Licence Renewed
by Gardner, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0224019414
- ISBN 13
- 9780224019415
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, 1981 F/F-. 8vo. original black boards gilt (a trifle rubbed & bumped, prev. ownership signature to FFE) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, slightly rubbed & nicked, a little frayed at headcap, spine mildly sunning); pp. 270. A very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.
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
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006946
- Title
- Licence Renewed
- Author
- Gardner, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0224019414
- ISBN 13
- 9780224019415
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- John Gardner Licence Renewed Ian Fleming James Bond Espionage Spy Thriller Scotland Highlands
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Biblio member since 2022
Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- VG+/VG
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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