Here's a 1994 Italian paperback edition of John Gardner's sixth original Bond novel, No Deals, Mr. Bond. I like this cover for several reasons.
First, you gotta love that Bond is depicted as a 1970s Diamonds-era Sean Connery. I also really like that it showcases the Hong Kong locations of this book. I can't think of another No Deals cover that does that. It's also very much a modern pulp cover, capturing Bond in a moment of vulnerable bloody action. And speaking of blood, I'm wondering if this is the only Bond cover that actually shows 007 bleeding?
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Love your posts about international editions, keep up the amazing work!
ReplyDeleteHello John, I like the cover of Italian edition of Never Send Flowers with the Milan's Duomo, a wonderful location (and you know that I'm an expert of italian location)
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Another great cover - that disco baseball bat is hysterical! Keep posting these great covers - they're brilliant!
ReplyDeleteYes, the shiny bat, the leather jacket, the combed-back blond hair; it's a story. Covers of a thinly-veiled Connery Bond taking on nondescript 80s thugs are always welcome (and one with a punk trying to choke a pseudo Connery-Moore Hybrid Bond with a metal chain while another readies to throw a punch with brass knuckles would be Christmas).
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