Modesty Blaise by Odonnell: Signed (30 results)
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Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Condition: Near Fine. New York: Mysterious Press, [1984]. First American Edition Limited to 250 copies of which this is no. 86. Octavo; publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in metallic red, housed in matching cloth slipcase; 219pp. A hint of dust-soil to slipcase, else Near Fine. Signed by the author on colophon.
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Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Limited edition, #108 of 250. Signed by author on limitation page without inscription. Includes slipcase. Lacks jacket. 1987 Hard Cover. 274 pp. Modesty Blaise and her partner, Willie Garvin, try to stop the Watchmen, the secret group behind a series of s…eemingly random acts of violence. Signed by author.
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Seller: Books & Bidders, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.Books & Bidders
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. Red cloth, silver gilt title housed in publisher's red cloth slipcase. (9x 6 inches), 235 pages. Limited First Edition / First Printing (with "1" on publisher's number line). One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by author on limitation page. The 11th and final full length novel in the Mo…desty Blaise series by the prolific British mystery writer. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in as new condition. Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.biblioboy
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Copy #41/250 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine copy in like slipcase See photos LR4/3E.
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Seller: Uncle Hugo's SF/Uncle Edgar's Mystery, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.Uncle Hugo's SF/Uncle Edgar's Mystery
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. This is the signed limited numbered edition. This is copy 237 of 250. The jacket has a mylar sleeve. The slipcase has some light corner wear. Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Oshtemo Book Sellers, Chester, NY, U.S.A.Oshtemo Book Sellers
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Publishers Slipcase. Limited Edition. Peter O'Donnell (1920-2010) was a prolific British mystery writer for comic strips and graphic novel and best known for the Modesty Blaise novels of which this is 11th and final full length novel in the Modesty Blaise series. he continued to…write the comic strip until 2002 and published a Novel of short stories (Cobra Trap) featuring Modesty Blaise in 1996. Two films were made using the Modesty Blaise character 1966 and 2004 ( O'Donnell was interviewed). This very special SIGNED LIMITED EDITION #40/250 is new as is publishers slipcase. This is a rare and very desirable collectible. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Nash Books, Huntsville, TX, U.S.A.Nash Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Cobra Trap by Peter O'Donnell. Signed by author on full title page. Signature only. Hardcover first UK edition, first printing published in 1996 by Souvenir Press. Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: ROWENA CHILDS, BURY ST EDMUNDS, United KingdomROWENA CHILDS
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover published by Souvenir Press 1st edition 1996, SIGNED by Author Fine in Fine dust-jacket. Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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Condition: Very Good. SIGNED! New York: The Mysterious Press, 1976. Limited, 1st American Edition. 8vo hardcover. Red boards, illustrated dust jacket, in black slipcase. 256pp. Copy #108/250. Signed by author on limitation page. Very Good book. Fine dust jacket and slipcase. Very light foxing on page edges. (Trillers, Spies, Mys…tery) Inquire if you need further information.
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Seller: Next Chapter Books SC, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.Next Chapter Books SC, LLC
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Hardcover. Condition: Collectible; Fine. First American Edition. This hardcover book is Fine, being square and tight. The boards and spine have no wear with pristine lettering. The pages and endpages are clean, with no markings or folds. The Slipcase is As New. No dustjacket, as issued. This is a limited edition of 26 lettered c…opies, of which this is "Z", and 224 numbered. A beautiful pristine copy of this First American Edition. Not ex-lib. No remainder mark. This copy is signed by the Author on the limitation page without inscription. Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Widney Manor Books, solihull, MIDLA, United KingdomWidney Manor Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by author. Book is in very good condition. 104pp with b/w illustrations. Badia Romero, Enric (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.Don's Book Store
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Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket As Issued. First American Editiion. 288 Pages. Of this First American Edition 250 copies have been numbered and signed by the author and this is copy no. 189. Pristine condition with attractive red endpapers and a black flawless slipcase. Black clothbound book stamped with red meta…llic lettering and decoration on the spine. This is number nine in the Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin series. During the 1950's the author became involved in strip cartoons and eventually created his revolutionary Modesty Blaise, syndicated in more than 42 countries. The strip led to a series of eleven bestselling novels about Modesty and her faithful lieutenant, Willie Garvin. In this classic return we see Modesty both at her most feminine and at her toughest. Trapped in an earthquake disaster with a dying man, she makes a promise that is to lead her and her faithful friend Willie Garvin into the most perilous crisis of their careers. Their quest takes them from Tangier to Paris, from the Riviera to Corsica, and finally to a stronghold in the heart of the Atlas Mountains, their every move observed and manipulated by El Mico, the most notorious and dangerous criminal genius in the Mediterranean. Unknown to Modesty, she holds a secret that El Mico covets above all else, and she is brought to a final confrontation with death in the stronghold of Xanadu. As in all the Modesty Blaise stories, this book is peopled with a host of eccentric characters: the engaging Dr. Giles Pennyfeather, Modesty's devoted friend, and her opponents Little Krell, a prodigy in combat, the Silk brothers, juvenile adults who deal in death, and the astonishing Nanny Prendergast. Signed by Author and Numbered.
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Seller: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, U.S.A.MURDER BY THE BOOK
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed. LIMITED EDITION. 1 of 26 LETTERED copies [this being "H" ] SIGNED & LETTERED by O'Donnell on limitation page, in slipcase with dust jacket as issued. The 8th novel in the series. The character Modesty Blaise was created by O'Donnell for a comic strip…in the early 1960s. BBC Radio produced a six-part Thirty Minute Theatre adaptation of the novel in 1978 starring Barbara Kellerman as Modesty Blaise with James Bolam as Willie Garvin and Richard Vernon as Sir Gerald Tarrant. "Maude Tiller, one of the few female agents in Sir Gerald Tarrant's secret service, is miserable. Her last assignment involved her having to submit to sexually degrading treatment by Paxero, the man she had been sent to spy on. And she hadn't even learned anything about the rich and enigmatic Paxero to justify the disgusting things she had let herself be subjected to. Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin discover how their good friend Maude has been mistreated, and they decide to teach Paxero a lesson. But when they break into his villa on the outskirts of Geneva they unexpectedly find a Breguet watch that was a gift from Modesty to Danny Chavasse, a very close friend of Modesty's. Everyone thought Danny had died when a cruise ship sank two years ago along with some 30 other people, but finding his watch indicates that Danny's fate was not as simple as that. This is the start of the journey that leads to Limbo, Paxero's secret and hidden plantation in the jungles of Guatemala. Limbo is a bizarre community led by Paxero's domineering aunt Benita, farmed by slaves, very special slaves, rich and famous men and women who have been selected by Aunt Benita and kidnapped and will now spend the rest of their lives at hard labour, watched over by armed Special guards. The "last day in Limbo" occurs when Paxero decides to shut the plantation down, and orders the guards to kill all of the slaves -- who now include Modesty, who has let herself be captured so as to infiltrate Limbo. Modesty leads a slave uprising, and Willie and Maude arrive just in time, after having hacked their way through the jungle. A final battle ensues, with Paxero and his heavily armed guards holed up in the big house, waiting for reinforcements to arrive by aircraft." -- Wikipedia entry. Signed by Author. Limited / Lettered Edition.
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Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB)
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: as new. Limited ed. As new in dust jacket and black cloth slipcase. One of 250 numbered copies (this being No. 166) signed by O'Donnell. Hardcover. 256 pp. "Somebody wanted Modesty Blaise in a big way---big enough to set up a very expensive kidnap operation.". Quite scarce.
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Published by Doubleday & Company, 1965
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Seller: Nash Books, Huntsville, TX, U.S.A.Nash Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell. Signed by author on front endpaper. Hardcover US edition published 1965 by Doubleday. Spine sunned. Book and jacket otherwise in near fine condition. Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Print Matters, London, United KingdomPrint Matters
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Hardback. Condition: As New. Hard Cover. Book Palace Books 30 March 2006. Contributors' Lettered Edition, Letter C of 26. Extremely rare copy for the numbered and lettered edition of 126 copies. The most collectable Modesty Blaise book EVER! Signed. Limited Edition. Book condition: M - Mint. Part Colour illustrations. This is th…e GOLD edition which was never sold to the public and was given only to contributors to the book. Many years in the making, everything you could possibly want to know about Peter O'Donnell's classic creation, Modesty Blaise, from novels to newspaper strips, with full story outlines, over 2,000 character descriptions, over 1800 illustrations by Jim Holdaway, Enric Romero, John M Burns, Neville Colvin and Patrick Wright, plus the original Souvenir Press book covers. Includes 'In the Beginning' origin story. With the book comes a fabulous CD Rom containing "The Modesty Blaise Companion Companion" with comprehensive information for each strip story including artist, strip numbering, frame analysis, original Evening Standard publication dates, cast lists (over 2200 entries), location settings (over 1500 entries), plus much more. Long since sold out, only 426 copies were printed (400 numbered & 26 lettered), split between two editions: the SUPER DELUXE LIMITED edition of 100 NUMBERED copies (plus 26 Lettered copies), and the DELUXE LIMITED edition of 300 NUMBERED copies. An essential book for all Modesty Blaise admirers, sure to be a collectors treasure in years to come. This is the extremely rare CONTRIBUTOR'S LETTERED EDITION Letter 'C' of 26 of the Super Deluxe Gold edition. Book signed by Peter O'Donnell and Lawrence Blackmore, with print signed by Romero. A Book Palace Books publication. 436 pages. Size: 10" x 12" (254mm x 297mm). (2.7). Jim Holdaway, Enric Romero, John M Burns, Neville Colvin, Patrick Wright (illustrator).
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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Condition: Very Good. SIGNED! London : Book Palace Books, 2005. 1st edition. 4to. xv,417pp. Illlus. Limited edition, #136/300. Signed by authors on special card laid in. Very Good book. Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (adventure stories, comic strips) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR S…HIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Published by Mysterious Press, New York, 1978
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Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.Bud Plant & Hutchison Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited edition. 8vo, full black cloth stamped in metallic red. #218 of 250 copies of the first US edition, signed by O'Donnell on the limitation page. Fine in matching black cloth slipcase. Signed by O'Donnell.
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Seller: Atlanta Vintage Books, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.Atlanta Vintage Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition, First Printing. First edition, first printing. Numbered limited edition, 184 of 250. Signed by author at flyleaf. Red cloth boards with debossed silver titling and publisher's mark to spine, inside red cloth slipcase. Pages are clean, no markings from previous owners. Boards are…clean and bright with light bumping and rubbing to spine head cap and tail. Binding is tight and square. Text block has very light foxing. Slipcase has light soiling to corners, small spot of soiling to lower edge, two small streaks of white to top edge.
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Seller: Atlanta Vintage Books, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.Atlanta Vintage Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition, First Printing. First edition, first printing. Numbered limited edition, 47 of 250. Signed by author at flyleaf. Black cloth boards with debossed metallic red titling and publisher's mark to spine, inside black cloth slipcase. Pages are clean, no markings from previous owners. Bo…ards are clean and bright with light bumping to spine tail. Binding is tight and square. Text block is very lightly foxed. Slipcase is clean and bright.
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Seller: Atlanta Vintage Books, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.Atlanta Vintage Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition, First Printing. First edition, first printing. Numbered limited edition, 107 of 250. Signed by author at flyleaf. Black cloth boards with debossed gold titling and publisher's mark to spine, inside black cloth slipcase. Pages are clean, no markings from previous owners. Boards ar…e clean and bright. Binding is tight and square. Text block has very light foxing. Slipcase has light soiling to top and lower edges, small spot on rear board.
Published by Archival Press, Cambridge, MA, 1981
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Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.Strand Book Store, ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as issued. SIGNED. (1981). 8vo. LIMITED SIGNED AND NUMBERED EDITION, 1/200 SIGNED by author and illustrator. Mild marking to slipcase. VG not in dust jacket, as issued, in VG slipcase. Author & Illustrator.
Published by Souvenir Press: (London), 1996
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Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.John K King Used & Rare Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8.75 x 5.5", textured boards, 267pp, very minor extremity wear else a nice, clean copy in a lightly rubbed dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PETER O'DONNELL, ON THE TITLE PAGE.
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Seller: Atlanta Vintage Books, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.Atlanta Vintage Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Very Good +. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Numbered limited edition, 18 of 250. Signed by author at flyleaf. Quarter black cloth under red paper boards with stamped metallic red titling and publisher's mark to spine, inside black cloth slipcase. Pages are clean, no markings from… previous owners. Boards are clean and bright with light bumping and rubbing to corners. Binding is tight and square. Text block is very lightly foxed. DJ is clean and bright with light creasing to lower corners. Slipcase has light soiling to edges and corners.
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Seller: Atlanta Vintage Books, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.Atlanta Vintage Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Very Good +. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Numbered limited edition, 80 of 250. Signed by author at flyleaf. Quarter black cloth under red paper boards with stamped metallic red titling and publisher's mark to spine, inside black cloth slipcase. Pages are clean, no markings from… previous owners. Boards are bright with light bumping to spine tail, light soiling to front board, but are otherwise clean. Binding is tight and square. Text block is very lightly foxed. DJ is clean and bright with light creasing to spine head cap and tail, light creasing to edges, light creasing and rubbing to corners. Slipcase has light soiling to edges and corners, light soiling to front board.
The Modesty Blaise Companion: Expanded
(editor) Lawrence Blackmore, (Illustrator) Dick Giordano, Peter O'Donnell
Published by Book Palace Books, London, UK, 2005
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Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.Strand Book Store, ABAA
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Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as issued. SIGNED. (2005). (London, UK). 4to. LIMITED SIGNED EDITION, SIGNED by comics artist Dick Giordano and Modesty Blaise author Peter O'Donnell on laid-in bookplate. Mild edgewear to bottom edge of covers. VG in wrappers. Author & Illustrator.
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Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, CanadaKarol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. Black boards with silver spine lettering. Very light bumping to the spine ends, else the book is in fine condition. The dust jacket is not price clipped, with light yellowing to the top edge of the front cover and spine. A sharp copy overall.…Signed by Peter O'Donnell on the front endpaper. The eleventh title in the series. Signed by Author(s).
Published by London : Souvenir Press, 1996
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Near fine copy in a good, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Copy is not price-clipped. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. SIGNED COPY.…; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages; Description: 267 p. ; 22 cm. Subject: Adventure caper -- Exotic Locations -- Fiction in English, 1945- - Texts -- Women Spies -- Fictional Characters. Notes: Modesty Blaise is a British comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by Peter O'Donnell (writer) and Jim Holdaway (art) in 1963. The strip follows the adventures of Modesty Blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick Willie Garvin. It was adapted into films made in 1966, 1982, and 2003 and a series of 13 novels and short story collections, beginning in 1965. Contents: Bellman --Dark angels --Old Alex --Girl with the black balloon --Cobra trap. Series: Modesty Blaise. 0 Kg.
Published by London : Souvenir Press, 1996
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Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Near fine copy in a good, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Copy is not price-clipped. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. SIGNED COPY.…; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages; Description: 267 p. ; 22 cm. Subject: Adventure caper -- Exotic Locations -- Fiction in English, 1945- - Texts -- Women Spies -- Fictional Characters. Notes: Modesty Blaise is a British comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by Peter O'Donnell (writer) and Jim Holdaway (art) in 1963. The strip follows the adventures of Modesty Blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick Willie Garvin. It was adapted into films made in 1966, 1982, and 2003 and a series of 13 novels and short story collections, beginning in 1965. Contents: Bellman --Dark angels --Old Alex --Girl with the black balloon --Cobra trap. Series: Modesty Blaise. 0 Kg.
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Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Type Punch Matrix
Contact seller5-star sellerdj. First printing. Doubly inscribed first edition of the first book featuring the popular comic-strip character Modesty Blaise - signed by both the author and Terence Stamp, who starred in the 1966 film adaptation. O'Donnell first came up with the idea of "a woman strong-arm character, and immediately found himself taken over b…y Modesty Blaise." First begun as a comic strip, its success led to a series of books, short stories, and films. In this first book, a mission to undermine the heist of millions of pounds worth of diamonds takes her from London through Europe to Cairo. It famously makes an appearance in the film PULP FICTION. A beautiful copy with a memorable jacket, quite scarce signed. 7.75'' x 5''. Original blue paper boards, gilt-lettered spine. Original unclipped (18s) pink pictorial dust jacket. 224 pages. Jacket with a bit of foxing and a couple spots of soil; shadows of small former tape reinforcements to verso folds. Book with foxing to edges, moreso to top edge, and slight bump to head of spine, else firm. Very good plus in very good jacket. Signed.
