Robert Markham; Kingsley Amis — Colonel Sun

New York, Harper & Row, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first U.S edition of Kingsley Amis' celebrated James Bond continuation. Written under the pseudonym, 'Robert Markham&apos. The first U.S edition, published the same year as the U.K first edition.With the original dustwrapper, which is price-clipped. Written by Kingsley Amis under the name Robert Markham.    This is the first James Bond continuation novel published after Ian Fleming's 1964 death. Before this work Amis wrote two other Bond related works. The inspiration of this novel came from a holiday Amis took in the Greek island. This centres on James Bond and his mission to track down the kidnappers of M, his superior at the Secret Service.   Sir Kingsley Amis was a popular English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote in many genres including comedy, science fiction and mystery. He was regarded as one of the finest English comic novelists of the second half of the twentieth century. Amis won many awards during his time, including the Booker Prize, which he was shortlisted for three times before finally winning in 1986. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With original price-clipped dustwrapper. Externally, excellent with just some minor shelfwear to the head and tail of spine. Dustwrapper is smart. Tape repair to the head of front wrap internally. Minor shelfwear to wrap edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.