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Licence Renewed (Signed)
by John Gardner
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0224019414
- ISBN 13
- 9780224019415
- Seller
-
Catawissa, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder Stoughton, 1981. First Edition. First Printing. Signed by author on title page. Near Fine copy with Very Good dust jacket. In black covers with bright gilt lettering on spine. Square, intact, and tight binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Light toning to page edges , common with this title. Light shelf wear. Jacket: Inrtact, with price at lower front flap. Light bumping to spine ends. Light shelf wear. In protective jacket cover. Photos upon request. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
- Quaker House Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003984
- Title
- Licence Renewed (Signed)
- Author
- John Gardner
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0224019414
- ISBN 13
- 9780224019415
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape and Hodder Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Fiction, Thriller
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Thriller;
Terms of Sale
Quaker House Books
Items must be returned within ten days of sale for a full refund if not satisfied.
About the Seller
Quaker House Books
Biblio member since 2006
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
About Quaker House Books
My book holdings are eclectic in nature.
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- Shelf Wear
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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