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Synopsis
After retiring from the Network, a midwest crime ring she organized to steal art and smuggle currency, Modesty, still only twenty-six, offers her services to British Intelligence
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About the Author
Peter O’Donnell wrote in many media, but achieved international success when he created Modesty Blaise, which was first published in 1963. There has even been a film and a TV version of the character, as well as a series of bestselling novels.
Enric Badia Romero has worked for 2000 AD and was the long-term artist on Axa.
Review
"In the beginning there was Modesty. Cooler than the pretentious James Bond, tougher than the brain-dead Mike Hammer." —Lauren Henderson, author, Chained and Dead White Female
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- PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0892960906
- ISBN 13 9780892960903
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages252
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Modesty Blaise
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1984
ISBN 10: 0892960906
ISBN 13: 9780892960903
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Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First mass market edition. Tanned edges, page; light soiling to wraps but still tight, firm copy with a solid, crease-free spine. Colors to cover bright. Solid copy. TM/MM. Seller Inventory # ABE-1590785176836
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Modesty Blaise
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.34. Seller Inventory # G0892960906I3N00
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Modesty Blaise
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.34. Seller Inventory # G0892960906I3N00
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Modesty Blaise, ("Modesty Blaise" Series #1), Paperback, Mysterious Press, First Edition
Published by
Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1984
ISBN 10: 0892960906
ISBN 13: 9780892960903
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Seller: Park & Read Books, Herndon, VA, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Softcover, Mass Market Paperback format, Condition: Very Good, Gently Read, Spine is creased, No loose pages, 1 owner, only read once and then safely stored, 7 digit # written in ink on 1st page, no idea why I did this, sorry, light toning to page edges, no other marks or stamps, First Mysterious Press Edition September, 1984 as stated, First Printing with the Full # Print line 2 4 6 8 0 9 7 5 3 1 as printed on copyright page, publisher pre-marked $3.95 price printed on back bottom cover, #1 of 11 in the "Modesty Blaise" Series: *** 1. Modesty Blaise (1965) 2. Sabre Tooth (1966) 3. I, Lucifer (1967) 4. A Taste for Death (1969) 5. The Impossible Virgin (1971) Pieces of Modesty (1972) 6. The Silver Mistress (1973) 7. Last Day in Limbo (1976) 8. Dragon's Claw (1978) 9. The Xanadu Talisman (1981) 10. The Night of the Morning Star (1982) The Gabriel Set-Up (1985) 11. Dead Man's Handle (1985) Cobra Trap (1996),*****( I have a collection of the "Modesty Blaise" series, a mix of HC and paperbacks, See more detail below. If interested in a bulk discount, please just message me, thanks). Seller Inventory # ABE-1707338157386
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Modesty Blaise [ The First Modesy Blaise Novel ]
Published by
The Mysterious Press, New York, 1984
ISBN 10: 0892960906
ISBN 13: 9780892960903
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First Edition
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good+. First Paperback Edition. A stated first Mysterious Press Edition, September 1984, of Peter O'Donnell's first novel, featuring his criminal mastermind-turned-good-girl Modesty Blaise and her sidekick Willie Garvin. The novel was preceded by a popular comic strip, published in Britain. Modesty and her partner must defend themselves against a series of deadly, vicious adversaries. This work originally published by Souvenir Press Ltd. in 1965. --- In wraps with image of a scantily-clad Modesty to front panel. --- With tanning to leaves, inked notations to front and back endpapers and creasing to spine, else a sound, tightly-bound copy.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; 252 pages. Seller Inventory # 84379
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