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Gardner, John : For Special Services

Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York, 1982

ISBN 069811163X

298pp. A James Bond spy novel, 8vo, Very Good in Very Good DJ

1st Edition

GARDNER**, JOHN: : FOR SPECIAL SERVICES.**

LONDON.CAPE,1982.

ISBN 0224029347.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Author's 2nd Bond novel after 'Licence Renewed' - see my book ID rja707717 for an exceptional example of his first title. In 'For Special Services',Bond is on loan to the United States Govrnment,his partner none other than the tough and beautiful Cedar, daughter of 007's old friend Felix Leiter.Their enemy? An old adversary,the legendary SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion),has reappeared. Bond and Cedar find themselves in some deadly and terrifying situations - from skyjack to plunging elevator,from armies of killer ants in the Mid-West to horror on a private mono-rail - before they come face to face with the heir to Blofeld's iniquitous empire. After a screen bonanza and a literary absence of more than a decade,the return of James Bond to the world of the 1980s a year ago (then 1981) raised some eyebrows but enticed the fans.In 'Licence Renewed (written under commission from Ian Fleming's copyright holders),John Gardner beguiled us with a Bond drinking less,smoking specially made low-tar cigarettes,his 00 status abolished but still unofficially sanctioned by M,a passing nod at feminism,his Mark II Continental Bentley gone in favour of the sprightly energy-conserving Saab Turbo 900.But here again,unmistakably,was the Bond of Fleming's books which have sold 91 million copies in 36 languages.John Gardner explained his attitude to Bond at length on the front of the 'Sunday Times Review' and on television and radio; Philip Larkin took a page in the TLS to review the whole Bond canon: and 'Licence Renewed' went straight to No. 1 on the best-seller lists in Britain.A second Bond-of-the- 1980s was promised and Mr Gardner has been as good as his word. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

GARDNER**, JOHN: : FOR SPECIAL SERVICES.**

LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE/HODDER & STOUGHTON,1982.

ISBN 0224029347.

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£6.95) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,watercolour pictorial artwork by Bill Botten,illustrated front panel and spine/backstrip of dw/dj,both with red+ black lettering,rear panel with author's b/w half-length portrait photograph; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Dw/dj with protective transparent cellophane thus preventing shelf-wear and damage to it's edges and corners.Top edges aged/toned with a small,6-pointed single red ink star in vicinity of headband,fore-edges also slightly aged/toned - as this title is prone to be - with some faint thumbing but neither with any foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Some small,tiny accidental lower corner creases - left in situ and not straightened out or unfolded - to pp149/50 and pp163-167 respectively.Text body bright and clean without any foxing/spotting,some pages/ margins with some light page-edge toning. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers.Front free endpaper with residual evidence of public library docket removal and with a remaining red inked oval 'Withdrawn from etc.,' stamp and green ink date '10 Jun 1996' to same.Along with aforementioned red ink star to top edges; these are the ONLY indications to this being an ex-public library copy/example.Sympathetic and uncomplicated removal and restoration of feps could be easily undertaken.There are NO other 'public library' alpha-numerical stamps,notations or indications: the protected dw/dj,the prelims,tthe ext body and margins,and the rear endpapers are ALL without such library ownership markings or stamps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,10-254pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements and author's notes,22 chapters and an unpaginated afterword; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table,a dedication and aforementioned afterword as last page.Author's 2nd Bond novel after 'Licence Renewed' - see my book ID rja707717 fro an exceptional example of his first title. In 'For Special Services',Bond is on loan to the United States Govrnment,his partner none other than the tough and beautiful Cedar, daughter of 007's old friend Felix Leiter.Their enemy? An old adversary,the legendary SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism,Revenge and Extortion),has reappeared. Bond and Cedar find themselves in some deadly and terrifying situations - from skyjack to plunging elevator,from armies of killer ants in the Mid-West to horror on a private mono-rail - before they come face to face with the heir to Blofeld's iniquitous empire. After a screen bonanza and a literary absence of more than a decade,the return of James Bond to the world of the 1980s a year ago (then 1981) raised some eyebrows but enticed the fans.In 'Licence Renewed (written under commission from Ian Fleming's copyright holders),John Gardner beguiled us with a Bond drinking less, smoking specially made low-tar cigarettes, his 00 status abolished but still unofficially sanctioned by M,a passing nod at feminism,his Mark II Continental Bentley gone in favour of the sprightly energy-conserving Saab Turbo 900.But here again,unmistakably,was the Bond of Fleming's books which have sold 91 million copies in 36 languages.John Gardner explained his attitude to Bond at length on the front of the 'Sunday Times Review' and on television and radio; Philip Larkin took a page in the TLS to review the whole Bond canon: and 'Licence Renewed' went straight to No. 1 on the best-seller lists in Britain.A second Bond-of-the-1980s was promised and Mr Gardner has been as good as his word. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

GARDNER, John : For Special Services

Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, 1982

First Edition. A fine unread copy in a fine d.w.

GARDNER, John : For Special Services

Jonathan Cape 1982

1st ed, fine in fine d/w.

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