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Price: US$159.26 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'A'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine, in original jacket designed by Richard Chopping priced at 16s. A used copy/collection filler. Book has soiling to fore-edge, blue ink inscription to flyleaf with 'Please return' messages, jacket with chips and tears, similarly worn/soiled to fore-edge. An inexpensive copy of the first edition in jacket. Published in 1963, this is the second part of a collection of James Bond books that has become known as the 'Blofeld' trilogy, sitting between Thunderball (1961) and You Only Live Twice (1964). The title was filmed by Eon Productions in 1969, starring George Lazenby as 007, Diana Rigg as Tracy and Telly Savalas as Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A11a (1.1).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. Live and Let Die. Jonathan Cape, 1963.
Price: US$170.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 9th edition. the original jacket is shelf worn and it is a little marked. there are a few small tears but it still presents well in cellophane.the book has library markings and a pocket etc. there is a small 'd' on the spine of the jacket the binding is excellent. the book is a touch cocked that should correct in time. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Fleming (Ian). Thrilling Cities.. Jonathan Cape, 1963.
Price: US$299.40 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, 82 illustrations from photographs, erratum slip tipped in at page 223, pp. 223, 8vo, original quarter white buckram with grey boards, backstrip lettered in gilt with a touch of spotting at head, top edge black, dustjacket price-clipped, the backstrip panel just a shade faded (i.e., less than usual) with a touch of rubbing at head, very good. A travel book 'through a thriller-writer's eye'. (Gilbert A16A 1.1)
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian. THRILLING CITIES. London: Jonathan Cape, 1963.
Price: US$318.51 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, first printing, in the first state dust-jacket with laminated rear flap. 224 pages. 48 pages of b/w photographs. Original marbled-effect boards with white cloth spine, gilt lettered and ruled; top edge stained black; with the unclipped dust-jacket by Paul Davis. Jacket rather faded along the spine, slightly rubbed at edges, and with a few lights spot of foxing on the flaps. Errata slip tipped in at page 223, as required. No old inscriptions or other internal markings. The author of the James Bond novels describes the cities in the world he finds the most exciting, many of which featured in his 007 stories: Hong Kong, Macao, Tokyo, Honolulu, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, Geneva, Naples, Monte Carlo. The book was published just after On Her Majesty s Secret Service and before You Only Live Twice.
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian.. On Her Majesty's Secret Service.. , 1963.
Price: US$396.47 + shipping
Description: London: Jonathan Cape, (1963). 8vo. Orig. cloth-effect papered boards with ski-trail blocked in white on front cover, and silver title to spine. In price-clipped illust. dustjacket (top of spine chipped). (288pp.). 1st edition. Fine in its rather nice original dustjacket designed by Richard Chopping. NOTE: The second of the series of Bond novels known as the 'Blofeld' trilogy (falling between Thunderball and You Only Live Twice). The 1969 film of the same name, starring George Lazenby, was voted the 'Greatest Bond Movie' by 007 Magazine (Summer 2012).
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Fleming (Ian). On Her Majesty's Secret Service.. Jonathan Cape, 1963.
Price: US$732.57 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, a couple of faint spots to final text-page, pp. 288, crown 8vo, original black boards, lettering on backstrip in silver and design to upper board in white, slight lean to spine, top corners gently knocked, edges faintly spotted, neat ownership inscription to flyleaf, a couple of faint spots to endpapers, dustjacket by Richard Chopping, slightly browned around the backstrip panel, tocuh of creasing to margin of front panel, a couple of miniscule nicks, very good. (Gilbert A11(1.1))
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. Jonathan Cape, 1963.
Price: US$732.57 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Eight impression from 1963 in fine condition, no markings, pages clean, binding firm, the jacket is also in remarkably good condition, now in removable protective sleeve.
Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom
Price: US$955.53 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'A'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine, in original jacket designed by Richard Chopping priced at 16s. Small, neat owner name, slightly dusty, jacket is rather fresh with a little rubbing to centre of front panel. A pleasing copy. Published in 1963, this is the second part of a collection of James Bond books that has become known as the 'Blofeld' trilogy, sitting between Thunderball (1961) and You Only Live Twice (1964). The title was filmed by Eon Productions in 1969, starring George Lazenby as 007, Diana Rigg as Tracy and Telly Savalas as Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A11a (1.1).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$3503.62 + shipping
Description: [Spy novels] 14 volumes. Later printings, in a similar format to the first printings. Octavos (20 x 14 x 36cm). Publisher's hardbacks in original illustrated dust-jackets. All Cape printings (the original publisher of the James Bond novels), the final three titles being first impressions. A uniform set which shows well. No owner inscriptions or ink names, some light edge spotting to a few volumes, jackets generally bright and fresh with minor wear only, three titles are price clipped (OHMSS, YOLT, OCT), three are re-priced by Cape (DAF, FYEO, SPY), 'Live and Let Die' jacket is laminated, some wear/rubs to inside gutter, 'Spy' has a Bond film-related news-clipping to endpaper, overall gently aged and generally quite fresh. An attractive vintage set; with early hardcovers much in demand, and many being destined for the library system, this series is becoming rather difficult to assemble in decent order.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$15925.53 + shipping
Description: Collection of 19 letters comprising original typescript and carbon copies. Housed in pink foolscap folder. A fine set. Archive of correspondence between Jonathan Cape, the publisher of Fleming's Bond series, and the author's favoured typist Jean Frampton. The papers mainly consist of friendly professional letters, telegrams, notes and postcards concerning Frampton's employment and also contains some significant early material, kept by Frampton as recycled scrap paper. The main body of correspondence is between Frampton and Isabel Ross, Editorial Manager at Jonathan Cape, concerning Frampton's work to re-type the 1965 critical analysis The James Bond Dossier by Kingsley Amis, and the first post-Fleming Bond continuation novel, Colonel Sun published in 1968, also by Amis under the pseudonym Robert Markham. The archive also includes some noteworthy early Fleming material; some of the typist's retained letters were typed on the verso side of some previously-used Fleming and Bond typescripts which, given the errors shown, were early discarded versions but kept by Frampton as scrap paper. Included here is: an original typed page of Thrilling Cities, a carbon typescript with the three-line Basho poem from You Only Live Twice, typescript sheets from You Only Live Twice, a typesheet from The Man with the Golden Gun, a typesheet from The James Bond Dossier and three sheets from Colonel Sun. The complete collection comprises 19 items as follows: i-iii) Three typed letters signed from Isabel Ross to Jean Frampton. iv-viii) Five retained carbon copies from Frampton to Ross, with Colonel Sun typescripts to the verso. ix) A handwritten postcard from Ross to Frampton regarding the "urgent job" of typing The James Bond Dossier. x) Compliments slip from Ross to Frampton, enclosed with The James Bond Dossier manuscript sheet. xi) A telegram from Frampton to Ross confirming the receipt of the "first parcel" of a manuscript. xii) A proof of postage receipt for typing returned to Jonathan Cape at the publisher's headquarters at 30 Bedford Square (likely The Man with the Golden Gun, or The James Bond Dossier copies). xiii) Colonel Sun typesheet (a portion only). xiv) An invoice from Frampton to Jonathan Cape for typing an "essay on Ian Fleming" (later published as The James Bond Dossier by Kingsley Amis). xv) A single full-page carbon sheet for the opening chapter of Thrilling Cities, backed by an unrelated letter addressed to a Mr Morris. xvi) A single typescript topsheet for The Man with the Golden Gun, backed by an unrelated letter addressed to a Mr Rae. xvii) Carbon typescript sheet from You Only Live Twice, backed by an unrelated letter addressed to the English poet and author Laurence Whistler xviii) Carbon typescript sheet from You Only Live Twice, backed by an unrelated letter addressed to Laurence Whistler xix) Carbon typescript sheet from You Only Live Twice, on the reverse side of an unrelated letter addressed to a Mrs Bridge. The Schøyen Collection No. 225.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$18792.12 + shipping
Description: Reissue (the first edition with Ian Fleming's introduction). A rare inscribed presentation copy from Ian Fleming to Paul Gallico. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Aedwyn Darroll illustrated dustwrapper. Top edge orange. An excellent near fine copy, the binding firm and the cloth and gilt fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps, the top edge with a few foxing spots. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper that is ever so slightly faded to the spine but otherwise without loss or tears. Not price-clipped (16s net to the front flap). Housed in a bespoke, quarter black morocco solander case. Inscribed by Ian Fleming in blue ball point pen on the front endpaper "To Paul / With much / affection for / 1963 / from / Ian". 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, and is quoted in print on the front flap of the dustwrapper of the first American edition. Jonathan Cape first published this "brilliant tour de force" and favourite novel of Ian Fleming in 1933. Soon forgotten by the wider public and unable to locate a copy himself, Fleming requested the Cape file copy in order to re-read it. The result was an enthusiastic and determined recommendation to his publisher that the unjustly neglected novel be re-published. The re-issue, for which Fleming contributes a 14 page introduction was published on the 28th January 1963 in an edition of just 2,763 copies. Jon Gilbert in his comprehensive, award winning bibliography of Ian Fleming states "There appear to be very few presentation copies of this novel given out by Fleming". Ivar Bryce, another close friend of Ian Fleming in "You Only Live Once" (1975, page 142) makes reference to his own similarly inscribed copy and one would assume that Cape head Michael Howard would have also been a recipient; however this example remains to date the only example we have seen or had the pleasure of cataloguing. [Gilbert B5a (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