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Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
by MARKHAM, Robert. (Pseudonym of AMIS, [Sir] Kingsley)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London Jonathan Cape 1968. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14 cm), pp. 225; [1]. Publisher's hardback cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 21s. Wraparound art by Tom Adams. Book is very clean, jacket with two short tears and a tiny amount of rubbing to crown. A particularly bright copy. The first post-Ian Fleming James Bond novel, written under a pseudonym by Kingsley Amis, who had edited Fleming's final 007 story in 1965. BMC No. 1 pp. 4-13 'James Bond Revivals'. Gilbert, page 612, see also Appendix A, page 634.
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- Bookseller
- Robert Frew Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54878
- Title
- Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
- Author
- MARKHAM, Robert. (Pseudonym of AMIS, [Sir] Kingsley)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London Jonathan Cape 1968
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About Robert Frew Ltd
Robert Frew has been trading in antiquarian books since 1975, starting out from an open market in Camden Lock, followed by shops in Primrose Hill, in Great Russell Street by the British Museum, Maddox Street Mayfair and now on the borders of South Kensington and Knightsbridge. Not to mention stints in Portobello Road and Safe Store Battersea.We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association, of which Robert Frew is a past president.We Exhibit at most of the major international ILAB fairs in America, often in Europe and sometimes in the Middle and Far East. We are also members of the PBFA, exhibiting in London and occasionally in the provinces.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
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