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Price: US$399.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: NOTE THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGE SINCE THIS IS A SET OF 9 BOOKS. 9 IAN FLEMING UK HARDCOVERS PUBLISHED BY JONATHAN CAPE: DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (7th printing 1974), DR. NO (9th printing 1973), GOLDFINGER (6th printing 1965), THUNDERBALL (4th printing 1974), THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (7th printing 1965), ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (2nd printing 1963), and YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (2nd printing April 1964), black boards with impressed/gilt designs on front boards & spines, books comes with color fascimiles of the UK 1st issue dust jackets. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE: Book nice with no creased page corners, no markings inside, no staining to boards, no bumped board corners, no wear/oxidizing to gilt lettering to spine. THRILLING CITIES: Book very nice no creased page corners, no markings inside, no staining to board. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE: book decent with creased page corners, no markings inside, wear to spine tips, no staining to boards, hint of wear to gilt lettering to spine. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME: Book okay with creased page corners, ffe removed, no markings inside, no staining to boards. THUNDERBALL: Book is ex-library stamp to copyright page and ffe partially glued down to inside front board otherwise no other library markings, creased page corners, no other markings inside, shelf wear to bottom spine tip, no staining to boards. GOLDFINGER: Book ex-library w/stamp to ffe & copyright page no other library markings, creased page corners, no markings inside, slight shelf wear to spine tips. DR. NO: Book is ex-library with stamp to copyright page and pre-title page, ffe removed no other library markings, creased page corners, no markings inside, scotch tape residue marks to inside boards. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER: Book is decent with just a few creased page corners, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, former owner's bookplate to ffe (appears to be covering a stamp) with tiny white out mark at bottom on ffe & check marks to some of the Fleming titles to left of title page, no other former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps/stickers inside, white binder's tape to rear internal hinge, no wear to board edges or board corners, hint of wear to spine tips, no soiling or staining to boards, no bumped board corners, no wear/oxidizing to gilt lettering to spine. MOONRAKER: Book is very nice apparent ex-library with free endpapers removed otherwise no other library markings - just a couple of creased page corners, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no ther former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps/stickers inside, scotch tape residue line marks to inside boards, no internal hinge splitting, no wear to board edges or board corners, or spine tips, no soiling or staining to boards, no bumped board corners, no wear/oxidizing to gilt lettering to spine.
Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). Live and Let Die. London: Jonathan Cape, 1959, 1959.
Price: US$450.89 + shipping
Description: [Thriller] Sixth printing, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.240; [2], blank. Original black cloth-effect paper over boards with gilt-embossed coin motif to upper cover, lettered in gilt to the spine. Gilt dulled as usual else a fine copy, 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 f.e.p. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert A2a (6).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. Jonathan Cape, 1959.
Price: US$1481.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1959 impression in near fine condition, there is a neat previous owner inscription to the front endpage, no other markings, pages clean, binding firm. The jacket has some very minor chipping to extremities. the page block is remarkably clean, it appears the the book has only been read once. please see pics.
Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom
Fleming (Ian). Goldfinger.. Jonathan Cape, 1959.
Price: US$1932.39 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, full-page map, faint handling mark to verso of Contents page, pp. 320, crown 8vo, original black boards, backstrip lettered in gilt with slight lean to spine, upper board with skull design blocked in blind and gilt, edges slightly toned, contemporary ownership inscription to flyleaf, a couple of light handling marks to fore-margin of free endpapers, dustjacket with a Richard Chopping design, very faint pink mark to fore-margin of front panel, a couple of tiny spots to top corner of same, light vertical crease to inner margin of front panel, backstrip panel slightly chipped at ends and a little darkened at foot, a few very faint spots to rear panel and to flaps, very good. An excellent copy. (Gilbert A7a(1.2))
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
Price: US$2125.63 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Iconic Set complete in 14 Hardback volumes. 8vo. Adorned with the most attractive un-price-clipped pictorial Dust Wrappers. Comprising four First Editions (Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, The Man With The Golden Gun and Octopussy and The Living Daylights) and ten early reprints. Together with a 1966 First Panther paperback of For Bond Lovers Only. Condition is Good to Near Fine. Some little chipping to the odd jacket and some mild foxing in places but overall a Most Attractive and now hard to assemble set. (extra postage required for overseas shipping)
Seller: HALEWOOD AND SONS ABA ILAB Est. 1867., PRESTON, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian. LIVE AND LET DIE. London: Jonathan Cape., 1959.
Price: US$10950.24 + shipping
Description: Sixth printing of the 1954 first edition. Signed by Ian Fleming. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A superb near fine, clean, bright and tight copy, the lightest of bumping to the spine tips, the contents complete and without foxing. With the "Four Oaks Farm" bookplate of film producer Stan Meyer to the front free endpaper. Complete with the very good rubbed and nicked original dustwrapper which has a small chip to the bottom of the spine where it meets the back panel, which is a little dusty. Not price-clipped; 15s net. Signed by the author in blue ink on the front free endpaper. Provenance: From the library of Stanley and Dodo Meyer. Stanley Meyer, a producer at Warner Brothers, had in 1956 expressed an interest in buying an option on Live and Let Die and Moonraker. At the time of presentation he was producer and co-owner of the legendary Dragnet, the most successful police series on US television. 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
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). Live and Let Die. London: Jonathan Cape. 1959, 1959.
Price: US$10950.24 + shipping
Description: [Spy thriller] AN INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY. Sixth printing. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.240. Publisher's black, gilt-embossed cloth-effect paper over boards, in purple dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author to the flyleaf. This copy is from the library of Stan Meyer, with his ownership plate to the endpaper. Minor wear, a little bumped, jacket with some wear to extremities, rubbed to joints. Very good. Meyer was the film producer responsible for 'Dragnet', the most successful police series on US television, and had an interest in acquiring the early James Bond titles for the big screen. Fleming first met him in August 1954 and presented an inscribed American first edition of Casino Royale (this copy previously sold through our offices). Although no film deal was forthcoming, the pair became friends and a character in the third book 'Moonraker' (Drax's card-playing partner Max Meyer), was named in his honour. They kept in contact and Meyer received several signed Fleming titles over the next few years. An important copy. See Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, pages 47, 90, 666.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom