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GARDNER**, JOHN: : NEVER SEND FLOWERS.**

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1993.

ISBN 0399138099.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.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,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,non-credited colour pictorial artwork illustrated upper panel of dw/dj, with b/w lettering,b/w publisher's advert to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Light but superficial scoring/indentations - without affecting boards beneath - to either panels of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean - even with inevitable slight ageing /tanning; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, generally clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine /backstrip and immaculate plain white eps. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-212pp [paginated] includes 20 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with author's acknowledgements to it's recto,epigraph (Hamlet,William Shakespeare),a contents list/table,and 2pp blanks at rear.One of the scarcer Gardner BOND titles - particularly in this grade. When Laura March,an officer of the British secret service,is murdered in Switzerland,James Bond is sent to liase with the local authorities.He teams up with the lovely and lively Flicka von Grosse,a member of Swiss Intelligence,and together they discover some curious information about Laura's past.In turn, they become conscious of a link between the March murder and four recent,high-profile assassinations,in Rome,London, Paris and Washington.They also discover a further connection between the assassinations and the internationally famous actor,David Dragonpol,who has retired early from a spectacular career and now lives in a castle on the Rhine,in which every room becomes a bizarre step into the past. But the past is dangerous,to Dragonpol, Bond and Flicka,and it leads them to a deadly game of hide and seek,following a sinister shadow across the world,from Athens to Milan,to Singapore,the United States and back to Europe for a denouement in the most unlikely setting of EuroDisney outside Paris. 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!

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

GARDNER**, JOHN: : NEVER SEND FLOWERS.**

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1993.

ISBN 0399138099.

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+. No 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,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,non-credited colour pictorial artwork illustrated upper panel of dw/dj,with b/w lettering,b/w publisher's advert to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-212pp [paginated] includes 20 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,with author's acknowledgements to it's reverse,an epigram (Hamlet,William Shakespeare),contents list/ table,and 2pp blanks at rear.One of the scarcer Gardner BOND titles (he wrote 12) - particularly in this grade. When Laura March,an officer of the British secret service,is murdered in Switzerland,James Bond is sent to liase with the local authorities. He teams up with the lovely and lively Flicka von Grosse,a member of Swiss Intelligence,and together they discover some curious information about Laura's past. In turn,they become conscious of a link between the March murder and four recent,high-profile assassinations,in Rome,London,Paris and Washington.They also discover a further connection between the assassinations and the internationally famous actor,David Dragonpol,who has retired early from a spectacular career and now lives in a castle on the Rhine,in which every room becomes a bizarre step into the past. But the past is dangerous,to Dragonpol,Bond and Flicka,and it leads them to a deadly game of hide and seek,following a sinister shadow across the world,from Athens to Milan,to Singapore,the United States and back to Europe for a denouement in the most unlikely setting of EuroDisney outside Paris. 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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

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