Berkley Paperbacks Arrive

Earlier this week I received seven James Bond novels printed in the U.S. in the 1980's by Berkley Books.  I already have copies of these editions in my collection however this lot sale contained books that were described as "unread in fine condition", and on opening the box I was pleased to see the books were indeed so.

Six of the titles are by Ian Fleming, with one by John Gardner.  As soon as I can I'll scan these covers and replace the images on my website that aren't in as good condition.

I like this series simply because of the matching covers by different Bond authors.  There aren't many series featuring this crossover, the last by my recollection was a series of covers by Michael Gillette where further Robert Markham and John Gardner titles were released by the German publisher Cross Cult.  Sadly I only have one German continuation novel which is shown below.  They were all numbered in order on the spine too with this title being 15.

Lastly, if you'd like to know more info about the Berkley/Charter U.S. covers I refer you to this post by Jon Cox on The Book Bond website which was written in 2011.

PS: You may notice on the photos of the Berkley Books there's a hole punched in some of the covers.  This designated these books as remainders (ie. unsold stock) that had been returned by the bookseller to the publisher and they would have later been sold at a cheaper price.  Living in Australia any Berkley/Charter Books without these remainder marks are extremely rare.  The images of the covers on my website "may" have been photo-shopped to remove the remainder marks.

Finally Completed My Set Of Clipper Large Print Bond Novels

I've been hunting for a particular set of large print James Bond novels for a long, long, long time (yes, that long !).  The series, written by Ian Fleming, was published by Clipper in 2008 and features the fantastic Michael Gillette covers that were a highlight of the Penguin Centenary series from the same year.  Each title also includes an introduction by a famous author.

On Friday I finally completed my set.  I've never seen one of these books in a physical book store so I had to search for them on the web.  I found the last title I needed, "Thunderball", at a bookshop in the UK named We Sell Books.  The owner, Karen, was great and also mentioned she has other large print Bond titles for sale.

Anyway, here's some snaps of the last book I received which was really well packed by Karen.

And here's a photo of the entire series.  I've never included large print books on PizGloria.com before but now I'm considering otherwise.