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Licence Renewed (James Bond, 007, Ian Fleming)
by Gardner, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good plus/Very Good plus
- ISBN 10
- 0224019414
- ISBN 13
- 9780224019415
- Seller
-
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good plus/Very Good plus. Black cloth patterned paper over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, 12mo (7-3/4 inches tall), pp. 270. Volume with blush of toning to text, small offset ffep. Price-clipped DJ shows light wear and partial fade to spine, one short closed tear to head of spine at rear panel. First in line of the sixteen Bond novels executed by Gardner, later released in the US as License Renewed. Wrap-around DJ design by Mon Mohan, from a watercolor by the famous Richard Chopping.
Synopsis
Licence Renewed (published in American editions as License Renewed), first published in 1981, is the first novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. It was the first proper James Bond novel (not counting novelisations and a faux biography) since Kingsley Amis's Colonel Sun in 1968. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape and in the United States by Richard Marek.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1086
- Title
- Licence Renewed (James Bond, 007, Ian Fleming)
- Author
- Gardner, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0224019414
- ISBN 13
- 9780224019415
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1981
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Books into Film;
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
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Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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