Licence Kill, Signed (8 results)

First Edition. [Film novelisation] FIRST U.S. PRINTING. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[4]; iv; 294; [2]. 'Collector' issue, in the publisher's de luxe binding of blue cloth with silver trim and pictorial illustration, grey marbled endpapers, sewn endbands. No ink names or marking. A clean, fresh copy inside and out. Literary version of the sixteenth official James Bond film featuring Timothy Dalton as Ian Fleming's 007, adapted from the Edgar-nominated screenplay. 'Licence to Kill' is bibliographically complex; the UK-printed trade edition was published in April 1989 (with cancelled title). A 'Collector' edition (blue cloth) and 'Signed Limited' edition (burgundy cloth) followed in May, both these cloth versions being printed in America with integral title pages and representing the FIRST AMERICAN HARDCOVER EDITION. Gilbert, p.613. Signed.

[Film novelisation] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, no.46 of just 100 copies. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[4]; iv; 294; [2]. Limitation leaf on grey paper stock. Publisher's de luxe binding of plum-coloured cloth with gilt trim and pictorial illustration, grey endpapers, in burgundy cloth slip-case. A clean, fine copy. A novelisation of the sixteenth official 007 movie, being the only John Gardner Bond title issued as a Limited Edition. From the comprehensive Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with a loose bookplate inserted. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert, page 613. Signed.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PERSONAL COPY, signed. Octavo, pp.294; [2], advertisements, with the cancelled title-page (showing the British spelling 'Licence'), as called for, preceding the cloth-bound 'Collector' and 'Limited' issues. Publisher's black cloth in glossy dust-wrapper. Autographed by John Gardner to title page with his manuscript note 'Author's copy'. Fine condition throughout. The author's first film novelisation starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Our own Jon Gilbert, bibliographer of Ian Fleming, dealt with both John Gardner and his son Simon (The John Gardner Estate). Over the years we have been able to offer several of Gardner's James Bond manuscripts, as well as personal copies and other signed related material. Gilbert, page 613. Signed.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Octavo. Original black boards, lettered in gilt to the spine, photographic dust jacket with a promotional still showing Timothy Dalton as James Bond in the 1989 movie, priced at £12.95 and $18.95. A clean, fine copy. First US edition, first printing, signed by the author on the title page. Title page cancelled, as issued, showing the British spelling "Licence". This copy is from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schĝyen (b.1940), with his bookplate. Schĝyen's private collection of manuscripts, which span all cultures and all time periods, is one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. Gilbert, page 613; The Schĝyen Collection No. 329. Signed.

Hardcover. Octavo, 294 pages; VG/VG; spine black with white and red titling; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '£12.95' and '$18.95'; very slight bumping to corners; pages age-toned, as usual; Inscribed on title page by John Gardner; With the cancelled title-page, showing the British spelling 'Licence,' as opposed to the simultaneously published US Edition, spelled 'License.; shelved case 6. 1329901. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. First UK Hardcover Edition, First Printing.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First Armchair Detective Library Edition published (in April 1990) simultaneously in the UK and the USA. The D/W is priced both £12.95 and $18.95 on the inside flap. A very fine copy in like D/W. Signed by the Author on the title page. An uncommon book especially signed. Also signed by Robert Davi (Franz Sanchez) who played - very convincingly - the lead villain in the movie. Signed by Author.

[James Bond ephemera] Six colour printed calendars, two of which are SIGNED by the designer Graham Rye. Photographic calendars, stapled in book-form, with punch-cut hole for hanging, Licence To Kill is larger format, ring-bound with metal hanging loop. Superb throughout (two are still sealed). Comprises; Licence To Kill (1991), The Glamorous World of 007 (1997), Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (1998), Bond Girls of the Sixties: Martine Beswicke, Bond Girls of the Sixties: Luciana Paluzzi. Bond Girls of the Sixties: Shirley Eaton (all Limited editions, 2019). Signed.

First Hardcover Edition. First hardcover edition, first printing. Signed by John Gardner on the title page. [iv], iv, 294, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt at the spine, cancel title page. Typical toning to contents, else Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with faint rubbing and light edge wear. A sharp copy of the English author's continuation of the James Bond series, the basis of the violent 1989 Bond film starring Timothy Dalton, with its cocaine grinder and head exploding scenes.