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Description: [Film novelisation] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, no.46 of just 100 copies. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[4]; iv; 294; [2]. Limitation leaf on grey paper stock. Publisher's de luxe binding of plum-coloured cloth with gilt trim and pictorial illustration, grey endpapers, in burgundy cloth slip-case. A clean, fine copy. A novelisation of the sixteenth official 007 movie, being the only John Gardner Bond title issued as a Limited Edition. From the comprehensive Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with a loose bookplate inserted. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert, page 613.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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Description: SIGNED FIRST UK HARDBACK EDITION, preceeding the cloth-bound 'Collector' and 'Limited' issues. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth in glossy dust-jacket, with the cancelled title-page (showing the British spelling 'Licence'), as called for. A fine copy of a scarce book. John Gardner's first film novelisation starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Hubin; Crime Fiction IV.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$2260.58 + shipping
Description: Octavo. Original black boards, lettered in gilt to the spine, photographic dust jacket with a promotional still showing Timothy Dalton as James Bond in the 1989 movie, priced at £12.95 and $18.95. A clean, fine copy. First US edition, first printing, signed by the author on the title page. Title page cancelled, as issued, showing the British spelling "Licence". 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. 329.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom