Author: John Gardner
Title: A Complete State of Death
Description: London, Jonathan Cape , 1969. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of John Gardner's crime novel featuring the tough and brilliant Detective Inspector, Derek Torry. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'A Complete State of Death' is the first out of two Derek Torry novels written by English spy and thriller author John Gardner. The plot follows the Detective Inspector as he assigned to a top case involving a sophisticated criminal organisation. As well as his original characters, such as secret agent Boysie Oakes, John Gardner is best known for his James Bond continuation novels, wherein he was approached by Glidrose Publications (now Ian Fleming Publications) to revive the series. In the original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart with only light bumping to the head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper is slightly sunned to the spine and slightly edge worn. Marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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