Buy this book on-line BOYD**, WILLIAM: : SOLO: A JAMES BOND NOVEL.**LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,2013. ISBN 9780224097475.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,black background with white+yellow lettering and cut-out bullet holes to both dw/dj panels; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top,fore-edges and bottom edges all slightly aged but generally clean and foxing/spotting-free; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread,apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,red background,red paper-covered boards with corresponding stencilled bullet holes (from dw/dj cutouts) with black silhouette of a gecko towards an 007 numeral to upper board,and corresponding stencilled bullet holes to rear board,with bright,crisp,black ink printed letters to spine/backstrip,a black headband and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,3-321pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-5 comprising 2,18,5,12,2 chapters respectively. Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,poetry extract (William Wordsworth - Intimations of Immortality),author's note,parts separator pages,and a potted biography of Ian Fleming,with a further list of Fleming's written works - James Bond novels (14),non-fiction 'The Diamond Smugglers','Thrilling Cities',and his children's fiction ('Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car'),to the rear.See also,my book ID's rja496814, rja535215 and rja817918 for other UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn examples of this title.
It is 1969 and James Bond is about to go solo, recklessly motivated by revenge.
A seasoned veteran of the service,007 is sent to single-handedly stop a civil war in the small West African nation of Zanzarim.Aided by a beautiful accomplice and hindered by the local militia,he undergoes a scarring experience which compels him to ignore M's orders in pursuit of his own brand of justice.Bond's renegade action leads him to Washington,D.C.,where he discovers a web of geopolitical intrigue and witnesses fresh horrors.
Even if Bond succeeds in exacting his revenge,a man with two faces will come to stalk his every waking moment.
The author's first James Bond novel,following on from Jeffrey Deaver who followed on from Sebastian Faulks,each of whom wrote their first Bond novel too.
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,black background with white+ yellow lettering and cut-out bullet holes to both dw/dj panels; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top,fore-edges and bottom edges all slightly aged but generally clean and foxing/spotting-free; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread,apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,red background,red paper-covered boards with corresponding stencilled bullet holes (from dw/dj cutouts) with black silhouette of a gecko towards an 007 numeral to upper board,and corresponding stencilled bullet holes to rear board,with bright,crisp,black ink printed letters to spine/backstrip,a black headband and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,3-321pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-5 comprising 2,18,5,12,2 chapters respectively. Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,poetry extract (William Wordsworth - Intimations of Immortality),author's note,parts separator pages,and a potted biography of Ian Fleming,with a further list of Fleming's written works - James Bond novels (14),non-fiction: 'The Diamond Smugglers','Thrilling Cities',and his children's fiction ('Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car'),to the rear.See also,my book Id's rja496814, rja535215 and rja666317 for other examples of this title.
It is 1969 and James Bond is about to go solo, recklessly motivated by revenge.
A seasoned veteran of the service,007 is sent to single-handedly stop a civil war in the small West African nation of Zanzarim.Aided by a beautiful accomplice and hindered by the local militia,he undergoes a scarring experience which compels him to ignore M's orders in pursuit of his own brand of justice.Bond's renegade action leads him to Washington, D.C.,where he discovers a web of geopolitical intrigue and witnesses fresh horrors.
Even if Bond succeeds in exacting his revenge,a man with two faces will come to stalk his every waking moment.
The author's first James Bond novel,following on from Jeffrey Deaver who followed on from Sebastian Faulks,each of whom wrote their first Bond novel too.
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