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Gardner,John. Icebreaker. Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, 1983.
Price: US$251.97 + 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$581.48 + 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$872.22 + 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.