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For Special Services : James Bond 007
by Gardner, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0224029347
- ISBN 13
- 9780224029346
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton , 1982. John Gardners 2nd Bond Book. Bond teams up with CIA agent Cedar Leiter, daughter of his old friend, Felix Leiter, to investigate one Markus Bismaquer, who is suspected of reviving the criminal organisation SPECTRE, which was believed to have been disbanded years earlier following the death of its leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, at the hands of Bond (in You Only Live Twice). CONDITION Black bds with Gilt spine title (unworn) 255 pages. Copy is bright and crisp with slight atmospheric toning to end pages and interior of DJ spine o/w bright crisp and unworn. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15789
- Title
- For Special Services : James Bond 007
- Author
- Gardner, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0224029347
- ISBN 13
- 9780224029346
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Spy Novel
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Ariel Books
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
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