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Gardner, John. Nobody Lives Forever. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1986.
Price: US$22.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 223 Pages With The Index. Hardcover, The Dust Jacket And Book Are In Very Good Condition. 1St Edition Printed In The Uk.- We ship from Canada and the USA. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.
Seller: bmyguest books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black boards ex-library with usual stamps and card pocket, the ends of the dust jacket flaps have been glued to the front and rear end papers. The dust jacket is not price clipped, is in a mylar cover and has a library sticker at base of spine.
Seller: Olmstead Books, Port Dover, ON, Canada
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Description: [James Bond novel] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. 'Lancastria' brand binding by Askews of Preston [library suppliers], being plain brown cloth with sewn cloth-strengthened inside joints for heavy use, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Trevor Scobie with printed price of £8.95 to front flap. A pariticularly clean ex-library copy which appears to have never been borrowed (the lending label has no date entries). Institutional marks as expected, securing tape to endpapers/flaps otherwise fine. Shows well on the shelf. BMC No.1 [1984] p.4-13 'James Bond Revivals'. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 613.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Gardner, John. Nobody Lives Forever (UK HB 1st). Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: UK hardback first impression. Uncommon. VG+ with previous owner name and date stamp to top corner at reverse of ffep. The jacket is VG, unclipped with a small tear to head of spine, repaired with a small piece of tape to reverse.
Seller: Hunter Books, Burnham, BUCKS, United Kingdom
John Gardner. Nobody Lives For Ever. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description:
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Gardner, John. NOBODY LIVES FOR EVER. Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1986.
Price: US$82.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Fifth novel in the John Gardner series of 007 adventures. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Color pictorial jacket illustrated by Trevor Scobie. 192pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine condition except for a few tiny dots of foxing on upper page block tight to the spine. Protected in Brodart wrap.
Seller: High Park Books, Kitchener, ON, Canada
John Gardner. Nobody Lives For Ever. Jonathan Cape/Hodder & Stoughton, London England, 1986.
Price: US$87.77 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. First Edition. Nobody Lives Forever. Slight foxing to edge. Slight wear to top edge of spine and top corners of D/J. A cloud hung over James Bond as he negotiated the Bentley Mulsanne Turbo through the streets of Ostend at the start of a well-earned spell of leave. Rome was his destination, but first there was that worrying call from the Klinik Mozart, in the mountains south of Salzberg, to disturb his rest. 192 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.)
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$121.91 + shipping
Description: [James Bond novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrative dust-jacket designed by Trevor Scobie, priced at £8.95. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Faint cup ring to cloth cover, minor wear to spine tips, small tape mark to rear flap. Shows well. Very good indeed. John Gardner was a British spy and thriller novelist who was best known for his continuation of the James Bond novels. 'Nobody Lives For Ever' is the fifth novel by him in this series.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Gardner, John. Nobody Lives Forever. Jonathan Cape, London, 1986.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo., 192pp. Beautiful First Edition of the fifth James Bond book written by Gardner and by far the most uncommon. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A few scattered spots on the top edge of the text block but quite minor. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (£8.95 net), has a tiny closed tear at the crown. Some discoloration/rubbing to the photo of Gardner on the rear panel but some of it almost looks like a printing issue. Still fresh and bright with no chipping or creases. A sharp collectable copy of a difficult book to find in nice condition.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Gardner, John. Nobody Lives For Ever. Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1986.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. A FINE book in FINE ( trace of rubbing to top left corner of rear panel) jacket. Terrific jacket art by Trevor Scobie in the "Chopping" style.Price intact.
Seller: THE USUAL SUSPECTS (IOBA), St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Price: US$192.49 + shipping
Description: [James Bond novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Trevor Scobie, priced at £8.95. A very clean, fine copy. Outstanding. 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). BMC No.1 [1984] p.4-13 'James Bond Revivals'. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 613.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$310.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A handsome first Impression of the first edition. Fine condition, minor bumping to tips in Fine, bright dust-wrapper by Trevor Scobie, SIGNED by author John Gardner on the title page; S. P. E. C. T. R. E. , now dying from wounds suffered due to his last encounter with Bond (as described in Role of Honour) , has put a price on Bond's head. "Trust no one, " Bond is betrayed and chased by a number of people and organixations, including his own British Secret Service ally, corrupted police officiers, and agents of S. P. E. C. T. R. E; 8vo ; 192 pages; Pickard copy w/£8.95net on dust-jacket ; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$320.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A very attractive first Impression of the first edition, conservatively rated in Fine condition in alike, bright dust-wrapper by Trevor Scobie, SIGNED by author John Gardner on the title page; S. P. E. C. T. R. E. , now dying from wounds suffered due to his last encounter with Bond (as described in Role of Honour) , has put a price on Bond's head. "Trust no one, " Bond is betrayed and chased by a number of people and organixations, including his own British Secret Service ally, corrupted police officiers, and agents of S. P. E. C. T. R. E; 8vo ; 192 pages; Pickard copy w/£8.95net on dust-jacket ; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
GARDNER, John. Nobody Lives For Ever. Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, 1986.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: GARDNER, John [192] pp. Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton 1986 8" x 5.5" Jacket illustration by Trevor Scobie S. P. E. C. T. R. E., now dying from wounds suffered due to his last encounter with Bond (as described in Role of Honour) , has put a price on Bond's head. "Trust no one, " Bond is betrayed and chased by a number of people and organizations, including his own British Secret Service ally, corrupted police officers, and agents of S. P. E. C. T. R. E;
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
John Gardner. Nobody Lives Forever - INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Jonathan Cape, London, 1986.
Price: US$506.89 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: HARDBACK - A fine book bound in the publisher's black cloth boards with unfaded gilt lettering to the spine. Internally, the page block and inner pages are very clean indeed with no toning or foxing present. The book is free of any previous owner names or inscriptions and has been warmly inscribed by the author to the title page. The dust wrapper is also in fine condition with no loss or tears and with the publisher's printed price of £ 8.99 present to the front flap. A most attractive title.
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
Price: US$609.55 + shipping
Description: Octavo. Publisher's black boards lettered in gilt to the spine, in a pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Trevor Scobie priced at £8.95 to the front flap. A fine copy, in near-fine dust jacket, unclipped, with very slight rubbing to rear panel. First edition, first impression, presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Jim and Diarmud[?], my good friends. John" [the second name is not clear but very likely Diarmud, a popular Irish name - Gardner was a resident of the Irish Republic at the time of publication]. The author has signed for a second time in full, below his printed name, which he has crossed through. This copy is from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), with his bookplate. Schøyen's private collection of manuscripts, which span all cultures and all time periods, is one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. Gilbert, page 613; The Schøyen Collection No. 311.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$834.12 + shipping
Description: [James Bond novel] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS PUBLISHER, inscribed and signed twice. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Trevor Scobie, priced at £8.95. Author's inscription to the flyleaf; To My Dear Dear Friends / Carolyn & Otto / John (underline). With further full signature to title page. Fine throughout. Presented to Otto Penzler and his wife Carolyn. Penzler's Mysterious Press published John Gardner's 1984 novel The Garden of Weapons. A fine association. BMC No.1 [1984] p.4-13 'James Bond Revivals'. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 613.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$35289.80 + shipping
Description: The corrected manuscript of the 1986 James Bond continuation novel, signed by the author and inscribed by him to the first leaf: "final, edited ms." Each leaf, without exception, is heavily annotated in various hands and inks. The manuscript is complete, with all preliminary and title pages included. This item was purchased directly from the author shortly before his death in 2007 and is from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), with his bookplate. Schøyen's private collection of manuscripts, which span all cultures and all time periods, is one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. MS5602; Gilbert, page 613; The Schøyen Collection No. 309. Comprising the complete text in 295 numbered pages on A4 sheets, printed to the rectos only. Loose leaves, housed in a simple card folder. In near-fine condition, with the occasional fold and crease to folios.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$35289.80 + shipping
Description: Comprising the complete text in 295 numbered pages on A4 sheets, printed to the rectos only. Loose leaves, housed in a simple card folder. In near-fine condition, with the occasional fold and crease to folios. The corrected manuscript of the 1986 James Bond continuation novel, signed by the author and inscribed by him to the first leaf: "final, edited ms." Each leaf, without exception, is heavily annotated in various hands and inks. The manuscript is complete, with all preliminary and title pages included. This item was purchased directly from the author shortly before his death in 2007 and is from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), with his bookplate. Schøyen's private collection of manuscripts, which span all cultures and all time periods, is one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. MS5602; Gilbert, page 613; The Schøyen Collection No. 309.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom