 Benson Bond Novels Out of Print, A checklist for collectors |
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras  |
21 April 2005 - 17:09
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Time to shore up that Benson collection before it's too late.
Fans of Benson's Splinter Cell series note we reveal the tentative title of the next book in this article; Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell – Barracuda.  |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
21 April 2005 - 17:20
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The US editions of all of these are a breeze to get. Just the UK's to work on now.
 I'm going for the Gardner's first, and will then tackle the Benson's UK's.
  ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 20 July 2002 From: Washington D.C.. USA |
21 April 2005 - 17:25
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Strange...I have had no problems picking up the US hardcovers. In just three days I have ordered all six of Bensons original Bond novels. All told all six hardcovers only set me back less than $30 and thats including shipping.
Probably rthe hardest one to find is DOUBLESHOT but I still managed to track it down on Amazon Marketplace.  Robert Brown was Admiral Hargreaves in TSWLM, OP, AVTAK, TLD and LTK damnit Enforcer, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Roger Moore Proud defender of Barbara Bach, Carole Bouquet, Barbara Carrera, Maryam D'Abo, A View to a Kill, Never Say Never Again and The Spy Who Loved Me. |
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
21 April 2005 - 17:28
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As with Gardner, the U.S. hardcovers are plentiful. It's the UK hardcovers that are a problem.
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 20 July 2002 From: Washington D.C.. USA |
21 April 2005 - 17:32
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Okay, well that makes sense since so few were printed.
Not really a collector myself unlike some CBNers I could mention 
Robert Brown was Admiral Hargreaves in TSWLM, OP, AVTAK, TLD and LTK damnit Enforcer, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Roger Moore Proud defender of Barbara Bach, Carole Bouquet, Barbara Carrera, Maryam D'Abo, A View to a Kill, Never Say Never Again and The Spy Who Loved Me. |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
21 April 2005 - 17:34
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QUOTE(zencat @ 21 April 2005 - 13:28) As with Gardner, the U.S. hardcovers are plentiful. It's the UK hardcovers that are a problem.  I know we're supposed to be talking about Benson's here, but what (with the obvious exception of Cold and Licence To Kill) UK Gardner's would you say are the most difficult to track down Zen? I have seven of the sixteen now. ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
21 April 2005 - 17:38
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GoldeneEye and SeaFire are also pretty tricky. A first GoldenEye can be very pricey.
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 20 July 2002 From: Washington D.C.. USA |
21 April 2005 - 17:42
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Most of my Gardners are back at my family home in the UK though from DEATH IS FOREVER onwards are all US editions.
Robert Brown was Admiral Hargreaves in TSWLM, OP, AVTAK, TLD and LTK damnit Enforcer, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Roger Moore Proud defender of Barbara Bach, Carole Bouquet, Barbara Carrera, Maryam D'Abo, A View to a Kill, Never Say Never Again and The Spy Who Loved Me. |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
21 April 2005 - 17:47
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QUOTE(zencat @ 21 April 2005 - 13:38) GoldeneEye and SeaFire are also pretty tricky. A first GoldenEye can be very pricey. Ah, the problem regarding SeaFire for me is not so much the price, but just finding one. ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
21 April 2005 - 17:50
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QUOTE(Qwerty @ 21 April 2005 - 09:47) QUOTE(zencat @ 21 April 2005 - 13:38) GoldeneEye and SeaFire are also pretty tricky. A first GoldenEye can be very pricey. Ah, the problem regarding SeaFire for me is not so much the price, but just finding one. Even U.S? I'd like to hear about your experince in tracking down U.S. editions of the later Gardner books. |
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Cammander CMG Group: Veterans Enlisted: 21 June 2003 From: South Pasadena, CA |
21 April 2005 - 17:51
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Fortunately I got the first edition US paperbacks for all the Benson novels.
 Thank you, the brief glimpse you've afforded me today will only encourage me to redouble my efforts. |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
21 April 2005 - 17:52
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Oh, the US editions are a breeze! I've got a US hardcover and paperback for SeaFire - I mean that finding the UK hardcover of it is difficult as you say.
I've found all the US paperbacks for Gardner, and more than half of the US hardcovers. I've just put those on hold because 1) I want to concentrate on the UK 1st's and 2) they'll still be around and cheap later. 
~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 3 September 2003 From: Chicago |
21 April 2005 - 18:04
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Keep your eyes open for the UK Seafire on eBay... got mine about a month ago for about $10.00
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