Verlag: Jonathan Cape, 1953, 1953
Anbieter: E. B. Books, Vancouver, BC, Kanada
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. First Edition. True first British edition, first printing. Book in fine condition, tight and square (sharp corners), no writings or marks, bright red gilded heart on front board and title on spine. Dustjacket complete, with tiny (imperceptible almost) chips at top spine and top corner, sligthly faded spine, original price of 10s. 6d. net present on front flap and back flap. First issue dustwrapper. This copy has the publisher's clip stating "Advance Copy for Review.". There hasn't been a similar copy in the market at least in the last 30 years being one of only 8 or 10 copies issued. Extremely rare and unique copy. Photos available upon request. $145,000.00.
Verlag: Jonathan Cape 1953-66, London, 1953
Anbieter: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, USA
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Verlag: London: Jonathan Cape, 1953, 1953
Anbieter: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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First edition, first impression, in the first issue dust jacket, presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "To Tony, Read & Burn, Ian". This is a wonderful association copy: the recipient was his friend Anthony Kemsley (later to become Sir Anthony Berry), the youngest son of Viscount Kemsley, a significant figure in Fleming's life. Kemsley, owner of The Sunday Times among others, offered Fleming a job as foreign news manager of Kemsley Newspapers after the war, and enabled him to write the Bond novels by allowing an unusual clause in Fleming's contract: Fleming would take January and February as his annual paid leave, during which time he worked on his novels at Goldeneye, on Jamaica's north shore; Casino Royale was completed over this period in 1952. Fleming sometimes "ordered a correspondent to change his name if he did not like it. His view was that, generally speaking, all foreign correspondents should have British-sounding names. Mario Modiano in Athens became Michael Manning, Mozandi in Tehran became Mostyn, while Geoffrey Bocca in New York one day received a terse cable from Fleming saying: allez bocca ave barker. Once however, Fleming had this trick played back at him. When Anthony Berry, Lord Kemsley's youngest son, was editing the Sunday Chronicle, a story came in from the Gibraltar correspondent on a security issue and a request that his byline should not be used. This occurred shortly after Fleming had his first novel published. 'We must have some byline,' said Anthony Berry. 'Why not James Bond, Gibraltar?' This byline was duly used" (McCormick, p. 129). Gilbert A1a (1.1). Donald McCormick, 17F: The Life of Ian Fleming, 1993. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in red, heart device to front cover in red. With the supplied dust jacket. Housed in a custom black quarter morocco case, red morocco labels, compartments gilt, front panel with gold and red onlays repeating design from dust jacket. Spine gently cocked, minor marks to covers, book block slightly rippled, foxing to endpapers, contents otherwise clean and unmarked. A very good copy in the jacket, neat repair to joints of flaps, a little repair and colour to head of spine and front fore-tip, small chips around extremities, unclipped, bright and presenting nicely.
Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London, 1953
Anbieter: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, USA
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First edition of the first novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by Ian Fleming on the front free endpaper. From the library of Mrs. Bowker. This example was given by Fleming to his his char-lady. Near fine in a near fine first state dust jacket (without the Sunday Times review on the inner front flap) with some professional restoration to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Casino Royale was written by Ian Fleming in Jamaica over a period of around two months, largely from his own experiences and imagination; he also devised the artwork for the cover. "Within the first few pages Fleming had introduced most of Bond's idiosyncrasies and trademarks," which included his looks, his Bentley and his smoking and drinking habits. The full details of Bond's martini were kept until chapter seven of the book and Bond eventually named it "The Vesper", after Vesper Lynd" (Andrew Lycett). It has been filmed twice as a feature film, the first being the 1967 spoof starring David Niven, and later as the twenty-first official Bond film starring Daniel Craig as James Bond.
Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London, 1953
Anbieter: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. HARDBACK - A fine book, bound in the publisher's black cloth boards with clean unfaded red lettering to the spine and heart motif to the front panel. Internally, the pages are very clean indeed with the merest hint of foxing to the end papers, but extremely clean throughout the rest of the inner text. Free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. The dust wrapper is also in fine condition with no loss or tears present, also with no loss of colour or dulling to the spine. There is very minor creasing to the head of the spine, also with a small strip of toning to the top of the rear flap, with a few very faint spots to the rear panel, else a beautiful looking jacket with the publisher's printed price of 10s.6net present to the lower corners of the front flap and rear flaps. There is no review to the front lower rear panel, denoting a correct first issue dust wrapper. Included with the book is a custom made, felt lined clam shell box with raised bands and gilt lettering to the spine, for the books future protection. We have handled a number of copies of Casino Royale in the last twenty five years of dealing in Ian Fleming titles. This copy is the best copy we have handled in this time. A sublime copy.
Verlag: London Jonathan Cape 1953, 1953
Anbieter: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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First Edition, First Printing, First State Dust Jacket. British mystery and thriller novelist Hammond InnesÕs copy with his engraved bookplate which is hand-signed by him in blue ink affixed to the front pastedown. A little foxing to the first two blank leaves and to the two rear blank leaves, a very faint foxing hint to the outer edges (extremely minor) otherwise near fine clean copy with the cloth fresh and the red stamping very bright in a near fine bright dust jacket with two minute slivers of almost undetectable interior reinforcement by an expert paper conservationist at the top and bottom of spine. The printed colors are bright. Enclosed in a custom clamshell box. Hammond Innes CBE (1913-1998) was a contemporary of Ian Fleming, and whereas Fleming wrote spy thrillers, InnesÕs thrillers often dealt with the sea. His most famous novel is The Wreck of the Mary Deare which was made into a film in 1959 starring Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston.
Verlag: New York: The Macmillan Company., 1954
Anbieter: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, Vereinigtes Königreich
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First American edition, first impression. Inscribed association copy. Publisher's original green cloth with red titles to the upper board and spine, in the Leo Manso designed dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding square and the cloth fresh. Minor bumping to the spine tips and a small nick towards the base of the spine. The contents, with some foxing to the edge of the endpapers and closed text block edge are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a couple of short closed tears but remains uncommonly bright and attractive. Housed in a bespoke, quarter black morocco solander case. Inscribed by Ian Fleming in blue ball point pen to the front endpaper "To Paul / who wrote the golden words / from / the author / 1954". A superlative association copy, inscribed by Fleming to his great friend and early James Bond champion, Paul Gallico. American novelist and short story writer Paul Gallico, worked with Fleming at The Sunday Times. He was one of the first people to read the manuscript of Casino Royale, providing Fleming with encouragement to publish. The "golden words" to which the author refers in his inscription are printed in red on the front flap of the first edition dustwrapper "PAUL GALLICO calls CASINO ROYALE 'The best gambling thriller I have ever read. Fabulously exciting.'" Jon Gilbert in his award winning bibliography of Ian Fleming writes "Paul Gallico was not only a fan but was of particular help getting Casino Royale published in the United States, where initially the book seemed difficult to place. Unlike the British Cape editions, very few American editions appear to have been inscribed by the author". We are aware of only one other inscribed American first edition (the Stanley Meyer copy also noted in the bibliography). The author's first book, introducing 007 James Bond. First American edition, first printing, second state with the front flap of dustwrapper clipped to the corners and with the printed price of $2.75. [Gilbert A1b (1.2).] Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Verlag: London: Jonathan Cape., 1953
Anbieter: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, Vereinigtes Königreich
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First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with red titles to the spine and heart motif to the upper board, in the author designed, Kenneth Lewis illustrated dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding firm and tight, the cloth and titles fresh and bright. The contents with just a hint of spotting to the front endpaper are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly rubbed dustwrapper that has a tiny closed tear to the upper rear spine fold and mild toning to the rear panel but remains bright and without loss. Not price-clipped (correctly priced 10s 6d net to both the front and rear flap). A superb example, without repair or restoration. The author's first book, introducing the British secret agent 007, James Bond. Of the 4728 copies of the first edition bound for sale, only 3000 carried this first state dustwrapper. Much, (as many as half) of the first printing went into the public library system. [Gilbert A1a 1.1] Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Verlag: London: Jonathan Cape, 1953, 1953
Anbieter: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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First edition, first impression, in the first issue dust jacket, without the Sunday Times review on the front flap. According to Biondi & Pickard, the jacket "is genuinely rare in fresh condition". This copy is from the library of the Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert, with his bookplate and signed catalogue description loosely inserted. The author's first work, Casino Royale was printed in an initial run of 4,760 copies, of which 4,728were bound up. "Many of these went to public libraries and we believe that less than half of the first printing was sold to the public" (Biondi & Pickard). Fleming stated that his goal with the book was to write "the spy novel of all spy novels" (quoted in Gilbert). Biondi & Pickard 40; Gilbert A1a (1.1). Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in red, heart device on front cover in red, bottom edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Jacket spine faintly sunned, rear panel lightly toned and marked, minute nicks and creases to extremities, unclipped: a fine copy in near-fine dust jacket.
Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London, 1953
Anbieter: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardback. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. The 1st book in this famous 14 volume set, first edition hardback with original first state dust cover, priceclipped. Has not been restored. Some rubbing to extremities of dust cover. Light foxing to endpapers. Overall very good condition. 218 pp. Presents well, striking cover 'arranged by the author. Perfect addition to a Fleming collection. The iconic 1st James Bond Novel this being the 1st edition 1st issue and with no restoration. We also have a complete set of James bond Novels in stock. book.
Verlag: London: Jonathan Cape, 1953, 1953
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
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[Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles and 'heart' design to upper, tail edge untrimmed, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. Contents clean and fresh, no inscriptions, light spotting to endpapers and top edge, binding is sharp without bumps or stains, dust-jacket is clean and bright, with a little rubbing and wear to the spine tips, rear panel with a small area of soiling around Fleming drawing. An excellent example, presented in a bespoke black cloth clamshell. Gilbert A1a (1.1).
Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London, 1953
Anbieter: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, USA
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First Edition. First Impression, in first issue dustwrapper without the later reviews or author statement. Publisher's black cloth boards with red titles and âHeart' design to upper, in pictorial jacket. Book has a slight lean but is essentially a clean copy in a very slightly scuffed and edgeworn dustwrapper. A quite splendid association copy. In a custom black leather-spined clamshell case. This copy previously belonged to Sir Fitzroy Maclean, noted diplomat, noted intelligence agent (although he always denied ever having been a spy), decorated war-time S.A.S. officer, and, quite apart from all of these other achievements, one of the most compelling and "accepted" models for modern fiction's most famous blunt instrument. A wartime account of a meeting with Maclean had this to say: "Maclean is described by his friends, as a man of dual character--outwardly languid and casual, affecting the bored, drooping mannerism of a Mayfair dilettante, but inwardly burning with a zest for danger and adventure." Sounds familiar. Fleming and Maclean, fellow Old Etonians and survivors of the rigours of the British public school system, first encountered each other in Moscow in the 1930's. Maclean was there in his capacity as a representative of His Majesty's Foreign Office, and Fleming was a rather dilettante Reuter's correspondent covering what he could of the Soviet purges. Their contributions to Britain's ensuing war effort may have differed rather wildly, but both occupied important roles; Fleming in Naval Intelligence, fighting a chess war by proxy, of subterfuge, plot and counter plot (which rather came in handy for his later writing career, one imagines), and Fitzroy Maclean rattling about the world parachuting in and out of dangerous places, trekking through mountain passes making deals with partisans and guerillas, and generally fighting the kind of war that ends up using a fair amount of piano wire, whilst requiring nerves of absolute titanium. "To some people my life might seem one long adventure holiday blowing up forts in the desert clandestinely parachuting into guerrilla wars, penetrating forbidden cities deep behind closed frontiers, I enjoy the excitement and the achievement of going to remote places, such as getting into Samarkand and Bokhara at the height of Stalin's horrific regime, when no foreigner, let alone a diplomat, was allowed into central Asia." To other people, rare booksellers for example, that sounds unfeasibly terrifying, but certainly notable. It should also be pointed out that Maclean was 85 years old when he said that, so like Bond, his ability to survive and flourish was clearly never in doubt. In 1949 he published his celebrated autobiography "Eastern Approaches" (also published by Jonathan Cape, Fleming's publisher), recounting his exploits in the Western Desert, creeping around behind enemy lines generally wreaking very British chaos in the service of the allies. In certain cases one could be excused for thinking that Bond was a slightly toned-down version of Maclean, but there are very definite congruencies in nerve and determination. The book itself is accompanied by some of MacLean's papers; a loose sheet of notepaper, headed âHouse of Commons', signed by Maclean (as inserted in the book when sold at auction), plus an unused sheet headed âFrom the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War', the position held by MacLean at the time of Casino Royale's publication, a compliments slip from Brigadier Maclean, a visiting card as Secretary at the British Foreign Embassy, and an unused address label from Jonathan Cape, who, as mentioned, published both MacLean and Ian Fleming. (As a further note, this very copy is discussed in John Gilbert's award winning bibliography of Ian Fleming under "Gilbert A1a (1.1) [this copy noted on page 23]. See also Appendix A, page 647." As a reference work for the Bond enthusiast, it is probably compulsory). A rather remarkable copy, of a remarkable book, owned by a singularly remarkable man.
Verlag: Cape, 1953
Anbieter: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
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First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth with red heart vignette on upper cover and titles on the spine, in gun metal grey dustwrapper designed by the author. A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper indeed, which is bright and clean with just trivial wear to corners, a short closed tear to the upper panel and a strip of browning to the rear panel. The author's first book and the first appearance of James Bond, who has probably had a greater impact on society and popular culture than any other fictitious character since Sherlock Holmes. 4,728 copies of the first impression were printed, although no more than 3000 were issued in the first state dustwrapper, the remainder having a favourable Sunday Times review overprinted on the front flap. A significant proportion of the first printing would have been sold to libraries and the remainder were well read, making well preserved copies ever more uncommon. "Ian Fleming has discovered the secret of narrative art. the reader has to go on reading" - John Betjeman (review in The Daily Telegraph). Gilbert A1a(1.1).
Verlag: London: Jonathan Cape, 1953-66, 1953
Anbieter: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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First editions of the complete series of James Bond books. Each volume features a design specific to each title copied from the original spines and cloth boards. The set is beautifully presented in a leather entry slipcase resting on a leather plinth. 14 vols, octavo (180 x 118 mm). Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in black morocco, spines and covers decorated with pictorial title blocks copied from the original covers, twin rule to turn-ins silver, red coloured endpapers, all edges silver. Housed in a leather entry slipcase. Occasional light foxing, else a fine and handsome set.
Verlag: Jonathan Cape, 1953, 1953
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in red, red heart device on front cover. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom blue quarter morocco solander box. Edges foxed, sporadically affecting margins, contents clean. A very good copy in like, gently foxed jacket, not price-clipped, couple of nicks and short closed tears, a bright and sharp example. First edition, second impression, presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Tanis and Teddy Read and burn! from The Author. Aoüt 1953". The married couple Tanis and Teddy resided with the Flemings at their Goldeneye estate the following year for, in Ann Fleming's words, "twelve interminable days" (quoted in Lycett). The endless flirting between Tanis Eva Bulkeley Guinness (1908-1993) and Charles "Teddy" Edward Harold John Phillips (1907-2006) proved to be a nuisance to Ian Fleming; in early 1954, attempting to write Moonraker (1955), his concentration was frequently interrupted by their pet names of "Bear" and "Lion". "At one stage Ian was driven to announce at the luncheon table that he and Ann were going away for a short while, and that their visitors could, of course, continue to use the house. Since Ann had not been informed of this ploy, it caused some embarrassment. Ann had to produce some clever social footwork, which only resulted in Ian accusing her of being a traitor" (Lycett). Following this confrontation, temperatures cooled; the Flemings were not driven out of their own home, and Tanis and Teddy would subsequently offer their hosts two bottles of whisky as an apology. Interestingly, Teddy was a relative of Ian Fleming's intimate friend Ivar Bryce, who was instrumental in finding for Fleming the Goldeneye estate, on Jamaica's north shore. Fleming wrote the Bond novels with the assistance of an unusual clause in his contract as foreign news manager of Kemsley Newspapers: Fleming would take January and February as his annual paid leave, during which time he worked on his novels at Goldeneye. Casino Royale, the first of the Bond novels, was first published earlier the same year. This copy is from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), with his bookplate. Schøyen's private collection of manuscripts, which span all cultures and all time periods, is one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. Gilbert A1a(2); The Schøyen Collection No. 3. Andrew Lycett, Ian Fleming: The Man Who Created James Bond, 2012; Edward Abel Smith, Ian Fleming's Inspiration: The Truth Behind the Books, 2020, p. 159.
Verlag: LondonJonathan Cape ., 1953
Anbieter: Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. 8vo. (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles and 'heart' design to upper, tail edge un-trimmed, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. Presented in a bespoke black cloth clamshell. Edges clean and fresh, no inscriptions, a few very faint spots to endpapers, dust-jacket is clean and bright, having benefitted from some expert repair. Shows as a fine copy. Gilbert A1a (1.1).
Verlag: London: Jonathan Cape, 1953, 1953
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
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[Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles and 'heart' design to upper, tail edge untrimmed, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. Edges clean and fresh, no inscriptions, a few faint spots of foxing to endpapers and rear panel of jacket, shallow chip to crown and slightly larger loss to top edge else a decent example of the wrapper with no restoration whatsoever. Housed in a leather-spined cloth-covered clamshell box. Gilbert A1a (1.1).
Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London, 1953
Anbieter: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, USA
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Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London, 1953
Anbieter: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, USA
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Casino Royale was written by Ian Fleming in Jamaica over a period of around two months, largely from his own experiences and imagination; he also devised the artwork for the cover. "Within the first few pages Fleming had introduced most of Bond's idiosyncrasies and trademarks," which included his looks, his Bentley and his smoking and drinking habits. The full details of Bond's martini were kept until chapter seven of the book and Bond eventually named it "The Vesper", after Vesper Lynd" (Andrew Lycett). It has been filmed twice as a feature film, the first being the 1967 spoof starring David Niven, and later as the twenty-first official Bond film starring Daniel Craig as James Bond.
hardcover. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near fine. First. A near fine first edition in a near fine first issue dust jacket. No restoration. Small bookstore sticker attached to front baste-down, former owner's name on front free end paper, some minor foxing, some water stain visible on inside dj. Stored in a custom-made slipcase.
Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London, 1953
Anbieter: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. HARDBACK - A very good or better book, bound in the publisher's black cloth boards with bright unfaded red lettering to the spine and with the red heart motif present to the front panel. The boards are clean and fresh with no pushing to the spine tips and with no bumping to any of the corners. Internally the inner text is clean with no foxing spots or finger marks inset. Free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. We would have described the book as a near fine copy, but for two faint crease lines present to the front free end paper. The dust wrapper is in very good condition with shallow chipping to the spine tip, also with small chips to the corners of the front and rear flap folds. There is a one centimeter closed tear with some faint associated creasing to the top left hand corner of the front panel. No further loss or tears. There is light toning to the rear panel, also with light dustiness to the top few millimeters of the front and rear flap. The publisher's printed price of 10s.6d.net is present to both the front and rear flaps. The book is the correct UK first edition with no Sunday Times review present to the lower front flap.
Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London., 1953
Anbieter: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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First edition. Octavo. 218 pages. The author's first book and the novel which unleashed James Bond upon an unsuspecting world.Spotting to front free endpaper, half-title and top edge. Very good in the first-issue dustwrapper (no review on front flap) which is good, price-clipped, lightly soiled on rear panel, nicked and chipped at the edges and defective at head of spine.
hardcover. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. 1st. A fine first edition in a near fine 2nd issue dust jacket (with review on front flap). Housed in a clamshell case.
Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London UK, 1953
Anbieter: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. This Casino Royale was a previously library owned edition yet it is in remarkable condition. Original black cloth boards with heart on the cover and red lettering on the spine. Front and rear paste down have light loss where the dust jacket was apparently secured. Previous owner's signature on the front free page. London library stamp on the half title page and rear flap of DJ. Dog eared on four of the pages. Dust jacket has had a clear cover professionally removed and the lettering on the front flap and rear panel is now misaligned. Light stain on the spine touching the letter "A". Marks on the flaps where the pasting was present. Otherwise a bright and clean dust jacket with little wear to the corners, spine ends or edges.
Verlag: London: Jonathan Cape, 1953
Anbieter: Yves G. Rittener - YGRbookS, Zürich, Schweiz
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Hardcover. Zustand: Wie neu. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Wie neu. 1. Auflage. First Edition, First Printing. A near fine copy in a near fine second issue dustwrapper (with Christopher Pym's review in the Sunday Times over-printed on the front flap and "The Author" on the rear panel). A most collectable copy of this scarce title: no inscriptions or flaws, book and dustwrapper completely original, never ever having been touched by any restorer. Compared to other copies that have been on the market since 2015, this is one of the really desirable ones. Only 4728 copies (plus a few proofs and review ones) of the first edition were printed , 2400 of which came with the second state dustwrapper. Sadly, most collections of James Bond novels in first editions, first printings lack "Casino Royale" since its initial print-run was pretty low, sold out very fast and a considerable number of the very first edition went to libraries.
Verlag: Jonathan Cape 1953-66, London, 1953
Anbieter: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, USA
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First editions of each volume in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Octavo, 14 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles to spines, raise bands, original cloth covers and spine preserved at rear of each novel. In fine condition. Accompanied by an original typed letter signed by Ian Fleming on Kemsley House letterhead and addressed to Antony Terry, M.C. of Kemsley Newspapers which reads, "21st July 1955 'My dear Terry,' I must thank you for the staunch way in which you are feeding me with Atticus paragraphs, which are all either on the nail or very close to it. They are quite excellent and no other correspondent is nearly so fruitful. Once again, when you are called upon for help, you have given it in fuller measure than was asked for and produced your usual high quality journalism. I must say, looking back on your years of service for Mercury, I can think of no correspondent with anything approaching your record, and I do hope you realise how much your services are appreciated everywhere in this building and not least by me. 'Yours well, Ian F.'" The recipient, Anthony Terry was a British journalist and former European Editor of The Sunday Times. Fleming hired him in 1949 to work as a journalist for Kemsley Newspapers of which he was at the time the Foreign manager. Terry's obituary in The Independent stated that he was "one of the paper's most valuable assets, a one-man listening post, a fastidious checker of facts, a burrower into dark corners and a traveller who never complained of fatigue". The letter is in near fine condition. A very nice collection. .
Verlag: London: Jonathan Cape, 1963, 1963
Anbieter: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Second edition, fifth impression, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To CD from Ian". Sir Charles Denis Hamilton was a decorated veteran of the Second World War, "an outstanding natural newspaperman", a close friend of Fleming, and a fellow board member at the Kemsley News Group. As a columnist, much of Ian Fleming's journalism was published in the Sunday Times when Hamilton was editor-in-chief. In 1962 the inaugural issue of the ST Magazine featured the James Bond novella The Living Daylights. Hamilton also championed Fleming's Thrilling Cities travel articles, later being the dedicatee of the book edition. The first James Bond novel, Casino Royale was originally published in 1953. After two reprints, the work was entirely reset in 1957 and featured a dust jacket design by Patricia Marriott (1920-2002). Marriott also designed the dust jackets for two further Cape-published James Bond novels, Diamonds are Forever (1956) and Dr No (1958). Her husband, Michael Howard (1923-1974), was Fleming's literary advisor and a director at Cape. The 1963 impression was the fifth impression of the second edition and is also noted by Gilbert as the "eighth printing". This was, crucially, the final Cape printing of the author's debut novel to be published during his lifetime. This copy is from the library of the Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert, with his bookplate and signed catalogue description loosely inserted. Gilbert A1a(8). Harold Hobson, Phillip Knightley and Leonard Russell, The Pearl of Days: An Intimate Memoir of the Sunday Times, 1972. Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in red, red heart device on front cover. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom black morocco-backed folding box. Minor foxing to edges, extremities of jacket a little rubbed, unclipped; a fine copy in a near-fine jacket.
Verlag: Jonathan Cape, 1953
Anbieter: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition. First impression from 1953 in second issue (1953) jacket. The book is VG+. There is a slight spine lean and some wear to lettering on the spine. The pages are clean (see pic). The jacket is the second issue with Sunday Times review on front flap, (latter copies of the 1st edition were issued with this jacket). It is not price clipped. There is some chipping to tip and tail of spine and some marking to rear. Now in removable protective sleeve. Please see pictures. Any questions please get in touch.
Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London, 1953
Anbieter: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, USA
Verbandsmitglied: ABAA
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First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20cm); publisher's black paper-covered boards, with titling and decorative elements stamped in red on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [4],5-218,[2]pp. Previous owners ink name to upper front endpaper, lower corners gently tapped (though still sharp), with a faint, tiny stain to lower edge of textblock; no foxing, but a few small stains to margins of a half-dozen pages or so; Very Good+. In the second state dustjacket, with the Sunday Times review over-printed on front flap and 'The Author' over-printed beneath Fleming's portrait on rear panel (constituting 2400 of the 4728-copy print run); unclipped (priced 10s. 6d. net), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny tears, and some toning and dust-soil to rear panel; an unrestored, Very Good+ example, with plenty of shelf-appeal. Attractive copy of the first James Bond novel, introducing 007, M, Vesper Lynd, and criminal mastermind Le Chiffre. Basis for Martin Campbell's 2006 film adaptation, starring Daniel Craig, Eva Green, and Judi Dench. Gilbert A1a (1.2); Pronzini & Muller, p.252; Hubin, p.144.
Verlag: The Macmillan Company, The Viking Press, and the New American Library, 1955-66, 1955
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
[Spy novels] ALL FIRST PRINTINGS. 14 volumes, octavos (overall dimensions 20 x 13 x 33cm). Publisher's hardbacks in illustrated dust-jackets. The American edition of Octopussy was the first to be illustrated. Ownership signatures to The Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only; endpapers of The Man with the Golden Gun with some rubs/scuffs; toning to spine of From Russia, With Love, some chips to spine ends of jackets (moreso to earlier titles). The Man with the Golden Gun is in the second issue jacket with darker grey lettering than the earlier issue. Gilbert notes that the American dust jackets, from Live and Let Die to Doctor No, are "often" or "invariably" clipped, with the printed price retained elsewhere on the jacket, as here. The Spy Who Loved Me is price-clipped. A very good set in similar dust jackets; generally bright and presenting very nicely. First US editions, first printings, of this complete set of Fleming's original James Bond books. From the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), with his bookplate (two volumes added). Schøyen's private collection of manuscripts, which span all cultures and all time periods, is one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. Gilbert A2b(1), A3b(1), A4b(1), A5b(1), A6b(1), A8b(1), A9b(1.1), A10b(1), A11b(1), A12b(1), A13b(1), A14b(1); The Schøyen Collection Nos. 18, 25, 32, 46, 59, 72, 78, 89, 97, 108, 116, 129. Christopher Moran, "Ian Fleming and CIA Director Allen Dulles: The Very Best of Friends", James Bond in World and Popular Culture, 2012.