marred only by some browning to the text block. Clean internally. In a like, unclipped wrapper showing some edge wear. Gardner's third novel featuring Fleming's James Bond.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Gardner, John. ICEBREAKER. Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton [1983], [London], 1983.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. The third of the James Bond novels written by John Gardner. Age darkening to text paper, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (14911)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
(Fleming, Ian). John Gardner. ICEBREAKER. Jonathan Cape / Hodder & Stoughton (1983), London, 1983.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. The third James Bond book by Gardner. Fine in dust jacket.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Gardner, John [Edmund]. ICEBREAKER. Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, [London], 1983.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. The third James Bond novel written by Gardner. Text paper age-darkened, else a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#140486)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Gardner's first James Bond novel. A VG+ book, foxing on the top and fore-edge, but internally clean. A near fine jacket, also with some foxing, unclipped with almost no wear, besides foxing. Old letter from dealer to previous collector dated 19th march 1991, laid in. Now in an acid free sleeve. Jacket with a protective removable cover. Gardner's 2nd Bond novel. A fine book with just a bit of dust staining and foxing on the top text block. Internally clean. A fine to very fine dust jacket. Pristine and bright on the outside, unclipped and with virtually no wear at all. A few foxing spots on the inside, keeping it from being Mint. Now with a removable protective cover. Gardner's 3rd James Bond Novel. A fine book, internally clean. Some dust staining and foxing to the top text block. A fine clipped dust jacket. Bright with no fading. Small mark on the back, presumably where and old sticker used to be. Now in a protective removable cover. PLEASE NOTE: Tracked shipping to USA will be $35 and to UK $25; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
John Gardner. Icebreaker. Jonathan Cape, London, 1983.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine , unread first edition of this great James Bond novel by John Gardner. Jacket is price clipped and shows slight rubbing to rear panel. Jacket is housed in a Brodart cover for protection and shipping. Book interior is clean and unmarked. A very nice collectible copy of this Bond novel.
Seller: BDC Books, Stratford, ON, Canada
John Gardner. Icebreaker. Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1983.
Price: US$167.30 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1983. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo . A most attractive First Edition/First Printing in Very Fine condition in alike original dust-jacket with £7.50 net price sticker, John Gardner's third novel featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond.
Seller: Morshead Books, Beaumaris, VIC, Australia
John Gardner. Icebreaker. Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1983.
Price: US$210.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine first Brirish edition of this great James Bond thriller by Gardner. Book is clean, tight and unmarked throughout. Jacket is price clipped and does show minor edgewear mainly to the points of the front boards. Some minor soiling to rear panel that could probably be removed. Shipped in a Brodart cover for protection. A nice collectible copy.
Seller: BDC Books, Stratford, ON, Canada
Gardner,John. Icebreaker. Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, 1983.
Price: US$250.24 + shipping
Description: Very good book, with browning to block, in like wrapper with a little loss to one or two corners and light rubbing to extremities and rear panel. Gardner's third outing as Bond, with classic Botten artwork. Comes with signed letter from Gardner from his Banbury home to a fan.
Seller: first state books, Corsham, WILTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$577.47 + shipping
Description: Octavo. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in a pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Bill Botten, priced at £7.50 to the front flap. A fine copy, in near-fine dust jacket. First edition, first impression, signed by the author to the title page below his printed name, which he has crossed through. Additionally signed by the jacket artist to the rear flap of the dust jacket, next to his credit. Gilbert, page 613; The Schøyen Collection No. 299.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
GARDNER, John (1926-2007). IceBreaker. London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1983, 1983.
Price: US$866.20 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, publisher's copy with warmly SIGNED PRESENTATION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.250; [6], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket by Bill Botten, priced at £7.50. Inscribed by the author in black ink to the title page; To Otto & Carolyn. / With Love & Thanks / For your unwavering loyalty / and Love. Ever / John. With further full signature below author's name on title page. A crip, clean copy. Virtually as new. John Gardner's third 007 novel as official successor to Ian Fleming. Presented to Otto Penzler and his wife Carolyn, with a particiularly personal message. Penzler's Mysterious Press published John Gardner's 1984 novel The Garden of Weapons. A significant association. Haining; Crime Fiction p208. Benson, Raymond; Bond Companion (1984). BMC No.1 [1984] p.4-13 'James Bond Revivals'. Hubin; Crime Fiction IV. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 613.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Gardner, John. Icebreaker.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1983.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the third novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John Gardner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed. Mel Watkins writing in The New York Times Book Review praised Gardner for adding "a touch of the plot subtlety of less insistently action-oriented thrillers." He also applauded Gardner's updating of Bond. "Although Mr. Gardner's Bond is less raffishly macho and arrogant than previously depicted," observed Watkins, "the spirit of the 007 series remains intact, and few Fleming admirers are likely to object. There is, in fact, something appealing about a James Bond who can react to women with some sympathy and confusion at a crucial moment."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.