Anniversary BONDS for 2024

HAPPY NEW YEAR and welcome to another year of The Book Bond. Here's a rundown of the Bond novels that will be celebrating notable anniversaries this year. Break out the bookmarks and champagne!

70th Anniversary

Ian Fleming's second Bond novel brings 007 to the United States on the trail of gangsters and pirate treasure. Live and Let Die was published by Jonathan Cape in the UK on April 5, 1954.

60th Anniversary

Ian Fleming sends James Bond to Japan in You Only Live Twice, published by Jonathan Cape in the UK on March 26, 1964. It was released in the U.S. in August by the New American Library.

40th Anniversary

John Gardner planned to take a break after his inital three book contract, but 1984 saw the suprise publication of his fourth Bond, Role of Honor, relased by Putnam in the U.S. in September and Jonathan Cape in the UK on October 4.

30th Anniversary

John Garder nears the end of his run with his 13th orginal Bond adventure, SeaFire, first published in the UK by Hodder & Stoughton in August 1994 and by Putnam in the U.S. in September. 

25th Anniversary

My favorite Raymond Benson Bond novel, High Time To Kill, turns 25 this year. The book was published in the UK by Hodder & Stoughton on May 6, 1999. The U.S. edition from Putnam (pictured here) was published on June 7, 1999.

10th Anniversary

Steve Cole continues the Young Bond series with his debute novel, Shoot To Kill, which finds young James in action in Hollywood. The book was released in the UK by Random House on November 6, 2014. There was no U.S. release.

Happy reading!

Two JOHN GARDNER manuscripts at auction

John Gardner's original manuscripts for Brokenclaw and SeaFire are up for sale via Heritage Auctions. Both include handwritten corrections and come from the collection of Gary Firuta.

You can view and bid on Brokenclaw (lot #45416) and SeaFire (lot #45417) at Heritage Live Auctions. The auction ends tomorrow, September 15.

Pegasus releases final three JOHN GARDNER titles in U.S.

The final three John Gardner James Bond U.S. reprints from Pegasus Books are being released this week. The books are Never Send Flowers, SeaFire, and Cold Fall (U.S. title). It doesn't appear that Pegasus will release Gardner's two novelizations, License To Kill and GoldenEye, as Orion did in the UK.

Purchase:

Never Send Flowers

SeaFire

Cold Fall

Visit our special Gardner Renewed page for links to all the Gardner-Bond reprints in the U.S. and UK.

Final 3 Gardner reprints available for pre-order – final 5 eBooks released in U.S.

The final 3 John Gardner James Bond U.S. paperback reprints from Pegasus Books are now available for pre-order on Amazon. It looks like COLD will carry the U.S. title Cold Fall. The books will be released on November 15, 2015.

Pre-order the Pegasus paperbacks:

Never Send Flowers

SeaFire

Cold Fall

For you eBook readers, the final four Gardner novels have now been released by IFP for the Kindle. This completes the Gardner eBooks in the U.S. Interestingly, the final U.S. eBook retains the UK title COLD. Links below:

Purchase the IFP eBooks:
The Man From Barbarossa
Death Is Forever

Never Send Flowers

SeaFire

COLD

Visit our special Gardner Renewed page for links to all the Gardner-Bond reprints in the U.S. and UK.

Thanks to KTSHawkman for the tip.

Pegasus will released final 3 JOHN GARDNER novels in November

The good folks at Pegasus Books have informed me that they will release the final three John Gardner James Bond reprints in the U.S. in November. The books will be Never Send Flowers, SeaFire, and Cold Fall (or will they use the UK title, COLD?).

Pegasus last released The Man From Barbarossa and Death Is Forever in January of 2014.

This is great news for collectors of the U.S. editions. However, unlike Orion in the UK, the U.S. reprints from Pegasus do not include the novelizations of Licence To Kill and GoldenEye.

Visit our special Gardner Renewed page for links to all the Gardner-Bond reprints in the U.S. and UK.

Thanks to Claiborne Hancock for the info.

Final 4 JOHN GARDNER reprints released in the UK

The final four John Gardner James Bond reprints from Orion are now shipping from Amazon.co.uk. With the release of Never Send Flowers, SeaFire, GoldenEye and COLD, the Orion set becomes the first complete and uniform set of John Gardner novels and novelizations ever released.

Visit our special Gardner Renewed page for links to all the Gardner-James Bond reprints in the U.S. and UK.

Final JOHN GARDNER paperback covers revealed

Orion has revealed cover art for the final four John Gardner paperback reprints. Never Send Flowers, SeaFire, GoldenEye and COLD will be released in the UK on November 8, 2012.

Visit our special Gardner Renewed page for links and release date updates for all the Gardner-James Bond reprints in the U.S. and UK. 

Thanks to Louisa Gibbs at Orion for the first look.

Amazon lists 4 more JOHN GARDNER reprints

Amazon.co.uk has listed four more paperback reprints of the John Gardner James Bond novels. Never Send Flowers, SeaFire, GoldenEye, and COLD all show a November 8, 2012 release date (although these dates have been shuffling somewhat). These terrific reprints are being released by Orion Books in the UK.

Only The Man From Barbarossa and Death Is Forever are missing in action.

Watch out our special Gardner Renewed page for links and the latest release date information on all the Gardner-Bond reprints in the U.S. and UK.