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For Special Services.
by Gardner, John
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; Jonathan Cape & Hodder & Stoughton, 1982., 1982. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 254, [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, in an unclipped pictorial jacket by Bill Botten. Spine sunned; Fine book in Near Fine dust-jacket. Second in the John Gardner series of James Bond novels in which Bond is on loan to the US Government to thwart a series of aeroplane hijackings.
Synopsis
For Special Services, first published in 1982, was the second novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape and in the United States by McCann and Geoghegan.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10134
- Title
- For Special Services.
- Author
- Gardner, John
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London; Jonathan Cape & Hodder & Stoughton, 1982.
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Fiction
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About the Seller
Keel Row Books
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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- 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...
- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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