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GARDNER John : Licence Renewed

Cape, London, 1981

ISBN 0224019414

8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. excellent in an excellent price clipped DW with Chopping design, the DW spine is faintly sunfaded to the background only, the text is vibrant and dark, very minor crease at head of DW spine. Illustr.: Richard Chopping. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good

First Edition

GARDNER John : Licence Renewed

Cape, London, 1981

ISBN 0224019414

8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. excellent in an excellent price clipped DW with Chopping design. The DW spine is sunfaded to the background only, the text is vibrant and dark.. Illustr.: Richard Chopping. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good

First Edition

GARDNER**, JOHN: : LICENCE RENEWED.**

LONDON.CAPE,1981.

ISBN 0224019414.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.(Published in America as License Renewed.)FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Richard Chopping - who also illustrated nine of the last ten of Fleming's Bond novels - with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.Very slight sunned portion of spine/backstrip,fore-edges slightly aged. First published in 1981,this is Gardner's first novel featuring Ian Fleming's James Bond,and was the first Bond novel,since K.Amis's,1968 Colonel Sun.Superb copy. Bond is back and he's better than ever. Miss Moneypenny thinks so.And it's only a matter of time before Lavener Peacock,the beautiful ward of the Laird of Murcaldy, will heartily agree.Bond is drinking noticeably less spirits these days; he's perhaps more diligent about excercis and has a special low tar tobacco blended for his cigarettes at Morelands of Grosvenor Street.But the 1980s have reached the department as well.Political restraints are squeezing in on the Service.The elite Double-O status,for example,conveying its authority to kill,is being abolished.But M takes little notice of these restrictions when it comes to Bond.In M's words,'There are moments when this country needs a trouble-shooter - a blunt instrument - and by heaven it's going to have one.' One of these moments has indisputably arrived.There is something very ominous about the meetings (insufficiently investigated by M.I.5) between the international terrorist known as Franco and the renowned nuclear physicist who has dubiously inherited the title of laird of Murcaldy - Dr Anton (not a well-known Scottish name) Murik.Someone must infiltrate the Lair's castle and only Bond could so deftly extract an invitation from Murik on Gold Cup Day at Ascot.Then with a Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum in its secret compartment and an impressive selection of Q's latest gadgetry ingeniously dispersed throughout his luggage,Bond points the Saab 900 Turbo (with a lower pollution level than a Bentley) towards the north-west Highlands and the fun begins. John Gardner has brilliantly portrayed the most famous spy in the world as he pits his nerve against a dangerously deranged opponent - one prepared to sacrifice most of the Western world to prove that only he can make it safe from accidental nuclear holocaust.As the seconds tick away on the valued Rolex Oyster Perpetual,the world comes nearer this ironic annihilation; Bond comes nearer a frightful death and ever nearer Miss Lavender Peacock. After the death of Fleming Gardner was approached and was commissioned by Glidrose Publications Ltd.,who own the James Bond copyright,to contribute a further episode about the immortal among Secret Service agents and this is his first resultant novel in response. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

GARDNER**, JOHN: : LICENCE RENEWED.**

LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE/HODDER & STOUGHTON,1981.

ISBN 0224019414.

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn. [Believed an export edn/example.Dw/dj is almost identical to the UK,HB+dw/dj,1st edn - only differing with a missing publisher's price (£6.50).] FINE+/FINE++.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - generally believed to be an export copy,which usually precedes the UK trade edn issues and distribution.Bright,crisp,clean,mattt, watercolour pictorial artwork commission by Richard Chopping with a still life,surrealist style illustrated front panel and spine/ backstrip of dw/dj,with black+red lettering to same,rear panel with author's b/w half-length portrait photograph - author standing in front of a reproduction of Amherst Villier's portrait of Ian Fleming; with virtually NO shelf-wear,NO creasing to edges and corners - and NO nicks or tears present.The dw/dj's inner flaps are brilliantly white and crisp.[The dw/dj was designed by Mon Monahan,using a commissioned water-colour painting by Richard Chopping, featuring a Browning 9mm-long 1903,made under Browning patent by Fabrique Nationale D'Armes de Guerre in Belgium.The model for reference provided by Holland and Holland of Bruton Street,London.]Top+fore-edges ubiquitously but very lightly toned without any foxing/ spotting, so generally bright and clean - much less toned than this edn usually experiences or is prone to; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - text block and margins bright and crisp with no foxing/spotting, blemishes etc.,and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.The book is very close to new condition,clean,square,crisp - toning excepted. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean and unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine /backstrip and immaculate and unblemished plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,12-270pp [paginated] includes 23 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table,a dedication (to Ian Lancaster Fleming),author's acknowledgements,and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book. A really,really exceptional example in a seldom encountered virtually pristine condition. Bond is back and he's better than ever. Miss Moneypenny thinks so.And it's only a matter of time before Lavener Peacock,the beautiful ward of the Laird of Murcaldy, will heartily agree. Bond is drinking noticeably less spirits these days; he's perhaps more diligent about excercis and has a special low tar tobacco blended for his cigarettes at Morelands of Grosvenor Street. But the 1980s have reached the department as well.Political restraints are squeezing in on the Service.The elite Double-O status,for example,conveying its authority to kill,is being abolished.But M takes little notice of these restrictions when it comes to Bond.In M's words, 'There are moments when this country needs a trouble-shooter - a blunt instrument - and by heaven it's going to have one.' One of these moments has indisputably arrived. There is something very ominous about the meetings (insufficiently investigated by M.I.5) between the international terrorist known as Franco and the renowned nuclear physicist who has dubiously inherited the title of laird of Murcaldy - Dr Anton (not a well-known Scottish name) Murik.Someone must infiltrate the Lair's castle and only Bond could so deftly extract an invitation from Murik on Gold Cup Day at Ascot. Then with a Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum in its secret compartment and an impressive selection of Q's latest gadgetry ingeniously dispersed throughout his luggage,Bond points the Saab 900 Turbo (with a lower pollution level than a Bentley) towards the north-west Highlands and the fun begins. John Gardner has brilliantly portrayed the most famous spy in the world as he pits his nerve against a dangerously deranged opponent - one prepared to sacrifice most of the Western world to prove that only he can make it safe from accidental nuclear holocaust.As the seconds tick away on the valued Rolex Oyster Perpetual,the world comes nearer this ironic annihilation; Bond comes nearer a frightful death and ever nearer Miss Lavender Peacock. After the death of Fleming Gardner was approached and was commissioned by Glidrose Publications Ltd.,who own the James Bond copyright,to contribute a further episode about the immortal among Secret Service agents and this is his first resultant novel in response. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

GARDNER**, JOHN: : LICENCE RENEWED.**

LONDON.BCA/JONATHAN CAPE and HODDER & STOUGHTON,1981

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Dw/dj is externally,pictorially identical to the UK,HB+dw/dj,1st edn - and almost,but not quite,identical with redacted publisher's blurb to inner flaps and missing the publisher's price (£6.50) and ISBN.] NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price- clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - as a Book Club issue.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,watercolour pictorial artwork commission by Richard Chopping with a still life,surrealist- style illustrated front panel and spine/ backstrip of dw/dj,with black+red lettering to same,rear panel with author's b/w half-length portrait photograph - author standing in front of a reproduction of Amherst Villier's portrait of Ian Fleming; with virtually NO shelf-wear to edges and corners,just one crease to rear, lower edge - and NO nicks or tears present.The dw/dj's inner flaps are brilliant white and crisp and the spine/ backstrip is not sunned nor is it faded. [The dw/dj was designed by Mon Monahan, using a commissioned water-colour painting by Richard Chopping,featuring a Browning 9mm-long 1903,made under Browning patent by Fabrique Nationale D'Armes de Guerre in Belgium.The model for reference provided by Holland and Holland of Bruton Street, London.] Top+fore-edges ubiquitously aged/ toned but with minimal marking,so generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - text block and margins bright and crisp with no foxing/ spotting,blemishes etc.,and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.The book is very close to new condition,clean,square,crisp - toning excepted.Bright,crisp,clean and unblemished,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain khaki/tan cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to its spine/backstrip and immaculate and unblemished plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn thus,12-270pp [paginated] includes 23 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+titles pages,contents list/ table,a dedication (to Ian Lancaster Fleming),author's acknowledgements,and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book. A really,really exceptional example in a seldom encountered virtually pristine condition.Even as a Book Club issue,still uncommon. Bond is back and he's better than ever. Miss Moneypenny thinks so.And it's only a matter of time before Lavener Peacock,the beautiful ward of the Laird of Murcaldy, will heartily agree.Bond is drinking noticeably less spirits these days; he's perhaps more diligent about excercise and has a special low tar tobacco blended for his cigarettes at Morelands of Grosvenor Street.But the 1980s have reached the department as well.Political restraints are squeezing in on the Service.The elite Double-O status,for example,conveying its authority to kill,is being abolished.But M takes little notice of these restrictions when it comes to Bond.In M's words,'There are moments when this country needs a trouble-shooter - a blunt instrument - and by heaven it's going to have one.' One of these moments has indisputably arrived.There is something very ominous about the meetings (insufficiently investigated by M.I.5) between the international terrorist known as Franco and the renowned nuclear physicist who has dubiously inherited the title of laird of Murcaldy - Dr Anton (not a well-known Scottish name) Murik.Someone must infiltrate the Lair's castle and only Bond could so deftly extract an invitation from Murik on Gold Cup Day at Ascot.Then with a Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum in its secret compartment and an impressive selection of Q's latest gadgetry ingeniously dispersed throughout his luggage,Bond points the Saab 900 Turbo (with a lower pollution level than a Bentley) towards the north-west Highlands and the fun begins. John Gardner has brilliantly portrayed the most famous spy in the world as he pits his nerve against a dangerously deranged opponent - one prepared to sacrifice most of the Western world to prove that only he can make it safe from accidental nuclear holocaust.As the seconds tick away on the valued Rolex Oyster Perpetual,the world comes nearer this ironic annihilation; Bond comes nearer a frightful death and ever nearer Miss Lavender Peacock. After the death of Fleming,Gardner was approached and was commissioned by Glidrose Publications Ltd.,who own the James Bond copyright,to contribute a further episode about the immortal among Secret Service agents and this is his first resultant novel in response. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

GARDNER, John : Licence Renewed

Jonathan Cape/ Hodder & Stoughton, 1981

First Edition. A fine unread copy in a fine d.w.

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