Buy this book on-line Gardner, John : IcebreakerPutnam, New York, 1983 ISBN 0399128115
301pp. James Bond novel, 8vo, Fine in Fine DJ Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Gardner, John : Icebreaker. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. GARDNER**, JOHN: : ICEBREAKER.**LONDON.CAPE/HODDER & STOUGHTON,1983. ISBN 0224029495.
UK,8vo HB+d/wj,1st reprint.[The reprint is the same year as the UK,1st edn,1983.] NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£7.50) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, matt,colour pictorial artwork,by Bill Botten,illustrated front panel of dw/dj,
with b/w lettering,with a tiny pin-prick hole below letter K in title on front panel; some minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - some other nicks and tears also present.Small closed tears to spine/backstrip's both gutter's edges at head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj along with an approx 1" vertical tear with reciprocal creasing,towards rear panel's spine/backstrip's gutter's edge,and on same rear edge,towards rear lower corner an approx 1/2" vertical tear also with reciprocal creasing.All these tears have residue of ghosting of previous sellotape repairs to internal surface of dw/dj.The remaining 3 corners rubbed with minimal loss and an approx 1/4" closed tear centrally to front,lower edge of dw/dj.Top edges slightly aged/toned with some minimal and sporadic spotting/foxing,fore- edges less aged/toned,so brighter and cleaner with no excessive spotting/foxing; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp- cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps - no off-set foxing from dw/dj's inner flaps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st reprint,12-250pp [paginated] includes 21 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,contents list/
table,and 6pp blanks at the rear.
Described hard but fairly and honestly and in detail.
Indestructible as ever,Bond is back in a third assignment from John Gardner - a deadly assignment undertaken in cohort with Bond's opposite numbers from the United States,the Soviet Union and Israel in the desolate Arctic wastes of Lapland. Yet if resurgent fascism is the common enemy,who is really to be feared? Can SMERSH be trusted to resist the temptation to seek vengeance on Bond? Is it the breezy American or the voluptuous Israeli who is acting as double-agent? Are the Finns merely using Bond to break the K.G.B's sranglehold on their tenous national autonomy?
Never has Bond encountered such an unnervingly deceitful bunch of collaborators or been subject to such a bewildering series of potentially lethal shocks.
Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!
So,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!
Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of GARDNER**, JOHN: : ICEBREAKER.**. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. GARDNER,JOHN**: : ICEBREAKERLONDON.CAPE/HODDER & STOUGHTON,1983. ISBN 0224029495.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Believed an export edn/example.Dw/dj is almost identical to the UK,HB+dw/dj,1st edn - only missing the publisher's price (£7.50). There was also a reprint in the same year as the UK,1st edn, 1983.] NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price- clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - generally believed to be an export copy,which usually precedes the UK trade edn issues and distribution.Bright,matt, watercolour pictorial artwork,by Bill Botten,illustrated front panel and spine/ backstrip of dw/dj,with b/w lettering,rear panel with author's b/w half-length portrait photograph with some scoring/ indentations and an indented tear on spine/backstrip's gutter's edge also with some minimal rubbing/flaking,some minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - some other nicks and tears also present.An approx 1.5" closed tear with some partial loss and rubbing of black lettering on author's name - affecting the letters of same up to the first 'R' of 'John Gardner',at head of spine/backstrip and similar but light rubbing to other letters and publisher's colophon on same. Along with light,minor chipping to head+ foot of spine/backstrip,internally a few internal water-stains have bled through to outside of same.All corners minisculely rubbed with reciprocal loss to three,fore- edge of rear inner flap's fold rubbed with some loss,gutter's edge.99.9% complete dw/dj,despite it's minimal loss.Top edges slightly aged/toned,fore-edges less aged/ tanned,so slightly brighter and cleaner with no excessive spotting/foxing; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white eps - no off-set foxing from dw/dj's inner flaps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,12- 250pp [paginated] includes 21 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication, contents list/table,and 4pp blanks at the rear (as opposed to 6pp blanks at rear,in the first reprint edn of this same title). See my book ID rja650516 for a less expensive 1st reprint edn.Described hard but fairly and honestly and in detail owing to listing price.Author's 3rd Bond title after 'Licence Renewed' and the following 'For Special Services' and preceding this title.
Indestructible as ever,Bond is back in a third assignment from John Gardner - a deadly assignment undertaken in cohort with Bond's opposite numbers from the United States,the Soviet Union and Israel in the desolate Arctic wastes of Lapland. Yet if resurgent fascism is the common enemy,who is really to be feared? Can SMERSH be trusted to resist the temptation to seek vengeance on Bond? Is it the breezy American or the voluptuous Israeli who is acting as double-agent? Are the Finns merely using Bond to break the K.G.B's stranglehold on their tenuous national autonomy?
Never has Bond encountered such an unnervingly deceitful bunch of collaborators or been subject to such a bewildering series of potentially lethal shocks.
Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!
So,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! Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of GARDNER,JOHN**: : ICEBREAKER. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. GARDNER, John : IcebreakerJonathan Cape, 1983
A near fine copy (ink name deleted top fep) in a vg++ d.w., light wear to extremities. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of GARDNER, John : Icebreaker. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including atlases, out-of-print books, livres d'occasion, out of print books and fine bindings. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |