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[License To Kill]

I'm reading the Fleming's now and I'm on Moonraker. (I loved CR and LALD) MR is going really slow right now and I have Diamonds on deck. But, I wanted to know two things: Where can I pick up Colonel Sun and where is the best place I can get good conditioned Gardner books. I have Seafire already and I didn't even pick it up yet

[zencat]

I would try eBay or http://www.bookfinder.com/ or any used book store in your area.

Good luck, LTK.

[Bond111]

I got all of my Gardners from eBay, and believe me, it takes time. You also might want to try Half.com or Abe Books. I'm sure you'll be able to find them all eventually.

[Righty007]

eBay is a good place to look if you don't really care about the condition of your books. I've had some bad luck with books from eBay. If you want to build a matching Gardner collection then buy the First Edition US HB's because they are the only ones that match.

[zencat]

I got all of my Gardners from eBay, and believe me, it takes time. You also might want to try Half.com or Abe Books. I'm sure you'll be able to find them all eventually.

Good suggestion, bond111. I suggested bookfinder because it it searches ALL the online book sites new and used (including Half.com and ABE).

eBay is a good place to look if you don't really care about the condition of your books. I've had some bad luck with books from eBay. If you want to build a matching Gardner collection then buy the First Edition US HB's because they are the only ones that match.

Righty is right. The US hardcovers are the only complete matching set (if that's important to you). There's isn't even a matching set of paperbacks. The US harcovers are also the easiest to find and are dirt cheap (except for LTK -- like GE, you'll need to get that in paperback).

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[Bond111]

Good suggestion, bond111. I suggested bookfinder because it it searches ALL the online book sites new and used (including Half.com and ABE).

My bad. I've never seen that Bookfinder site before. Very cool.

[Qwerty]

A lot of people on eBay, LTK, sell the Gardner books in big sets, if that helps! Colonel Sun's are also popping up on there, I just saw some today.

Best of luck!!

[Grubozaboyschikov]

There's another one: www.alibris.com
Recently, I've bought a couple of Gardners in nearly perfect condition there.

[License To Kill]

Thanks everyone! Let the Gardner search commence!

[The Silver Beast]

...The US harcovers are also the easiest to find and are dirt cheap...

But be careful about accidentally buying a bookclub edition. These have the save covers as the regular US books, but are much thinner and printed on much cheaper paper. Sellers don't always let you know when it's a book club, and pics can be deceiving. So be careful -- unless this doesn't matter to you. But then don't pay much more than a buck.

[Righty007]

...The US harcovers are also the easiest to find and are dirt cheap...

But be careful about accidentally buying a bookclub edition. These have the save covers as the regular US books, but are much thinner and printed on much cheaper paper. Sellers don't always let you know when it's a book club, and pics can be deceiving. So be careful -- unless this doesn't matter to you. But then don't pay much more than a buck.

Yeah, I just bought a couple that turned out to be Book Club Editions.

[zencat]

But the book club edition of LTK is a rare find. Be happy if you got that one.

I just feel asleep at the switch and missed an ebay auction for a 4th edition License Renewed. I want this because the dust-jacket was changed into a much lighter shade of blue (that makes the Bond figure stand out better). I'm now on the hunt...

[Qwerty]

Zencat, I think I'm turning into you with the way I like to buy every single version of the Bond novels. But that's a good thing!

[zencat]

Zencat, I think I'm turning into you with the way I like to buy every single version of the Bond novels. But that's a good thing!

Oh dear. Stop now before you become anymore like me! Moving is a bear. LOL.

[License To Kill]

Zen, totally off topic, but I was just curious when your writing treatments are set for TV/film?

[zencat]

Zen, totally off topic, but I was just curious when your writing treatments are set for TV/film?

I'm wondering this myself.

Actually, there's lot of cool stuff going on (casting, etc), but I can't really say anything until it's made official. (Sound familiar?) I've noticed it takes something like 6 months between when a deal is "closed" and it appears in the trades (and the trades always make it seem like it happened yesterday). This is because contracts take SOOOO long. I've finished entire scripts before I've ever signed the contract for it. LOL.

I'll keep my website updated with any news.

Thanks for your interest, LTK.

[License To Kill]

Oh, no problem. And yes it does sound familiar haha

[Qwerty]

Zencat, I think I'm turning into you with the way I like to buy every single version of the Bond novels. But that's a good thing!

Oh dear. Stop now before you become anymore like me! Moving is a bear. LOL.

LOL!!