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John Gardner. Role of Honour. Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, 1984.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: John Gardner's fiendish new plot embroils Bond with a computer wizard absconding from his duties at the Pentagon, a sinister mercenary army training in secret for an audacious terrorist operation and a hair-brained flight over Geneva while Summit Peace Talks are in progress there, before honour is fully restored. **The book has tanning. The jacket has shelf rubbing and several tape-repaired tears.**
Seller: Rons Bookshop (Canberra, Australia), Canberra, ACT, Australia
John Gardner. Role of Honour. Jonathan Cape, London, UK, 1984.
Price: US$26.87 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover first edition 1984. This book is in good+ condition - ex-library with blank borrowing sheet, a stamp and several letters in pencil on the rfep. The dust jacket is in good condition - price sticker on front flap; covered in adhesive covering which is stuck to the insides on the boards.
Seller: Secondhand Books 'n' Things, Ross Creek, VIC, Australia
Gardner, John. Role of Honour.. Jonathan Cape., London, 1984.
Price: US$39.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. Nice jacket art by Trevor Scobie. Tiny scrape to the top corner or the rear board Jacket has faint sticker ghost near the bottom of the spine, the rear panel has a small tear and moderate creasing olong the top edge. Very Good/Good.
Seller: Ken Jackson, Calgary, AB, Canada
GARDNER, John. Role of Honour. (London): Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton (1984)., 1984.
Price: US$51.53 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo, 222 pp. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, rubbed and slightly creased, spine sunned.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
JOHN GARDNER ,( Ian Fleming ,bond Title ). ROLE OF HONOUR. JONATHAN CAPE LTD, London, 1984.
Price: US$87.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: nice collectors copy,in crisp condition,.BOOK; black boards are lovely and clean.looks a fully-unread copy of this title.book pages are super white & clean!.binding is super firm,slight hint roll.has no inscriptions!,has no major foxing or marking',pages are near fully as new'.slightest age dulling,old fine spot very top edge of page block,which is nothing,.& the leading endsheat has a slight crease in it,down from top right corner,.overall lovely condition,.DUSTJACKET; is very bright and clean' & is overall lovely'.one of the very best ive seen for this title,.slightest degree of very minor age marking to the rear panel,.no rips',.no notable loss',.good clean flaps',hint of the finest dulling shows.& this dustcover is not price clipped'.the tricky light blue colour of the spine is unfaded,which seems 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'.a top collectors copy'.PRICED TO SELL.FREE fast' AIR POSTAGE worldwide, is INCLUED in price,.plus our QUAILTY PACKAGING. 7.5 By 5.5.fm
Seller: Instant Rare and Collectable, North Auckland, AD, New Zealand
Gardner, John. Role of Honour. Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1984.
Price: US$94.26 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: James Bond resigns his 007 status and heads for Monte Carlo in search of a ' role of honour '. 222 pp .Black cloth covered boards have gilt text on spine only. Book has adhesive scars where DJ was attached to book. ffep has card pocket, date stamp, Title Page has library stamp, date stamp, ow text block is clean and unmarked. Unclipped (L7.95 net in UK only) DJhas Dewey sticker on spine, edge wear, crinkled top corner rear flap. Digital images available on request. Bookseller's Inventory # 122803.
Seller: Lower Beverley Better Books, Lyndhurst, ON, Canada
Gardner, John. Role of Honour. Jonathan Cape / Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1984.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo., 224pp. Beautiful First Edition of the fourth James Bond book written by Gardner. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save some gentle bumping to spine ends. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket , (£7.95 net), has some light wear and rubbing to edges. A couple of shallow surface creases. Still fresh and bright with no chipping, toning, or tears. A sharp collectable copy at a good price.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Gardner, John. ROLE OF HONOUR (James Bond). Jonathan Cape / Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1984.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: (UK) 1st publication 1984. No markings, Fine in unclipped solid Very Good dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to rear panel and to spine extremities. Dust jacket illustrtion by Trevor Scobie. Boards, 222pp. This was Gardner's 4th novel in his Bond series. After receiving a large inheritance, James Bond 007 is accused of improprieties and drummed out of the British Secret Service. Disgusted with his former employers, Bond places his services on the open market, where he later attracts the attention of representatives of SPECTRE who are quite willing to put their one-time enemy on their payroll. (1.5 JM HOQ 102/b2 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: J. W. Mah, Burnaby, BC, Canada
John Gardner. Role Of Honour. Jonathan Cape, London UK, 1984.
Price: US$103.06 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine unread 1st impression in a fine dustwrapper with a small amount of wear on the top back corner, priced at £7.95 on the inside flap.
Seller: Fiction First, Congleton, United Kingdom
John Gardner. Role of Honour. Jonathan Cape, London, 1984.
Price: US$103.06 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: HARDBACK - The book is in fine condition, free of any previous owner names or Inscriptions. The black boards are very clean indeed with no fading to the boards or spine. The pages are very clean with no signs of foxing, and no stains or finger marks. The dust wrapper is in near fine condition. There is a little nibbling to the spine tips, but overall the wrapper is in excellent condition. Not price clipped, showing the correct price of £7.95.net
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
GARDNER, John. Role of Honour. London: Jonathan Cape, 1984.
Price: US$109.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. Octavo. Bound in black cloth covered hard boards and in the original un-clipped dust jacket (£7.95 net). Fine condition book in Fine jacket.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A most beautiful first Impression of the first edition in Fine condition in alike, very bright dust-wrapper by Trevor Scobie with barely visible signs of use; John Gardner's fourth novel featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond who, after receiving a large inheritance, is accused of improprieties and released from the British Secret Service. When Bond places his services on the open market, he attracts the attention of S. P. E. C. T. R. E. who are quite willing to put their one-time enemy on their payroll; 8vo ; 222, [2] pages
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Gardner, John. Role of Honour. Jonathan Cape, London, 1984.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing of the nineteenth novel in the "James Bond" series. The fourth novel written by John Gardner. A small light rub mark to the surface of the dustjacket's rear panel. In near fine / near fine condition. BRColl
Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Gardner, John. ROLE OF HONOUR. Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1984.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. A FINE book in NEAR FINE jacket ( light crease to top of rear panel; trace of fade to spine). Terrific jacket art by Trevor Scobie in the "Chopping" style. Price intact.
Seller: THE USUAL SUSPECTS (IOBA), St. Catharines, ON, Canada
John Gardner. Role of Honour. Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1984.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, 1984. Approximately 5 1/4 x ". Illustrated dust jacket by Trevor Scobie with author photo, original price of �7.95 intact, in fine condition; Black paper over boards with crisp, gilt lettering on spine, one flawed page printed by publisher that was not cut properly and folded in, otherwise beautifully bright and unmarked, in fine condition.Base on the Ian Fleming character, this is Gardner's fourth James Bond book. The plot, from the jacket, involves a computer wizard, a mercenary army, and SPECTRE
Seller: The Book Lair, ABAA, Pleasanton, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$161.03 + shipping
Description: [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.222. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to the spine in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £7.95. A fine, seemingly unread copy of the book, in a crisp, fine wrapper, with some very light rubbing to rear panel. An excellent example. John Gardner's fourth 007 novel as official successor to Ian Fleming; Abandoning his 007 status, James Bond resigns from the service and heads for Monte Carlo, in search of a new role of honour. But he quickly finds himself embroiled with a computer wizard absconding from the Pentagon and a sinister mercenary army. Gilbert-Schøyen [305].
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Gardner, John. Role of Honour.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1984.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this Bond novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket art by Trevor Scobie. Long-time Gardner admirer and crime critic Marghanita Laski said "John Gardner has gradually worked himself into his own role as owner-creator of James Bond, but his Bond is more intelligent, more sensitive than the original
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. The fourth volume of the continuation of James Bond by Gardner. Fine in dust jacket with the barest rubbing on top front corners.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Gardner, John. Role of Honour. Cape, London, 1984.
Price: US$225.45 + shipping
Description: (London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton 1984). First UK Edition. SIGNED COPY. Publisher's black boards with gold lettering to the spine. Stamped to the fore-edge: COMPLIMENTARY COPY - NOT FOR SALE. A near fine (or better) copy in like price-clipped dustwrapper. Signed by the Author to the title page.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
Gardner, John. ROLE OF HONOUR. Jonathan Cape/Hodder & Stoughton: (London), 1984.
Price: US$230.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8 x 5.25", black boards, 222pp, minor shelf wear, pp a little toned else a nice copy in a nice dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, JOHN GARDNER, ON TITLE PAGE. James Bond novel.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Gardner, John. Role of Honour. Brand: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1984.
Price: US$267.74 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Gardner, John. Role of Honour. Jonathan Cape, 1984.
Price: US$330.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gardner, John Role of Honour London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. First Edition. Role of Honour Gardner, John. Jonathan Cape. London. 1984. First Edition. The fourth installment of Gardner s Bond franchise. Everyone s favourite secret agent is drawn into the world of digital danger in this tech-forward take on the classic spy caper. Role of Honour caused a schism between readers who favoured the traditional themes and styles of 007 and those who were ready for newer, more modern threats. This well-loved copy features some rubbing to top and tail of spine, since shielded by a protector. Jacket painting by Trevor Scobie. Very Good / Good.
Seller: E.C. Rare Books., Vancouver, BC, Canada
John Gardner. Role of Honour - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Jonathan Cape, London, 1984.
Price: US$354.27 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: HARDBACK - A near fine or better book, free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. Signed by the author to the title page, in a very good or better dust wrapper, free of any loss or tears, but with a little rubbing to the extremities, with the publishers printed price of £7.95net present to the front flap
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
GARDNER, John. Role of Honour. Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, 1984.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: GARDNER, John (SIGNED) [222] pp. Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton 1984 8" x 5.25" Jacket painting by Trevor Scobie John Gardner's fourth James Bond novel in which Bond, after receiving a large inheritance, is accused of improprieties and released from the British Secret Service. When Bond places his services on the open market, he attracts the attention of SPECTRE who are quite willing to put their one-time enemy on their payroll
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$490.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A handsome first Impression of the first edition in just about Fine condition in alike dust-wrapper by Trevor Scobie, showing original price of £7.95. Signed but not personalized "Best Wishes, John Gardner" by author John Gardner on the title page; John Gardner's fourth James Bond novel in which Bond, after receiving a large inheritance, is accused of improprieties and released from the British Secret Service. When Bond places his services on the open market, he attracts the attention of SPECTRE who are quite willing to put their one-time enemy on their payroll; 8vo ; 222, [2] pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.