A new Anthony Horowitz Bond novel... (Page 5 of 9)

I think all the various editions after the classic 60s PANs and Signets are hard to find ... hardly ever see the "messy desk" editions either and those were the ones in print when I started collecting.

I think the print-runs for those mid-60s editions were astronomical, printed at the heights of cinematic Bond-mania, that's why they are still the most common ones that turn up used to day, along with various film tie-in covers. Later versions, like messy desks or girls on guns, may have had relatively smaller print runs. And (a theory) of those that have survived in sale-able condition, many may already be locked up in the collections of completists. Whereas there are more than enough of those mid-60s editions to keeping stocking used bookstore shelves half a century later.

yes I know they are properly named "still life" editions
but they look more like messy desks than still life's to me!
of course for the sake of communication I should probably be using the agreed upon terminology

when I was a lad these still life/messy desk editions were also the ones most likely to be found used, probably because they were what was then in print and most likely to get re-sold once read. Finding a mid60s PAN at that point felt almost as exciting as finding a genuine Silver Age comic book. So its funny how those 70s editions have now almost completely disappeared yet the 60s editions remain common.

I'm in a different continent so no help to you specifically, sorry.
In general, I now find university towns are more likely to have good used book stores than big cities.
The rents are too high in big cities for used book stores anymore. In Toronto, the city taxes storefronts in the downtown core at the same rate they do for the 80 story condo tower next door, so landlords pass the tax on to the tenants as increased rent, and marginal enterprises like used book stores go out of business. Once storefronts are vacant, landlord sells to developers and new condo tower goes up. Soon there will be millions of people in those condos, with no civilization left at ground level. I might guess it's the same in London, UK.

University towns are more likely to be otherwise economically challenged (loss of industry), thus lots of cheap storefronts available. Still, even in such towns used bookstores are going out of business because people would rather buy online.

For folks who are around Toronto, this event is coming up in May
http://www.girasolcollectables.com/fant … -show.html
the Fantastic Pulps and Paperbacks Show, Saturday May 12, 2018, Toronto Public Library, 239 College Street
its a small event, maybe two dozen tables, but I guarantee you will find lots of vintage Bond paperbacks and lots of other cool pulpy stuff.

Waterstones currently have signed copies of the book available for preorder 

https://www.waterstones.com/book/foreve … ign=warmup

i want to pre-order the book now but it is listed as being released on November 6. Is this the US release date so if i want it within 6 months I will have to pay extra $10 to have it flown over here? That would be bullshit as I dont recall having to do that with Solo or Trigger Mortis.

Last edited by Shatterfang (10th May 2018 05:26)

Pre-order is exactly that.  Paying for it before it’s released.  It guarantees your item if in some circumstances it sells out quickly.  With a book this is unlikely though, but it can work for other items.

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do we know if there is going to be a special edition of this new one that includes Fleming's original notes as bonus material?
and if so how to recognise it versus the regular edition?

Nov 6 is the US release date, but the current price to buy/ship from Amazon UK is $24.69 vs. Amazon US $26.99 not including shipping, so I’m not sure why you’re saying there’s an extra $10. And yes, you had to do that with Solo and Trigger Morris.

The bloody point of the pre-order is the price guarantee. You will always get the cheapest price between the time you pre-order and release date. If you order on release date you will have to pay that price, which is not always the cheapest...

Right but what I’m saying is if it’s $26.99 at the US Amazon, without even including shipping, you’re not spending an extra $10 compared to ordering it domestically, you’re saving $1.11...

Last edited by Arbogast 777 (14th May 2018 18:51)

My friend on seeing Goode in "The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Society":

"I didn't realise Jacob Rees-Mogg was in this film"

WTF? I only read about this this week in the papers, and I'm on this forum a lot. How would you know unless you look at the Literature section?   

I struggled with Solo.

Off to the USA a month today so will read the new book somewhere chilling out!