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Ian Fleming. From Russia, With Love. Jonathan Cape, London, 1957.
Price: US$25.62 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 253 pp bound in pale blue with black title to spine. Book Club Edition. Covers much tanned and marked, lean to spine, top corners bumped, spots to endpapers and fore edge, scrappy remnant of part of dust wrapper
Seller: Your Book Soon, Stroud, GLOS, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. From Russia, With Love. Jonathan Cape, 1957.
Price: US$37.38 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1957. Book Club Edition. 253 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with black lettering. Title page states Jonathan Cape but in Book Club light blue cloth binding. Mild brown & ink staining to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Heavy sunning to spine and board edges, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. From Russia with Love. Jonathan Cape, 1957.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Jonathan Cape, 1957. 1st edition. 12 x 19 cm, 253 pp. No dust jacket. The color in the covers has mostly faded and they have light stains. Foxing in the first 30 pages and the rfep. The Book Cellar & Henschel.
Seller: Daniel Zachariah, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ian Fleming. From Russia, With Love. The Book Club in association with Jonathan Cape, 1957.
Price: US$89.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: IAN FLEMING - FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE, published by The Book Club in association with Jonathan Cape, copyright 1957, white endpapers, light blue boards with black lettering to spine, Published by Jonathan Cape at 13s 6d net on DJ front flap. Book has no creased page corners, squared outer page corners, slight age darkening to outer page edges (no foxing/dust soiling), no foxing to pages or endpapers, date (april '58) at top on ffe otherwise no former owner's markings or used book store stamps/stickers inside, endpapers are clean and free from scotch tape residue marks or other discoloration or erasures, no hinge splitting, no spine lean, no wear to board edges, corners or spine tips, no bumped board corners, no soiling or staining to boards, no wear to spine lettering, very slight spine sun darkening (corresponding with DJ spine loss). Dust Jacket has chip at bottom of spine with small loss at top of spine, could of short closed tears to spine otherwise no chipping or tearing or creasing, slight wear to spine tips & front flap crease (nick loss at flap crease corners), slight wear to left/right on spine, nick along bottom edge on rear panel otherwise almost no edge wear, hint of dust soiling to white rear panel otherwise no staining or soiling, no color rubbing. Overall a FINE-/N-FINE book in VG-/VG condition original dust jacket (not price clipped) of an Ian Fleming U.K. printing hardcover book. I have a number of other U.S. and U.K. Ian Fleming James Bond 1st printing hardcover appearances up for sale.
Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.
Fleming, Ian. From Russia with Love. Jonathan Cape/Book Club, 1957.
Price: US$102.47 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1957 Book Club first edition hardback in very good condition. A hint of foxing to page edges. No other marks, clean and bright, tight binding. The blue cloth boards have a few small marks. In its original, unclipped dust jacket with a tear to front cover, heavy chipping to spine and edges, but still functional. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.
Seller: Repton and Clover, Norwich, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. From Russia with Love. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1957.
Price: US$120.66 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1957. First Edition. 253 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy shelf wear with moderate bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Some creasing and edge denting to boards. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$174.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: IAN FLEMING - THE DIAMOND SMUGGLERS, published by Jonathan Cape, copyright 1957, First Printing ("First Published 1957" at top of copyright page with no references to subsequent printings), white endpapers, +Dust Jacket rear flap has reviews for "From Russia, With Love", black boards and white lettering to spine, 12s. 6d. net price on DJ front flap Book has no creased page corners, no foxing to pages, barest hint of foxing to endpapers, age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges (no foxing), no former owner's markings or used book store stamps/stickers inside, endpapers are clean and free from scotch tape residue marks or other discoloration or erasures, no hinge splitting, no spine lean, no wear to board edges, board corners, or to spine tips, no bumped board corners, no soiling or staining to boards. Dust Jacket has no chipping or tearing or creasing, slight wear to spine tips with largish 'v' losses to spine tip corners, almost no wear to front flap crease (just nick losses at flap crease corners), hint of edge wear, hint of dust soiling to rear panel, slight spine sun fading but still retaining some orange color (very very common defect with this DJ - often fading to a complete white color), no foxing to panels, no soiling or staining to panels. Overall a FINE-/N-FINE book in VG/VG+ condition dust jacket (not price clipped) of an Ian Fleming U.K. printing hardcover book. I have a number of other U.S. and U.K. Ian Fleming James Bond 1st printing hardcover appearances up for sale.
Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.
Price: US$199.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: IAN FLEMING - FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE, published by The Book Club in association with Jonathan Cape, copyright 1957, TRUE 1ST STATE USING THE ORIGINAL 1ST TRADE PRINTING PAGES WHICH JONATHAN CAPE HAD REJECTED (HENCE THE REFERENCE TO JONATHAN CAPE ON THE TITLE PAGE AND "FIRST PUBLISHED 1957" DATE ON COPYRIGHT PAGE - NOT FOUND ON THE LATER UK BOOK CLUB PRINTINGS), white endpapers, light blue boards with black lettering to spine, Published by Jonathan Cape at 13s 6d net on DJ front flap. Book has no creased page corners, squared outer page corners, slight dust soiling to outer page edges (no foxing/age darkening), no foxing to pages or endpapers, no former owner's markings or used book store stamps/stickers inside, endpapers are clean and free from scotch tape residue marks or other discoloration or erasures, no hinge splitting, no spine lean, no wear to board edges, corners or spine tips, bumped board corner, very slight handling soiling to boards, no wear to spine lettering, very slight spine sun darkening (common defect with this book even with a DJ). Dust Jacket has no chipping or tearing or creasing, virtually no wear to spine tips, no wear to front flap crease, no wear to left/right on spine, no edge wear, no foxing to panels, virtually no dust soiling to white rear panel, no staining or soiling, no color rubbing. Overall a VG+/FINE- book in N-FINE condition original dust jacket (not price clipped) of an Ian Fleming U.K. printing hardcover book. I have a number of other U.S. and U.K. Ian Fleming James Bond 1st printing hardcover appearances up for sale.
Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.
Ian Fleming. From Russia, With Love. The Book Club, 1957.
Price: US$211.34 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy of a book whose condition is often over-generously classified by sellers. This copy feels unread, to judge by the distinctive sound made by some of the pages as they are opened and turned. No markings to the text, there's a little bit of spotting in the front endpapers up to the start of Chapter One and a bit of spotting to the outer edges of the pages when viewed as a block, but otherwise the pages still look and feel tight and clean. The light blue boards are a little mottled. There's some minimal bumping to the bottom outer corners, a matter of millimetres, and there's a very minor bump at the top back corner of the spine and a little nudge to the outer edge of the front cover. The dust jacket is very good indeed, with only minimal edge wear and a small bit of bumping and creasing at the two bottom outer corners and the top back edge of the spine. There's some dust spotting along the top and bottom edges of the inner front flap, where it's not been sat flush against the body of the text, likewise on the back inner flap a bit more spotting. The book is undated, but presumed 1957 as the Jonathan Cape edition came out in April of that year. All in all, a nice copy of a famous book. Please take a look at the photos. Let's conclude with the final lines of the blurb: "Be careful of From Russia, With Love. Weak nerves will be shredded by it"
Seller: Wild & Homeless Books, Bridport, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. From Russia with Love [Reprint]. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1957.
Price: US$288.19 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1957. Reprinted. 253 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards with silver gun design to front and red lettering to spine. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper in pen. Minor brown marks to fore edge of text block. Text is unaffected. Boards have mild shelf wear with mild bumping. Minor crushing to spine ends with slight fraying. Faint white marks to rear board. Book has a slight forward lean.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. From Russia, With Love. Jonathan Cape, 1957.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second edition, suppled with a first edition facsimile dust jacket. The boards are shelf rubbed and edge worn, with the cloth slightly frayed in the corners and along the edges. Despite this, the boards remain strong and sturdy. Internally, there are a previous owner's stamp markings to the front end page, and there are closed tears to the inside edge of the last few pages. Despite this, there are no other markings or inscriptions, and the binding remains intact and secure. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Fleming, Ian. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. Custom Clamshell Case Only. London, [1957, Book Date]: Jonathan Cape, 1957. First Edition Clamshell Case. Excellent Custom Clamshell Case [Not A Book] For The First Edition. Elegant Black Nuba® & Fine Rose Cloth, Custom Gilt-Stamped at the spine. Embossed multi-layered, [sculpted] Rose & Revolver design on the side. Finished in black velour on the interior. A superb & unique protective clamshell case for the first edition of Fleming's fifth 007 novel. This case available in cloth or Nuba®. [A fine leather version also available. Please inquire about cost.] All 14 Fleming titles available individually. Full sets available.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957, 1957.
Price: US$352.24 + shipping
Description: [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, Second printing, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253; [3]. Publisher's black cloth-effect material over boards, blocked in silver and red metallic foil to spine and upper. Edges toned, spine text a little dulled, very good indeed. Provided with a later plain brown paper jacket with printed labels, made for ready-reference purposes. Jon Gilbert's file copy, with his pencilled notes and ownership signature to free endpaper. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert A5a (2).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. From Russia With Love Signed Sean Connery. Jonathan Cape, UK, 1957.
Price: US$493.13 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming Signed Sean Connery First Edition Second Impression Jonathan Cape 1957. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Lightly foxed edges and prelims (only). Covers are near fine. In a fine later state dust jacket (Octopussy and the Living Daylights listed on flap). Not price clipped and with no fading or toning to spine. SIGNED BY SEAN CONNERY to accompanying publicity photograph from the EON film of the same name.
Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$505.94 + shipping
Description: [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'A'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253 [3]. Publisher's black cloth-effect material over boards, blocked in silver and red metallic foil to spine and upper. With loose card stating that this was a copy retained by the printer. One of two small marks, covers lightly handled. Near fine. Gilbert A5a (1.1).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. From Russia With Love. Jonathan Cape, 1957.
Price: US$505.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First / First - Very Good + condition. Comes with Facsimile DJ. Internally bright and clean. Very good + . / tail of spine minor bumping. Minor spotting on 1/2 pages within book. Please see pictures. Overall a VG + + Copy.
Seller: William Collins Rare and Collectable Books, Grimsby, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. From Russia, With Love [1st Ed]. Jonathan Cape, London, 1957.
Price: US$529.36 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very solid copy of this genuine First Edition “007” book. First Printing [Jonathan Cape, London, 1957]; 254 pages; black cloth, red & silver titling to spine, gun & rose motif to front board, some light scratches to front board, couple of abrasions near base of spine, red lettering rubbed with minor loss, boards slightly bowed, the occasional grubby mark, an excellent copy; no dustjacket. The fifth “James Bond” book [arguably the best]. No previous ownership markings - collectible thus.
Seller: Orchard Bookshop [ANZAAB / ILAB], Adelaide, SA, Australia
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957, 1957.
Price: US$576.39 + shipping
Description: [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'A'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253 [3]. Publisher's black cloth-effect material over boards, blocked in silver and red metallic foil to spine and upper. Contents and edges very clean, neat ink ownership to f.e.p., two faint tape marks to same, binding is particularly fresh. A near fine copy without the wrapper. This entry in the legendary James Bond series is an absolute classic; 007 does battle with SMERSH, the Soviet organisation of vengeance, interrogation, torture and death, and in particular their fearsome executioner Red Grant. The novel appears on both lists [100 Greatest Mysteries] compiled by the Crime Writers' Association (UK) and the Mystery Writers' Organisation (America). Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A5a (1.1).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957, 1957.
Price: US$608.41 + shipping
Description: [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253; [3], blank. Elegantly hand-bound in black half calf over original foil-stamped cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, original cloth spine bound in at rear. A few very light reading marks within, exterior as new. A near fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. Jon Gilbert's copy, with his pencilled note and ownership signature to free endpaper. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. This entry in the legendary James Bond series is an absolute classic; 007 does battle with SMERSH, the Soviet organisation of vengeance, interrogation, torture and death, and in particular their fearsome executioner Red Grant. The novel appears on both lists [100 Greatest Mysteries] compiled by the Crime Writers' Association (UK) and the Mystery Writers' Organisation (America). Gilbert A5a (1).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. From Russia, With Love. Jonathan Cape, 1957.
Price: US$657.75 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st UK edition, 1st impression copy (1957) of Ian Fleming's James Bond spy thriller "From Russia, With Love". Gilbert A5a(1). In good condition with a sound binding and no marks to the text block. Original black cloth boards, title lettered in red with a silver gun and red rose motif embossed on the central front board. Mild foxing visible on text block edges and feps. A small rectangular bookseller's label on the bottom left of the front pastedown, otherwise a clean text block. Sound, square binding. No dustjacket.
Seller: Bois Books, Les Clayes sous Bois, YVELI, France
Price: US$736.50 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes, octavo. Original red and yellow illustrated wrappers, stapled as issued. No. 98 with half-page illustrated advertisement for the forthcoming From Russia, With Love book publication; no. 100 with a large selection of portraits of the contributors, including Ian Fleming and his brother Peter. Contents clean; no. 98 near-fine; no. 100 slightly rubbed and creased with shallow chip at foot of rear cover. First appearance in print of From Russia, With Love, the opening paragraphs of which are found in pp. 5-6 of no.98. A shorter selection from the introductory paragraphs was then reprinted in pp. 42-3 of no. 100. "Although dated 'Spring 1957' [no. 98] would have been available in advance of that issue's season, in this case late February/early March. This extract therefore represents the first appearance in print of any part of From Russia, With Love" (Gilbert). The Daily Express serialization and the book edition were both published in April later that year. These copies are from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), whose private collection of manuscripts, which span all cultures and all time periods, is one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. Gilbert, p. 162; The Schøyen Collection Nos. 36-7.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957, 1957.
Price: US$736.50 + shipping
Description: [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'B' (Linson cloth), bibliographer's copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253; [3]. Publisher's black cloth-effect material over boards, blocked in silver and red metallic foil to spine and upper. Boots 'Booklovers' Library copy with printed slip inserted, slightly shorter binding, green 'shield' label to upper, no d/j, likely as issued to Boots. A working copy with covers rubbed, lettering to spine dulled etc., provided with a later plain brown paper jacket with printed labels, made for ready-reference purposes. Jon Gilbert's file copy, with his pencilled notes and ownership signature to free endpaper. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert A5a (1.1).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957, 1957.
Price: US$736.50 + shipping
Description: [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253; [3]. Boots 'Booklovers' Library copy in their russet red bookcloth titled in black to the spine, green 'shield' device blocked to the upper (not a label), with metal eyelet to crown (these were hung on hooks for display, rather than shelved). This binding is slightly shorter than the Cape black cloth. There is no d/j, likely as issued to Boots. Housed in a custom-made clamshell box. Contents clean with no ink markings or stamps, a few reading marks within, declassification mark over shield and lower edge. Very good (binding is near fine). Jon Gilbert's file copy, with his pencilled note and ownership signature to free endpaper. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. The Boots binding variants are collectable, and much less common than the publisher's binding. Gilbert A5a (1.1).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. From Russia with Love. Jonathan Cape, 1957.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK edition, First Published 1957 stated on copyright page. Book very good, minor soiling on front cover and page edges, also minor foxing at page edges, corners bumped. Small bookstore stamp on rear paste-down. No dustjacket.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957, 1957.
Price: US$762.11 + shipping
Description: [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'A' (Fabroleen cloth), bibliographer's copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253; [3]. Publisher's black cloth-effect material over boards, blocked in silver and red metallic foil to spine and upper. ADVANCE COPY for Foyles' Library with their ink stamp to endpaper dated on publication, no d/j, likely as issued to Foyles. A working copy with associated handling and use, some copy editing, marks to endpapers, provided with a later plain brown paper jacket with printed labels, made for ready-reference purposes. Jon Gilbert's file copy, with his pencilled notes, bookplate and ownership signature to free endpaper. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. The date stamp reads "-8 -4 57"meaning this copy was received on, or more likely just prior, to publication. Gilbert A5a (1.1).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. From Russia, with Love. Jonathan Cape 1957, London, 1957.
Price: US$768.52 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: First edition, first issue. [10], 253 pp. Black hardback blocked in silver and red with gun and rose design to front board in illustrated dust jacket (not price clipped, 13s 6d), but rear flap trimmed and lined with a brown paper. Lacks front free endpaper. Wear, chipping, and staining to jacket and some wear to book spine ends. Ink marking to pastedown. Some foxing scattered throughout. Dust jacket thought of by Fleming himself and designed by Richard Chopping. The fifth James Bond novel by Ian Fleming, written in early 1956 in his estate in Jamaica. A poor copy. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. From Russia With Love. Jonathan Cape, 1957.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: true first edition. no other printings mentioned. black boards are shelf rubbed and there is a small repaired tear at the top of the spine. the book has a previous owner's neat signature. there is minor foxing and evidence of use. some light stains and a repaired tear. the original jacket is worn and marked. the edges are frayed and it is foxed and darkened. it is protected in cellophane. the jacket is not price-clipped.(R*). Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
FLEMING Ian. From Russia, With Love. FIRST ISSUE IN FULL MOROCCO. Jonathan Cape, [1957], 1957.
Price: US$855.62 + shipping
Description: 8vo., First Edition, First Issue; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, original backstrip together with silver-and-red motif from original board mounted on new and separate leaves at front, in custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the fifth James Bond novel. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. From Russia, With Love. Jonathan Cape, 1957.
Price: US$1003.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition, 1st printing. Decorative boards with gun and rose. Rear board has small chipped corner. Bookplate on front endpaper and name written on front free endpaper along with a couple stains. Text clean and unmarked. The binding is tight and square. In new facsimile dust jacket. Your satisfaction is guaranteed!
Seller: First Coast Books, Eatonton, GA, U.S.A.
FLEMING, Ian. From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957.
Price: US$1152.78 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression. 8vo. 253, (1) pp. Publisher's black cloth, with a silver gun and a red rose embossed on the upper cover, dust jacket, not price clipped. Dust jacket worn with splits and tears with significant older and newer repairs on the verso, the book itself very good. Gilbert, A5a, (1.1), binding A.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. From Russia With Love. Jonathan Cape, London UK, 1957.
Price: US$1216.82 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original black cloth boards with bright silver and red gilt illustration on the upper board. Previous owner's dated signature in ink on the front free page. The dust jacket has loss and wear to the extremities. Browning of the jacket and spine. Internal tape repairs.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. From Russia, with Love. Jonathan Cape 1957, London, 1957.
Price: US$1472.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first issue. [10], 253 pp. Black hardback blocked in silver and red with gun and rose design to front board in illustrated dust jacket (not price clipped, 13s 6d). A few spots to fore-edge. Jacket has some losses and tears; tanning to spine and light foxing and offsetting. Internally clean and bright. Dust jacket thought of by Fleming himself and designed by Richard Chopping. The fifth James Bond novel by Ian Fleming, written in early 1956 in his estate in Jamaica. Small 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. From Russia with Love. Jonathan Cape, 1957.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, First Published 1957 stated on copyright page. Book near fine, small bookstore sticker attached to front paste-down, former owner's name on front free end paper, minor foxing to top edge. Dust jacket very good, some wear, tanning to spine and top edges, some closed tears.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Fleming, Ian. From Russia, With Love - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Jonathan Cape, London, 1957.
Price: US$2230.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A handsome first Impression of the first edition in Very Near Fine condition in Very Good dust-wrapper showing original price of 13s 6d, slightly chipped along edges, some minor closed tears. Gilbert A5a.1.1; The fifth James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming and the second to star Sean Connery as "007", involved in a series of plots and counterplots between the British and the Russian intelligence agencies. It it the first novel in which Bond receives a gadget from Q-Branch. Considered the best Bond novel and best Bond movie by many fans and critics; 8vo ; 253, [3] pages
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). From Russia With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957, 1957.
Price: US$2241.51 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, BINDING A. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253; [3], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, blocked in silver and red metallic foil, pictorial dust-jacket by Richard Chopping. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A few small spot to top edge, binding quite fresh with bright lettering, dust-wrapper has benefited from some discreet professional restoration. Price clipped. Shows very well indeed. An attractive and affordable copy of the first edition. This entry in the legendary James Bond series is an absolute classic; 007 does battle with SMERSH, the Soviet organisation of vengeance, interrogation, torture and death, and in particular their fearsome executioner Red Grant. The novel appears on both lists [100 Greatest Mysteries] compiled by the Crime Writers' Association (UK) and the Mystery Writers Organisation (America). Gilbert, Jon. Ian Fleming: The Bibliography. A5a (1.1).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. From Russia with Love. Jonathan Cape, London UK, 1957.
Price: US$2305.55 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original black cloth boards with silver gilt and red imprinted illustration. Slight cocking of the book. Very clean covers with minimal wear. Very clean contents and end pages. Small mark on page 133 and 151. The dust jacket is price clipped. Clean covers with only lightly darkened spine colour. Wear to the folds and chipping on the corners with tiny loss. Very light spotting on the cover. 8vo 253pp.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. Jonathan Cape, London, 1957.
Price: US$2315.93 + shipping
Description: Pp. 254(last blank); cr. 8vo; black boards, lettered and decorated in silver & red, bottom fore-corner of upper board lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly worn, with small chips to flap fold extremities and small pieces torn from head and foot of backstrip; Cape, London, 1957. First edition, first impression, Binding A. Gilbert A5a(1.1).*The fifth Bond book, and the first to carry a Richard Chopping dust wrapper.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Ian Fleming. From Russia with Love. Jonathan Cape, London UK, 1957.
Price: US$2369.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy of Russia with Love with unclipped dust jacket. Original black cloth boards with bright gilt lettering and illustration. Tape residue on the paste downs and otherwise a clean copy. The bright dust jacket has minor internal repairs on the spine and fold ends. Light stains to the rear panel.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. From Russia With Love. Jonathan Cape, London, 1957.
Price: US$2881.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HARDBACK - A very good or better book bound in the publisher's black cloth boards with bright red lettering to the spine and silver gun and red rose motif to the front panel. Internally, the pages are clean and fresh with no signs of foxing or toning. The book is free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. The dust wrapper is also in very good or better condition with minor rubbing to the spine tips, with a small chip to the top left of the spine. None of the usual browning to the spine and with clean front and rear panels. Jonathan Cape have price clipped the dust wrapper and re-priced the wrapper with a printed price of 15s.net to the side of the clipping. We have handled a large number of these titles over the last twenty five plus years, but have never encountered a repriced first edition. It is unlikely to be a remaindered copy as the book sold extremely well, and is more likely to be a copy misplaced, then found in the Cape warehouse a year or two after publication and re offered for sale from 1960 onwards at a new increased price. A very nice copy in clean condition with all UK first edition points present.
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. From Russia With Love. Jonathan Cape, 1957.
Price: US$2950.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket has been professionally repaired along hinges and spine. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Fleming, Ian. From Russia With Love. Jonathan Cape; London, 1957.
Price: US$2950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition; First Published 1957 stated on copyright page. Book very good, repaired tear of front paste-down; minor foxing on front and rear free end papers, and rear paste-down, as well as top ends of pages. Dust jacket very good, repair of spine, hinges and tops of panels. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Fleming, Ian. From Russia, With Love. Jonathan Cape, 1957.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good first edition in a very good dust jacket, with First Published 1957 on the copyright page and original price still on front flap of the dust jacket. Comes in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
FLEMING Ian. From Russia with Love. , 1957.
Price: US$3202.16 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth, front cover centrally foil-stamped with a silver revolver in front of a metallic-red rose, spine lettered in silver and metallic-red, dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping. London, Jonathan Cape. A very good copy, wear to extremities of dust jacket, as well as along the joints of the spine and flaps, a few small chips to the joints, two short tears to the top of dust jacket spine, and top corners of flap joints. Jon Gilbert, Ian Fleming a Bibliography. A5a. (1.1).
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. From Russia with Love. Jonathan Cape, 1957.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good first edition (so stated on the copyright page) in a very good dust jacket with original price still present on the jacket. Previous owner's signature on the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
FLEMING, Ian. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. London: Jonathan Cape., 1957.
Price: US$3522.38 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with titles and rose design in silver and red to the upper board and spine, in the Richard Chopping illustrated dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The closed text block edge with just a couple of isolated foxing spots. Complete with the very good rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a couple of tiny chips at the fold corners but is otherwise unusually clean and bright. Not price-clipped (13s 6d net to the front flap). The fifth book in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. The first printing of the first edition was issued with a print-run of just 14,087 copies. [Gilbert A5a (1.1)] Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. From Russia, With Love. Jonathan Cape Ltd., London, 1957.
Price: US$3639.32 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition: octavo; hardcover, with silver-gilt spine titles and upper board decoration; 253pp. Mild wear; boards lightly rubbed; lower board a bit creased; spine heel lightly softened; text block edges lightly toned; previous owner's name in ink to the flyleaf. Price-clipped dustwrapper is lightly rubbed; some old tape stains to the flaps; now professionally protected by non-adhesive polypropylene wrap. Very good.
Seller: Morocco Books and Collectibles, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957, 1957.
Price: US$3650.46 + shipping
Description: [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'A'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253 [3]. Publisher's black cloth-effect material over boards, blocked in silver and red metallic foil to spine and upper. With the PROOF-STATE dust-jacket, illustrated by Richard Chopping, priced at 13/6. Pencil name to flyleaf, otherwise contents clean. Jacket shows general wear, with some chips and tears to edges, toning and rubbing to spine, and adhesion marks to reverse offset from an old jacket sleeve. Housed in a bespoke black cloth clamshell to a uniform design by Jon Gilbert. Proof-state jackets have square corners to the flaps. Scarce thus. This entry in the legendary James Bond series is an absolute classic; 007 does battle with SMERSH, the Soviet organisation of vengeance, interrogation, torture and death, and in particular their fearsome executioner Red Grant. The novel appears on both lists [100 Greatest Mysteries] compiled by the Crime Writers' Association (UK) and the Mystery Writers' Organisation (America). Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A5a (1.1).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. From Russia With Love. Jonathan Cape; London, 1957.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition; First Published 1957 stated on copyright page. Book fine, small bookstore sticker attached to lower corner of front paste-down. Dust jacket very good; some chipping at corners and spine ends, and wear at hinges. Flap price 13s. 6d. net. Housed in a foldout case.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Fleming, Ian. From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first impression in Gilbert's Binding A (no priority determined), with "the sexuality" on page 18, line 1, and "ice twinkled" on page 136, line 8. Publisher's black cloth, centrally stamped with a silver revolver in front of a metallic-red rose with a silver stem, lettered in silver and red to spine; in the original pictorial dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping with the illustration of a sawn-off Smith & Wesson revolver placed across a red rose to front panel. About near fine book with light soiling to front board and front edge of text block; in a very good unclipped dust jacket with light toning to spine, some wear to spine joints and spine ends, small closed tear to top of rear panel. Overall, a bright and lovely copy. Gilbert A5a (1.1). From Russia, With Love has an archetypal Cold War plotline in which the democratic West must defend itself from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In this novel, Bond faces SMERSH, the Russian counter-intelligence agency whose acronymic name stems from the Russian phrase "Death to Spies!" SMERSH seeks to undermine the British intelligence service by killing one of their 00 agents, and they have chosen James Bond as their target victim. From Russia, With Love introduces two of the most memorable female Russian spies: the glamorous seductress Tatiana Romanova, who baited womanizer 007 into SMERSH'S clutches, and Rosa Klebb, the Head of SMERSH's department of operations. Klebb possesses one of the more unique weapons in the Bond series: poison-dipped daggers that shoot out from her shoes. From Russia, With Love is largely considered to mark the turning point in Fleming's career as a successful writer.
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$4162.81 + shipping
Description: [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, First Impression, Binding A, an ASSOCIATION COPY. Pp.253. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping. This is the personal copy of John Alden, founder and chairman of The Alden Press (Oxford) Limited, the printer of this and many James Bond titles, and is accompanied by a statement to this effect signed by his son and heir. A fine association. A used copy but with no significant defects; jacket darkened to spine, rubbed to joints with some chips and tears. Housed in a bespoke black cloth clamshell to a uniform design by Gilbert. Provenance: William Alden, by descent. Gilbert A5a (1.1).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957, 1957.
Price: US$4483.02 + shipping
Description: [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'A'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253; [3], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, blocked in silver and red metallic foil, pictorial dust-jacket by Richard Chopping. Discreet ownership beneath flap, jacket slightly toned to extremities with a few small nicks and rubs. Housed in a bespoke black cloth clamshell to a uniform design by Gilbert. This entry in the legendary James Bond series is an absolute classic; 007 does battle with SMERSH, the Soviet organisation of vengeance, interrogation, torture and death, and in particular their fearsome executioner Red Grant. The novel appears on both lists [100 Greatest Mysteries] compiled by the Crime Writers' Association (UK) and the Mystery Writers' Organisation (America). Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A5a (1.1).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. From Russia With Love. London Jonathan Cape 1957, 1957.
Price: US$4483.02 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Published by Jonathan Cape, London, in 1957. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper is finely illustrated by Richard Chopping. It suffers from some separation and rubbing at the top right-hand corners and spine tips, with some slight toning to the top edge also present. It has been neatly price clipped at all four corners. The boards are in fine condition, with no notable chips and marks to note, aside from a very slight lean. The red embossed title on the spine is bright, and the gun and rose motif is bright and glistening. This is free from previous owner's ink. The text blocks are generally clean, but have some rare instances of marking present. Overall, this is a stunning surviving copy from the original 15,000 printed in 1957 and is in very good condition. The fifth title in the James Bond series. Gilbert A5A
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. From Russia, With Love by Ian Fleming, First Edition, 1957. Jonathan Cape, 1957.
Price: US$5500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fleming, Ian. From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. First edition. Octavo. Rebound in full black calf leather, with custom gilt and red gun and rose embossed stamp to front, gilt tooling and titles to spine, and matching black quarter leather and red cloth archival clamshell. In From Russia, With Love, James Bond must recover a stolen Soviet encryption device from SMERSH. Fleming considered this in many ways his best work. In 1961, President Kennedy named it among his ten favorite books, "JFK's seal of approval was just the fillip that Viking, Ian's new [American] publishers, needed for his books to take off in the United States" (Lycett, 383). In very good condition. Octavo. Specially bound one-off presentation of Fleming's fifth Bond book. The book features full black calf leather boards with a custom gilt and red embossed rose and gun on the front board, as well as gilt titles, tooling, and raised bands to the spine. It is housed in a stunning, matching leather and cloth clamshell with raised bands and gilt tooling and titles on the spine. Internally, the original first edition pages are very clean, without marks, tears or any stains. Dimensions: Book: 7 3/4" H x 5 1/4" W x 1" D. Clamshell: 9" H x 6 1/4" W x 1 3/4" D.
Seller: The Great Republic, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
IAN FLEMING. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. JONATHAN CAPE, 1957.
Price: US$5995.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing Near fine/fine crisp book with stunning, bright, fine/near fine dust jacket. Original near fine/fine crisp black covered boards with a silver gun and red rose to the front of the boards. Vibrant red titles to spine, with but a hint of oxidation. The book has square boards with sharp corners. The boards are clean with no edgewear with a tight and square binding. The end papers are clean with no owner names, no book plates. The internal pages are bright, clean and flat with crisp pages with No marks, No inscriptions, No stains, No bent pages and No foxing. Beautiful bright clean book, internally appearing as unread. Please see images for details. The original first edition dust jacket is in beautiful, bright fine/near fine condition for this title having benefited from very slight restoration by an expert paper conservator to the outer spine tips. This jacket is usually found in poor condition with large chips, and badly damaged and sunned (darkened) spines, and often large chunks of the spine completely missing. The colors tones of this jacket are usually bright. No darkening to the spine as is otherwise common with this jacket. The jacket has no chips, no tears, no rubbing, no stains, no foxing, no darkening, and no edgewear. The jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of 13s. 6d. net. Please see the many detailed images. A superb collectors copy of this scarce Fleming title. Presents well on the shelf.ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other James Bond/Ian Fleming titles.
Seller: Meier And Sons Rare Books, New Canaan, CT, U.S.A.
FLEMING, Ian.. From Russia, With Love.. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957, 1957.
Price: US$6404.32 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, of the fifth novel in the James Bond series. A film adaptation starring Sean Connery was produced in 1963. This is the first of Fleming's novels for which Richard Chopping designed the jacket - as he would for virtually all the subsequent Bond books. Gilbert A5a (1.1). Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in silver and red, revolver and rose motif to front cover in silver and red. With dust jacket. Spine ends bumped; jacket lightly soiled, lower edge slightly trimmed, a few tiny nicks to extremities, small abrasion to rear panel, unclipped: a very good copy in good jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. From Russia With Love - AN ORIGINAL PAINTING BY KENNETH LEWIS. Jonathan Cape, 1957.
Price: US$7678.78 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: An superb original painting by the late artist Kenneth Lewis of From Russia with Love. Kenneth Lewis was commissioned to paint a handful of paintings of his rejected dust jacket back in 2004, that were pre sold to clients. Mr Lewis was handed a Smith and Wesson gun by Ian Fleming and asked to design a dust wrapper with the gun as a centre piece whilst working at the Kemsley Press. Mr Lewis's painting, although liked by Ian Fleming, was subsiquently rejected by Fleming in favour of Richard Chopping's Tromp L'oeil design. The rose through the gun was kenneth Lewis's idea, which was liked by Fleming who asked chopping to incorporate it in his design. The jacket is painted on a matt green background The painting's is in the shape of a dust wrapper with a blank rear panel and flaps, with the exception of Kenneth Lewis's signature to the front flap. The picture is superbly framed with a Cape copy of From Russia with Love incorporated into the picture and framing.
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957, 1957.
Price: US$8645.83 + shipping
Description: [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. An unusual pre-publication association/presentation copy with signed inscription by Ian Fleming's literary editor William Plomer to A. Franklyn. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253; [3]. Publisher's black cloth-effect material over boards, blocked in silver and red metallic foil to spine and upper. Binding 'A' (Fabroleen cloth), pictorial jacket by Richard chopping in final proof state with unclipped corners. Inscribed on 6th April (pencilled by the owner), two days before the date of release. Some spotting to edges and first and final gatherings, externally fine. Very good, similarly used jacket supplied, with chip to crown. William Plomer (1903-73), was a senior reader at Jonathan Cape Ltd., and one of Fleming's most trusted friends. He was instrumental in getting Casino Royale published and read and advised on each successive Fleming manuscript. He was unofficially Fleming's Editor-in Chief, and the novel Goldfinger is dedicated to him [Gilbert, p.650]. This copy was later part of the comprehensive James Bond collection of bibliographer Jon Gilbert, with accompanying provenance. Gilbert A5a (1.1).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. From Russia with Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957, 1957.
Price: US$11000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Very Good. Jonathan Cape, 1957. 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 and silver gilded gun/rose on front board and title on spine. Dustjacket complete, with small chips at top spine and corners, closed tears at spine edges, sligthly darkening of spine, original price of 13s. 6d. net present on front flap and back flap. A very nice copy. Photos available. $11,000
Seller: E. B. Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Fleming, Ian. From Russia With Love - SIGNED by Richard Chopping. London Jonathan Cape 1957, 1957.
Price: US$12168.21 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Published by Jonathan Cape, London, in 1957. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper is finely illustrated by Richard Chopping and SIGNED by him with full name (Richard.W. Chopping) to the front end-flap. The very good dust wrapper is not price clipped and has some internal repair with chipping to the extremities - two thin stains to the rear panel. The boards are in very good condition, with no notable chips and marks to note, aside from a very slight lean. The red embossed title on the spine is bright, and the gun and rose motif is bright and glistening. This is free from previous owner's ink. The text blocks are generally clean, but have some rare instances of spotting present. In clamshell box Richard Chopping illustrated nine dust-jackets in Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, starting with From Russia, With Love. His covers are instantly recognisable for their trompe-l'il style and use of tea chest font. The fifth title in the James Bond series. Gilbert A5A
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Price: US$35223.75 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: HARDBACK - A near fine or better book bound in the publisher's black cloth boards. There is a hint of fading to the red lettering to the spine, else a lovely book, free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. The proof dust wrapper is in truly fine condition. The Chopping artwork to the front panel and to the spine is identical to that of the published trade version. The blurb to the front flap is identical to the first Cape edition with the exception of no publisher's printed price on the proof copy. The rear panel and the rear flap are both blank. The dust wrapper was formerly owned by the late Richard Chopping whose signature can be found at the base of the front flap. All corners are square and have not been clipped. The proof dust wrapper is slightly larger than the book it covers. Exceptionally uncommon in proof dust wrapper.
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. From Russia, With Love.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1957.
Price: US$48000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first state of the fifth James Bond novel and what Fleming considered one of his best books and listed in Life magazine as one of US President John F. Kennedy's top ten favorite books. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt rose and gun emblem to the front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Dan from Ian Fleming." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped first issue dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Uncommon signed. "Described in the Times Literary Supplement as most brilliant, the book was a great commercial success and helped to launch Fleming as a best-selling novelist It ended with Bond seriously wounded and nearly killed by fugu poison from the sex organs of the Japanese globe-fish While the ending was not quite Sherlock Holmes and his apparently fatal last struggle with evil at the Reichenbach Falls, Fleming had provided himself with an opportunity to remove his hero. He was not, however, to take it. There was public agitation when 007 was reported dead. Bond was irreplaceable" (Black, 27, 30). "This is a very highly sought after title, as it is generally considered the best novel in the series and the best of the movies, as well" (Biondi & Pickard, 44). Made into the 1964 film of the same title with Sean Connery as Bond and Lotte Lenya as ex-KGB agent Rosa Klebb.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
FLEMING, Ian.. From Russia, With Love.. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957, 1957.
Price: US$48032.39 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to the eminent photographer, "To Erich Hartmann from his impatient patient. Ian Fleming". The recipient, Erich Hartmann (1922-1999), was the head of Magnum Photo, who "throughout his career, pursued many long-term personal projects, and photographic interpretations with literary echoes: 'Shakespeare's England', 'Joyce's Dublin', 'Thomas Hardy's Wessex'" (Magnum, online article), and took a series of photographs of his friend, Ian Fleming. This is the fifth novel in the James Bond series. A film adaptation starring Sean Connery was produced in 1963. This is the first of Fleming's novels for which Richard Chopping designed the jacket - as he would for virtually all the subsequent Bond books. Gilbert A5a (1.1). Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine and revolver and rose motif to front cover in metallic red and silver. With dust jacket. Housed in a black quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Very slight lean to spine, else firm and clean; jacket bright, with very light rubbing, and very light nibbling at extremities discreetly reinforced with archival tape on verso, price intact. A near-fine copy in very good jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. From Russia, With Love.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1957.
Price: US$75000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first state of the fifth James Bond novel and what Fleming considered one of his best books and listed in Life magazine as one of US President John F. Kennedy's top ten favorite books. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt rose and gun emblem to the front panel. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Una who will at last get to the end! from Ian Fleming." The recipient, Una Trueblood, whose surname was later appropriated by Fleming for the character of Mary Trueblood in Dr. No. Una started working in 1948 at Kemsley Newspapers and The Sunday Times where she was soon appointed secretary to Ian Fleming, where he worked throughout the 1950s. She recalled that Fleming "always said he only wrote Casino Royale, the first Bond book, because he was on the plane to Jamaica and he read such a bad, boring thriller that he thought he could do better himself." He would write the Bond novels during his annual stays at Goldeneye, his home in Jamaica, thereafter sending the manuscript to Una for typing up. The character in Dr. No named after Una is Mary Trueblood, secretary to John Strangways, the head of the British Secret Service's Caribbean station, a position echoing that of Una to Fleming. Mary however met a gruesome end, stabbed to death. Recalling a visit to Una made in 2008 the writer Adam Thorpe noted that "The fictional Mary Trueblood has many features in common with her real-life namesake; she's described in Dr No (1958) as "elegant" (three times), "pretty" and a "good-looker." Near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. An exceptional association copy. "Described in the Times Literary Supplement as most brilliant, the book was a great commercial success and helped to launch Fleming as a best-selling novelist It ended with Bond seriously wounded and nearly killed by fugu poison from the sex organs of the Japanese globe-fish While the ending was not quite Sherlock Holmes and his apparently fatal last struggle with evil at the Reichenbach Falls, Fleming had provided himself with an opportunity to remove his hero. He was not, however, to take it. There was public agitation when 007 was reported dead. Bond was irreplaceable" (Black, 27, 30). "This is a very highly sought after title, as it is generally considered the best novel in the series and the best of the movies, as well" (Biondi & Pickard, 44). Made into the 1964 film of the same title with Sean Connery as Bond and Lotte Lenya as ex-KGB agent Rosa Klebb.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.