This original cover featured the 007 logo with the gun stock coming out of the 7. This is the trademarked movie Bond logo and it was deemed a major no-no to use this logo on a book that wasn't a novelization or film tie-in (despite the fact that it was used on the UK hardcover edition of John Pearson's James Bond The Authorized Biography of 007). A second edition of the Licence Renewed paperback was quickly issued with the gun stock snipped away. (Click here to see that replacement cover.)
I've always been curious to know how many of these "recalled" covers made it to market. When I first started collecting, I saw a proof of this cover in a private collection and believed it never made it to market. But then I turned up this copy in an Amsterdam bookstore in 1990. Was the stock sold off outside Britain maybe?
Recently a copy of the recalled Licence Renewed paperback listed on eBay with the ambitious starting bid price of $49.99. It didn't sell.
I have one (presumably originally sold in Australia). Never thought it was a big deal.
ReplyDeleteMy brazilian copy of the book doesn't even have a 007 logo, lol.
ReplyDeletehttp://bit.ly/qJaVPO
Hey, I've never seen that cover. Thanks, Marcos.
ReplyDeleteNever knew about this. Pulled out my copy just to not see a gun beside the 007. No I know my paper back is worth even less. lol
ReplyDeleteHa ha! Me too, Risico, as I just happened to be at my parents' house where most of my collection still is when I read that. (And also, no dice.) Thanks for this, John! I love this kind of post. Please keep pulling obscurities out of your collection and highlighting them!
ReplyDeleteThanks Tanner. Will do. In fact, I'm working up another one right now. :)
ReplyDelete