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Gardner, John. Death is Forever. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1992.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: John Gardner's continuation of the adventures Ian Fleming's James Bond. Bond and CIA agent Elizabeth Zara St. John are assigned to track down the surviving members of Cabal, a Cold War intelligence network ordered to be disbanded .and who are being killed one by one." Author inscription on title page ( Dj price clipped, else fine)
Seller: June Samaras, STREETSVILLE, ON, Canada
Price: US$508.23 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.248. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket with no price to front flap- copies without a printed price were intended for export. With presentation note to title page in black ink; "To Bryan | With all good wishes | John Gardner". Lightly handled, slight reading lean; a near fine copy. BMC No.1 [1984] p.4-13 'James Bond Revivals'. Hubin; Crime Fiction IV. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming The Bibliography p.613.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
GARDNER JOHN. DEATH IS FOREVER. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1992.
Price: US$578.99 + shipping
Description: First UK Edition. A near fine copy in like D/W with the price of £14.99 present to the inside flap. Inscribed by the Author to the title page
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
GARDNER, John (1926-2007). Death is Forever [James Bond series]. Hodder & Stoughton, 1992, 1992.
Price: US$611.16 + shipping
Description: Octavo. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt, in a pictorial dust jacket priced at £14.99. Date stamp to verso dust jacket. A fine copy, in near-fine dust jacket, rubbed, top corner of front panel slightly worn. First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the title page. 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. 342.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian - GARDNER, John.. Death is Forever.. [London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd], 1992, 1992.
Price: US$8684.87 + shipping
Description: The author's own set of galley proofs, signed by the author. This set was retained by the author and features his various corrections and annotations throughout (the markings are mostly grammatical). John Gardner has also inscribed "Corrected galleys" to the upper cover and signed in full beneath. Purchased directly from the author shortly before his death in 2007. 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, p. 613; The Schøyen Collection No. 341. Landscape format, two pages per sheet, totalling 129 sheets together with front and rear covers printed on blue card, including "Rowland Phototypesetting" lettering. Housed in a custom blue card chemise. Some minor associated handling marks, minor abrasions to front cover, fine condition.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom