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[Cesari]

I've written an article for a french magazine about the James Bond books after Fleming.
The publisher needs good quality pictures of some covers.
I would like to know if some people could send me high resolution scanned pictures of nice U.S. and british covers.
I need Amis, Gardner and Benson books covers.
I hope I can find here someone to help me.
Thanks

[PaulZ108]

The Art of James Bond probably has what you're looking for.

[Cesari]

Yes, I know that website. But there is overall Fleming books covers.
Not Gardner and benson

[Mister Asterix]

My suggestion is eBay. You can find a lot of good pics on eBay, but you have to have much patience.

[Tanger]

Just been on there (looking to complete my set you see) nothing much, but you might want a look anyway. I can't believe nobody is selling any of the UK reprints as I'm desperately in need of them and I don't want to fork out to much. I've just finished OHMSS (which was superb) and I really want to move onto YOLT but I can't find any cheap copies of the 2002 Uk version anywhere.

Does anyone know any good sites apart from eBay and Amazon?
Rgds

[stromberg]

My usual advice for questions like this: www.sfb.at
It is an Austrian site, but you can switch to English. And the results come from all over the world. Sometimes a bit slow but perfect when looking for books of any kind.

[Tanger]

Is that a book shopping site then or a book search engine?

[stromberg]

It's more a shopping site. You can search for the books at the main site and then contact the antiquarian who offers it by using a form. I don't now if you can bargain with the particular shops, but it might be worth a try. This site is also a good possibility to check out an average price when you're after a certain book at Ebay. I already saved some

[zencat]

Originally posted by Cesari
Yes, I know that website. But there is overall Fleming books covers.
Not Gardner and benson

I can provide you with Gardner and Benson. Which ones do you want? Or do just want a selection? US or UK?

Here's a few.

[zencat]

Everyone's fav...ICEBREAKER (UK hardcover first)

[zencat]

Another beauty. HIGH TIME TO KILL (UK hardcover first).

[zencat]

The last James Bond novel? (UK hardcover first)

[zencat]

Amis is easy enough to cover. Done. (UK hardcover first)

[zencat]

Bad book, good cover. COLD (UK hardcover first).

[zencat]

I like how this one screams "modern Bond". The Orient Express this isn't. DEATH IS FOREVER, UK hardcover first.

[zencat]

Guess you gotta have this. LICENCE RENEWED, UK hardcover first -- updating the famous FRWL cover art.

[zencat]

For comparison.

[Loomis]

Originally posted by zencat

Bad book, good cover. COLD (UK hardcover first).  

I strongly disagree that it's a good cover. It screams RAMBO III, or some soldier of fortune yarn, not James Bond. Where's the elegance, the mystery, the sophistication of Fleming covers past and present?

Most of the continuation novels have dreadful, tacky covers, IMO, although a couple of covers are excellent, notably that of "The Man With the Red Tattoo". Still, keep 'em coming, zencat.

[zencat]

All six US Benson paperback firsts.

[zencat]

I bet you'll like this one Loomis. ZERO MINUS TEN, UK hardcover first.

[Loomis]

Yes, now we're talking James Bond.

[zencat]

Not sure where I got this from, but this is a nice look at the full US first LICENSE RENEWED jacket.

[zencat]

And we can't ignore Wood. JAMES BOND AND THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, UK hardcover first.

[zencat]

Always liked this cover.

[zencat]

Just because I'm an Icebreaker nut. US hardcover first.

[zencat]

The Benson US hardcovers.

[zencat]

LICENSE RENEWED, UK first paperback (which was recalled because of the use of the 007 logo).

[zencat]

BROKENCLAW, UK paperback first. In a weird way I like this one because it's so unBond.

[zencat]

Amis needs to be represented better here, I think. COLONEL SUN, UK paperback first. I've always liked this cover.

[zencat]

But I think Loomis will like this one better. COLONEL SUN, UK bookclub. (I can redo this one higher res if you like),