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Del Buono, Oreste & Eco, Umberto. The Bond Affair. Macdonald, London, 1966.

Price: US$175.44 + shipping

Description: First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with silver lettering to the spine. A near fine (or better) copy in a VG+ dustwrapper which is toned to the spine and to the edges of the back panel. The spine lettering is, however, bright and un-faded. No foxing. No inscriptions. Eight prominent Italian writers here examine the Bond phenomenon in an international context. Their researches range from the novels themselves and their cinematic counterparts to the vast sub-culture which has sprung up around them; from the women to the glittering gadgets, to 007 clubs and 007 fashions. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom

Buono, Oreste Del & Eco, Umberto (editors). THE BOND AFFAIR. Macdonald, London, 1966.

Price: US$287.50 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Scarce. 173 pages in excellent, clean condition. Brown cloth with silver titles on the spine. Very light wear on one corner. White DJ with illustrations and blue titles. Three small taped tears on upper cover. Small chips on corners, head/tail of spine. Edges a little yellowed, lower cover lightly soiled. Not price-clipped. NEAR FINE/VG-

Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Del Buono, Oreste & Eco, Umberto. The Bond Affair. Macdonald, London, 1966.

Price: US$305.39 + shipping

Description: First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with silver lettering to the spine. Light foxing to the page block edges and the early/late pages of the book otherwise a bright and clean VG copy in a D/W that is VG indeed with toning to the cream spine with the red spine lettering faded a touch but still clearly visible; a couple of short edge tears and associated crease to the bottom edge of the front panel; and mild toning to the back panel. Eight prominent Italian writers here examine the Bond phenomenon in an international context. Their researches range from the novels themselves and their cinematic counterparts to the vast sub-culture which has sprung up around them; from the women to the glittering gadgets, to 007 clubs and 007 fashions. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom

[FLEMING, Ian] Del BUONO, Oreste (1923-2003), and ECO, Umberto (1932-2016). The Bond Affair. London: MacDonald, 1966, 1966.

Price: US$357.38 + shipping

Description: [Bondiana] FIRST EDITION in English. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.173; [3], blank. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket inspired by the Raymond Hawkey 'James Bond' artwork, priced at 18s. No inscriptions, contents clean, minor spotting to top edge, fresh jacket with one short tear to rear, two small adhesive marks from jacket protector, spine entirely unfaded. Note; the title lettering was printed so as to appear rubbed. This is a particularly bright copy of an increasingly scarce book. An uncommon early Ian Fleming / James Bond expose, from the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil ownership within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. See '007 Magazine', Issue 54 (Ray Hawkey tribute by Edward Milward-Oliver).

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