Book #14379

Scorpius - 1st Edition/1st Printing

John Gardner
Book #14379 Scorpius - 1st Edition/1st Printing. John Gardner.
Scorpius - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1988.
ISBN: 0340415231

A very handsome first edition/first printing in Very Near Fine condition with slightly yellowed page edges and very limited foxing to page edges on top in Fine dust-jacket, SIGNED by author John Gardner on the title page.

James Bond's phone number is the only one found on the body of a young girl floating in the Thames. Something else strange is a credit card issued by an agency no one has ever heard of. Special Branch calls on M; M, in turn, rings Agent 007 to get to the bottom of the connection between a quasi-religious sect called the Society of the Meek Ones and Vladimir Scorpius, arms dealer to terrorist worldwide whose base of operations is an island off of South Carolina. Society girl Hon. Trilby Shrivenham and beautiful American IRS agent Harriet Horner enter the picture to spice things up as Bond goes up against uber-villain Scorpius; 8vo ; Signed by Author.

Price: $500.00

Author Bio

John Gardner

John Edmund Gardner (Nov. 20, 1926 - Aug. 3, 2007) was an English spy novelist who obtained world fame through his engagement as (third) official James Bond author of fourteen 007 novels and two movie novelizations.

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