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FLEMING, Ian. Live and Let Die. Macmillan, New York, 1955.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Duodecimo. 5.25 x 7.5 in. 216 pp. Very good in the original navy cloth boards with a firm binding and bright titling, and a fair illustrated dust jacket that has the price listed, but has significant tears and chips throughout. A prior owner's book plate appears on the front free endpaper. The interior covers and endpapers have toning from the jacket flaps while the pages remain clean and free of foxing. Stated "First Printing" of Fleming's second Bond novel.

Seller: Bagatelle Books, IOBA, Asheville, NC, U.S.A.

FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). Live and Let Die. New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1955, 1955.

Price: US$454.84 + shipping

Description: [Thriller] FIRST US EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.216. Bound in original blue cloth lettered in yellow to the backstrip, upper cover blocked with 'Cock Robin Thriller' device. A working copy with associated handling and use, some copy editing, offset browning to half title, joints rubbed, worn at crown. Jon Gilbert's file copy, with his pencilled notes and ownership signature. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. The second James Bond novel. At 5,000 copies, this is actually less common that the UK first impression. Gilbert A2b(1).

Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom

Fleming, Ian. Live and Let Die. Macmillan, New York, 1955.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Stated First Printing (1st US). 216 pp. Hardcover, bound in blue boards with dust jacket. Moderate edge-wear, the jacket rubbed with creases along the spine at the fold and the head of the spine; small marginal stains on several early leaves and a touch of foxing on the endpapers.

Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.

FLEMING, IAN. LIVE AND LET DIE. NEW YORK NY MACMILLAN CO (THE) PUB 1955., 1955.

Price: US$550.00 + shipping

Description: NF/VG+. AUTHOR'S SECOND BOOK/ A COCK ROBIN THRILLER BOOK IS VERY NICE WITH SOME SCATTERED DARK SPOTTING OF THE DARK BLUE CLOTH DUE TO FOXING WITH THE UPPER CORNER OF THE HALF-TITLE CLIPPED. D.J. HAS SOME LIGHT WEAR AT THE CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS WITH SOME LIGHT FOXING OF THE WHITE AREAS, A LIGHT STAIN ON THE REAR PANEL, AND CORNERS OF THE FRONT FLAP PRICE-CLIPPED. AN ATTRACTIVE COPY OF A VERY SCARCE BOOK. Binding is FIRST PRINTING.

Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.

Fleming Ian. Live and Let Die US 1st. Macmillan New York, 1955.

Price: US$636.78 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First USA Edition, First Impression 1955, Original black cloth, gilt motif to upper cover, tiny stamp "50" to top and bottom edges of textblock, else Fine. Dust-jacket price clipped (though still retaining the price of $3) Small stain to inner edge of rear flap (photo). No ownership markings. In a protective acetate. Very Good collector's copy, presents very well on the shelf.

Seller: Finecopy, Westbury, WILTS, United Kingdom

Fleming Ian. Live and Let Die. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1955.

Price: US$648.00 + shipping

Description: Nice copy of first printing in dark gray textured cloth and gold stmaping to spine and front board. Unmarked, tight and square with first printing stated on copyright page. Jacket has light soiling to back panel but no tears, chips or creases. Spine of jacket has moderate edgewear to spine ends with minimal paper loss. Author's second Bond adventure is scarce and even more so in this condtion. Jacket design by Leo Manso. Front flap of jacket has price intact but two additional clips that is common in the book, one of which was publishers indecision on which price it would have. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.

FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). Live and Let Die. New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1955, 1955.

Price: US$903.18 + shipping

Description: [Thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.216. Bound in original blue cloth lettered in yellow to the backstrip, upper cover blocked with 'Cock Robin Thriller' device, in the pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Leo Manso, priced at $3.00 with other prices clipped, as was the publisher's practice. No inscriptions, very clean page edges, some offset toning to flyleaves, jacket with a few neat repairs, some short tears with tape strips to verso, minor wrinkling/soil. Shows well. A very good copy indeed. The second James Bond novel. At 5,000 copies, this is actually less common that the UK first impression. Gilbert A2b(1).

Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom

Fleming, Ian. Live and Let Die. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1955.

Price: US$990.00 + shipping

Description: Nice copy in first printing. First printing stated. Unmarked, tight and square. Author's second book and scarce in this condition. Dark blue cloth with yellow lettering on spine and publishers design on front board. Tiny crack at title page to hinge but hinge still strong, textblock supple. Price intact jacket is also bright and fresh with only faint soiling to small area on rear panel. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.

FLEMING, Ian. Complete First American Editions of Ian Fleming's James Bond series. [Set of works / novels comprising: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories inc. From A View To A Kill, Quantum of Solace), Thunderball, The Spy Who loved Me, On Her Majesties Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, and Octopussy & The Living Daylights (short stories)]. The Macmillan Company, The Viking Press, and the New American Library, 1955-66, 1955.

Price: US$16244.32 + shipping

Description: [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.

Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom