New York: Richard Marek, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printings (1981-89). The first eight new James Bond novels, each inscribed by John Gardner on the title page. For Special Services, Icebreaker, and Role of Honor are review copies with the publisher's promotional material laid in. In 1979, Gildrose Publications (now Ian Fleming Productions) approached Gardner (1926-2007), the respected English thriller novelist, and asked him to revive Ian Fleming’s James Bond series of novels. Between 1981 and 1996, Gardner wrote fourteen James Bond novels and the novelizations of two Bond films: License to Kill and GoldenEye. Popular among Bond fans and commercially successful, these novels are also credited with influencing the subsequent Bond films, most notably A View to Kill and The World is Not Enough. Octavo, eight volumes. Uniformly fine, crisp and unread, in fine dust jackets. Fine / Fine. Item #72259

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