Full set JAMES BOND original Ian Fleming +COL. SUN John Gardner PB books =24 GUC

$ 66.0

Unit Quantity: 1 Number of Pages: 475 Pages Edition: Revised Edition Book Title: James Bond Topic: Spy thriller Intended Audience: Adults Original Language: English Ex Libris: No Genre: Fiction Publication Year: Unknown Inscribed: No Publisher: Signet Signed: No Narrative Type: Fiction Era: Cold War Author: Ian Fleming Book Series: James Bond Format: Paperback Vintage: No Type: Novel Personalize: No Product Group: Book Country of Origin: United States Personalized: No Language: English Features: Some rare, vintage paperbacks Binding: Paperback pocketbooks

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Full set JAMES BOND original Ian Fleming +COL. SUN John Gardner PB books =24 GUC. Buy It Now at the FULL listed price for a bonus book; a fictional biography as told to John Pearson by the agent man himself. Nearly new; remainder mark on lower edges. Good condition, minimal wear to dustjacket and book. All offers will be responded to following due consideration. Please note that US postage is included. Buy at the full listed price for a bonus BOND novel (last photo); will not be included for an offer or negotited price. This is for 24 pocket-paperback books (PPB) including the original 14 James Bond thrillers written by Ian Fleming plus a few more by other authors. Buy It Now at the FULL listed price for a bonus book; a fictional biography as told to John Pearson by the agent man himself. Most but not all of these are US printings published by SIGNET in NYNY. All are used but are in good reader-copy condition though they do show some age and miles. A few are heavily worn, some inked, none have any scent nor odor that I can detect. Please read entire description and see all photos. No stock images; actual items depicted. Alphabetical order; mostly. Buy It Now for a bonus James Bond; last photo> included for the full, listed price only. CASINO ROYALE , 20th US reprinting dated 1962, by SIGNET of NYNY, USA; '.50c' retail price on front cover. Both covers are rubbed and smudged, front has previous owner name in ink, creasing at hinges. Back cover is mildly tanned and reader-creased. Good binding, though curved and creased spine. Mild creases along hinges, tanned and curved. Book is in good used condition with some rubbing, scuffing and bumping to both covers; tanning to white areas. Binding is good and spine is smooth. Inside pages are flat, clean and sitting even. No scent nor stains inside or out. No ink inside. Good reading copy. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER , Stated 10th re-issue from SIGNET, 1963 is the latest date on the copyright page; '.50c' retail price on spine denotes a later printing. Inked stamps and doodle on first page and inside front cover; otherwise good Used Condition for the age and miles. Some creases to spine, covers at hinges; good reading copy but used condition with some tip to spine. Covers and colors are good with mild rubbing and smudging. Bumping with light loss to corners and heels. Pages are still quite good. Tanning to white areas, spine and inside pages. Pages are flat, clean and sitting even. No stains nor scent inside or out. DR NO , A later release from CHARTER BOOKS of NYNY, a PPB edition1985 first thus reprint; cover price is '$3.50.' Again used with fade to spine. Good colors on covers; some tanning inside both covers. Pages are tight and still clean, sitting even and tight to binding. Covers took some rubbing, smudging and bumping. No names nor notes inside. No ink inside, no scent that I can detect. Spine is tipped and creased, pages are tanned but flat, clean and sitting even. Again front cover has some discoloration, stain. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY , 16th US printing; Good used condition with smooth, mostly straight spine. Mild creases and cracking to hinges. Light smudging and rubbing to colors, and spotting to back cover. OK reading copy. Second Printing June 1961. Contains five shorter Bond stories including A View To A Kill, Quantum Of Solace , and of course the title story. SIGNET cover price is '.50c.' No ink inside. Very light pencil marks to first leaf, no stains nor odor that I can detect. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE , US PPB from Bantam Books, HEAVILY used covers; loss creases and tears, tape inside both covers. Mild stains to page edges. Good reading copy. Fetching GGA on the front cover need no comment; 1971 is the latest date I can find. Pages are still readable. No stains nor odor that I can detect. One ink stamp; no names or scent inside or out. GOLDFINGER , 1 957 SIGNET US edition, stated 19th PPB reprint. Used condition, heavy wear to covers, tip and some creases to spine. Pages are tight and sitting even to spine. Tanning, rubbing, fade to both covers. Tanning to white areas and spine. Bumping to heels. First leaf has a ghost of a penciled price. No ink, stains nor odor that I can detect. LIVE AND LET DIE , Nice crisp copy. Stated 28th US reissue from Signet, dates at 1954, '.60c' retail price on front cover. Pencil marks inside cover. Used but very good condition for the age and miles. Good pages, penciled marks. No scent or stains. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN , Beautiful Bond girls in promo-pic cover. Good copy, some wear, heavy crease to lower front cover (photo). An indicated fifth reprinting latest date of 1966 Signet PPB but this is obviously a later release; '$1.25' store price. Some reader use, mostly smooth spine. One inked name inside front cover. No scent nor mildew that I can detect. Good reading copy. Hinge creased down both covers. Heels and corners took some bumps. Tanning and discoloration on back cover. MOONRAKER . Mild stain down most pages from inside front cover. PAN BOOKS 1973 stated 23rd UK reprinting. Good used condition for the time and miles. Covers took some mild rubbing, reader-wear. Bumps to corners, heels and covers. Some creases to spine, hinges and both covers have some use with color loss. Colors took some rubbing. Edgewear and corner creases. No ink. Spine is tanned, pages are flat, mostly clean and sitting even. The stain again (pics) but no odor that I can detect. OCTOPUSSY & The Living Daylights , Some finish loss to lower heel, bumps to corners and heels; otherwise this is in good condition. An indicated fif PPB reprint by Signet. '$2.50' retail price, pencil mark on first leaf. Used but quite good condition. Some shelf-wear to spine and covers. Pages are flat, clean and sitting even. As a fan of the books I'm not one bit thrilled about most of the film treatments and this volume is most illustrative as to why; said title story and the movie have absolutely nothing in common except the title. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE , Intro by CLOCKWORK ORANGE auteur Anthony Burgess. Used with i nked 'R' on edges, stamp on top edges. Tip, curve to spine. Some spotting, pencil marks to first leaf. Stated Second US reprint from SIGNET, 1963 is the latest date I can find. Again retail price is torn away from front cover. Good use to both covers. Spine and hinges worn, some loss to edges and heels. No stains nor odor that I can detect. Clean inside with no scent. Good reading copy. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME , SIGNET stated 1962 22nd reprinting from Signet. This is an u nusual entry in the series as it is written in the first person singular from the point of view of one of Bond 's women; there is a brief tongue-in-cheek introduction by the author. Good reader copy; ink on first leaf. Some odd discoloration along back hinge, No ink nor scent inside or out. Mild tip and creasing. Pages are tanned but flat and very clean inside; tight to good binding. THUNDERBALL , USED with heavy tears to front cover; buttressed by tape but still plainly visible; OK reading copy. Reader-wear to covers and spine. Some heavy creases and loss to edges, corners and colors. Some mild stains from moisture intrusion through out pages; no scent nor mildew that I can detect. Stated 1961 publishing date, 19th PPB reprint from Signet in NYNY. Again> Major wear to cover and colors. OK reading copy. Pages are tanned but clean and flat. No scent, nor mildew but obvious signs of moisture. All pages flat, clean and turn freely. Inked inside front cover. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE , Stated "First" UK PPB reprint. Heavy tip, creasing to spine, creasing and wear to hinges. Wear to covers and tanning to white areas, ink notes and marks inside front cover, tanning to first leaf. First r eprinting from PAN BOOKS. 1964 is the latest date on the copyright page. Book is used but good reading copy with some wear, tanning, fade and creasing to spine. Covers, colors and pages are quite good. Spine is tipped, mildly creased. Some reader use to spine and covers. Pages are flat, clean and sitting even. Again inked marks, name inside, heavily tanned. Very light pencil marks to first leaf, no stains nor odor. COLONEL SUN , a Bond novel. Used but very good reader-copy condition; a Bond novel written in 1968 by Britain's renowned Kinsley Amis under the pen-name Robert Markham as fully acknowledged on the front cover and CRP. A 1963 reissue from Pan Books in London. Used with wear to covers and spine. Pages are tanned but flat and clean; good reading copy. Covers and spine took some heavy tip, wear, creases and fade. Fade to spine. No ink, mild stains to page-edges, scent or names inside. Clean inside pages. FOR SPECIAL SERVICES , a BOND novel by England's John Gardner; perhaps the official and certainly the most prolific successor. This is the 1989 PBB reissue from CORGI BOOKS in Canada. Used with spotting to page edges. Good reading copy with tip, curve, creases to spine. Pages are flat, clean and tight to spine. No names nor ink inside. No scent; again some stains; heaviest on edges. Good covers and colors took some light rubbing and scuffing. LICENSE RENEWED, also by Gardner; a 1982 US PPB. Used with heavy tape residue on front cover, ink inside. Tanning inside both covers. Good reading copy; pages are flat, clean and tight to good binding. Inside front cover has one inked name. No scent but some very mild stains on edges. Covers and colors took some light rubbing and scuffing. ICEBREAKER, a third Bond by Gardner; a 1984 US release, PPB reprint. Used but good reading copy. Mild wear to covers and spine. Pages are flat, clean and tight to good binding. No scent nor stains. Good covers and colors took some light rubbing and scuffing. SEAFIRE, Bond by Gardner; a 1995 US PPB. Used with finish loss to both covers. Good reading copy; pages are flat, clean and tight to good binding. No scent nor stains. Tip and creases to curved spine. NEVER SEND FLOWERS , you know the drill. Good used copy with tip to mostly smooth to spine. Pages are flat, clean and tight to spine. No names nor ink inside. No scent; again some stains; heaviest on edges. Good covers and colors took some light rubbing and scuffing. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH , This is Bond-scholar Raymond Benson's novelization of the screenplay by Neil Purvis and Robert Wade. Paperback reprint dated 1999, published by BERKELY BOOKS in NYNY. Used but clean and readable. No ink nor scent. Some mild curve to spine, rubbing to both covers. THRILLING CITIES, title says it all; a non-fiction work by Fleming recounting some of his personal urban adventures including forays into the red-light districts; a first thus 1965 US PPB released by Signet. Used but good reading copy; pages are flat, clean and tight to good binding. Mild creases to covers. No scent nor stains. Good binding but spine is tipped and curved. Both covers and colors took some light rubbing and scuffing. THE DIAMOND SMUGGLERS, again the title says it; the other non-fiction work by Fleming; a second thus US PPB released by DELL. Used but good reading copy; pages are flat, clean and tight to good binding. Mild creases to covers. No scent nor stains. Good binding but spine is tipped and curved. Both covers and colors took some light rubbing and scuffing. CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, it is easy to forget that Fleming wrote this delightful novel for young people but he did; for his young son. This is the 1965 US PPB released by Scholastic Books. Used but good reading copy; pages have some wear, dog-eared corners and tanning. Heavy fade and creases to covers. No scent nor stains. Good binding but spine is tipped and curved. Both covers and colors took some rubbing and scuffing. Next volume (last photo) is a Buy It Now bonus book> will be included for the full listed price only, DEVIL MAY CARE; The New JAMES BOND Novel , by Sebastian Faulkes writing as Ian Fleming> not sure how that works. Published by Doubleday, a First Edition hardback in original dustjacket. Nearly new; remainder mark on lower edges. Good condition, minimal wear to dustjacket and book. US postage is included in the price; please do not upset MI5, SMERSH and SPECTRE by forgetting that while making an offer. Off-shore buyers are warmly welcome; please note that shipping over the border is slow and steep.