first edition Cloth
1981 · New York
by Gardner, John
New York: Richard Merek Publisher. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. First US Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0399901183 . An attractive first US edition/first printing in Very Good+ condition, little soiling and foxing to top edge in Near Fine dust-jacket; License Renewed (published in UK editions as Licence Renewed) , first published in 1981, is the first novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. It was the first proper James Bond novel (not counting novelizations and a faux biography) since Kingsley Amis's Colonel Sun in 1968. When Licence Renewed begins, M reminds Bond that the 00 section has in fact been abolished; however, M retains Bond as a troubleshooter, telling him "You'll always be 007 to me"; 8vo; 285, [1] pages . (Inventory #: 22317)