Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. The Book Club, London, 1964.
Price: US$9.93 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A James Bond 007 thriller. First Book Club edition, published the same year as the Jonathan Cape true first edition. Printed in Great Britain. Bound in original blue boards with black lettering to spine, in publisher's unclipped pictorial dustjacket. Slight handling wear, mild marginal spotting, otherwise a nice clean tight solid hardcover copy. 184pp. SB-39.
Seller: Bookwood, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape Ltd., London, 1964.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Foxing to endpapers and first few pages, browning to text block, some wear to covers otherwise pages clean and binding sound. Chinese characters in gilt on front cover and title and author in silver lettering on spine.
Seller: The Book Place, Atlantic Shores, Christ Church, Barbados
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: G, Shelfwear, spine lean, spine crease, fraying to front hinge at spine heel, some spots of soiling, dealer sticker, browning/NO DUST JACKET. A James Bond Thriller. Photo on request.
Seller: Klanhorn, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: The boards are worn and marked.Light tanning.Excellent binding.Fair copy.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
FLEMING, Ian. You only live twice [Hardcover] FLEMING, Ian. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1964 New American Library (US) hard cover - 1st edition 2nd printing - minor wear to dust jacket - owner's label inside front cover - minor staining to cover - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1964.
Price: US$38.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 255 pages unmarked in a hardcover with no dust jacket. Black cloth boards with bright silver gilded title on spine plus golden gilded japanese letters on front board. Bamboo decorative endpapers. Stated "March 1964" publication on copyright page.
Seller: My Dead Aunt's Books, Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1964.
Price: US$38.43 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1964. 2nd Impression. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Black boards with gilt decoration to front board and silver lettering to spine. Pages remain bright and clear with minor tanning. Occasional slight brown marks throughout. Notable dust marks to text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light white marks and water marks to boards. Notable crushing to spine ends. Silver lettering is bright and clear. Book has a moderate forward lean.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$44.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo 256pp. #01733. Book VG- : mild age wear to boards and spine, boards slightly bowed, text clean, binding tight.
Seller: Matthew's Books, Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A.
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A true first edition, published in 1964 (not March 1964). A good book but in a very poor, original dust jacket which is very rubbed, chipped and marked, with the back separated from the front. The boards are rubbed and marked, but remain strong and sturdy. Internally, there is a previous owner's signature to the half title page and pages 69-75 have a small mark to the open edge, but there are no other markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are neat and complete. Securely bound and preserved in cellophane. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Price: US$51.17 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: True first British printing. No jacket. Black boards with silver lettering to spine and gold design to front are very good with very minor pushing/bumping to corners, light crease to spine (book has been read), the odd small bump/rub to edges, the odd small mark and a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Little spine lean. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages are a bit tanned. Neat gift inscription and previous owner's name and date in pen to front end-paper. Couple of small scratches to edges of a few pages. Odd small mark to page edges, tops and bottoms. Small crease to top corner of a couple of pages. Occasional small mark to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$51.23 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: HARDBACK - A near very good book bound in the publisher's black cloth boards that are clean with no fading to the silver spine lettering or to the gold Japanese lettering present to the front board. Internally, there is a large untidy inscription to the front paste down and foxing to the page block. The book is the correct UK first edition, published in 1964 and not the March 1964 varient.
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
FLEMING, IAN. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape 1964, 1964.
Price: US$51.68 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, gilt Chinese characters to front board, patterned eps, 256pp, VG/VG- (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ffep completely missing) in d/w, VG- (all corners clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light creasing to flaps, light pencil markings to rear flap)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1964.
Price: US$55.08 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1964. 1st Edition 2nd state. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards with gilt. First edition, second state, with copyright page stating 'First published March 1964'. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains and some pale marks, largely to front. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: A true first edition (published in 1964, not March 1964). In fair condition only, with original dust jacket. The dust jacket is shelf rubbed, edge worn and marked, with some insect damage to the spine. It remains otherwise whole and intact. The boards are a touch rubbed, but strong and sturdy. Internally, there are ink markings and scuffing to the front end page along with tanning to the end papers and mild, sporadic foxing throughout. There are no other markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are neat and complete. Securely bound and preserved in cellophane. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
FLEMING, IAN. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape 1964, 1964.
Price: US$60.80 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, gilt Chinese lettering to front board, patterned eps, 256pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w & mylar protective cover, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss to spine extrems, price clipped, moderate tanning to spine, all corners clipped)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
FLEMING, IAN. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape 1964, 1964.
Price: US$60.80 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, gilt chinese characters to front board, patterned eps, 256pp, VG (spine sl cocked, sl scuffing & bruising to board extrems, light tanning & foxing ot page edges, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, moderate chafing to covers, all corners lightly clipped)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Price: US$61.48 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] Second impression, British export/colonial copy, version with brown-tinted patterned endpapers (yellow and green tints were also used). Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers, dust-jacket by Richard Chopping. Contents clean, no inscriptions, edges and extremities toned, jacket worn, with several chips and tears, uniform sunning. This copy was exported and sold by Dymock's Book Arcade, Sydney, Australia with their neat bookseller ticket to pastedown, price clipped accordingly. Although stated 'second impression, this is actually the third printing of the text (see bibliography). It is the final Cape impression of this novel to be printed during the author's lifetime. Gilbert A12a (2).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
IAN FLEMING. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. JONATHAN CAPE, LONDON, 1964.
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A SECOND STATE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION WITH MARCH 1964 TO COPYRIGHT PAGE, HARDBACK IN THE ORIGINAL BLACK CLOTH BINDING, HALF TITLE. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES WITH 256 PAGES. SOME MINOR EDGE WEAR TO COVER WITH A FAINT CREASE TO MIDDLE OF CLOTH SPINE, VERY OCCASIONAL SMALL CREASE TO BOTTOM CORNER OF PAGE MARGINS. OVERALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO INSCRIPTIONS & PAGES FREE FROM FOXING. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$66.17 + shipping
Description: 1st ed., second printing (states "First published March 1964" on copyright page), octavo, pp.xiv, (15)-256, light spotting to edge of page 155 prev. owner's inscr and date (May '64) to front paste-down, original cloth bds., light markings to bds., otherwise very good condn. Fleming's twelfth and last book to be published before his death, featuring James Bond, secret agent 007.
Seller: Muir Books -Robert Muir Old & Rare Books - ANZAAB/ILAB, PERTH, WA, Australia
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A true first edition (published in 1964, not March 1964). The book is in good condition, with a fair, original dust jacket. The dust jacket is very shelf rubbed and marked, with much wear, chipping and tearing to the edges. Despite this, the jacket remains mostly whole and intact. The boards are marked and edge worn but remain strong and sturdy. Internally, there is tanning to the end pages and a previous owner's signature to the front end page, but there are no other markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are neat and complete. Securely bound and preserved in cellophane. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Price: US$74.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: IAN FLEMING - ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE, published by Jonathan Cape, copyright 1963, Eighth Printing (states "First Published April 1963" & "Eighth Impression 1964" on copyright page), list in front of book & DJ rear flap to "You Only Live Twice", white endpapers, black boards with 'ski pattern' design on front board and silver lettering on spine, Richard Chopping illustrated DJ, 16s net price on DJ front flap. Book has just one creased page corner, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, hint of dust soiling to outer page edges which are still white (no age darkening), no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps/stickers inside, no internal hinge splitting, no wear to board edges, board corners or to spine tips, no soiling or staining to boards, no bumped board corners, no wear/oxidizing to gilt lettering to spine. Dust Jacket has no chipping, tearing or creasing, hint of wear to spine tips, almost no wear to front flap crease, no wear to left/right on spine, almost no edge wear, very slight spine sun darkening, slight\ sun fading to title lettering (another common defect with this DJ), hint of dust soiling (another common defect with this dust jacket as the colors are light and the rear panel is white), stray mark at top left on rear panel otherwise no staining or soiling, no foxing to panels/spine, no scotch tape marks to flaps. Overall a N-FINE book in VG+/FINE- condition dust jacket (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. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$76.49 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: We're happy to combine shipping to save you some money. We're also always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any and all books for you, please just ask! British first edition, second printing. Minor wear to spine ends and edges of jacket. Jacket is neatly price clipped. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The book itself is in Near Fine condition. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark.
Seller: The Book Scouts, Sanborn, NY, U.S.A.
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London England, 1964.
Price: US$76.85 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback.First Editionr second print March 1864 Slight shelf wear to edges of cloth. Price clipped. The picture on the D/J. is of a frong holding a winged insect with a flower over him. When Ernst Stavro Blofeld blasted into eternity the girl whom James Bond had married only hours b exellent facimile dustjacket art, the zest for life, weent out of Bond. Incredibly, from being a top agent of the Secret Service, he had gone to pieces, was even on the verge of becoming a security risk. M is persuaded to give him one last chance - an impossible mission far removed from his usal duties - and Bond leaves for Japan. 256 pp. great repro d/j
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
ian fleming. you only live twice. Jonathan Cape, London England, 1964.
Price: US$76.85 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback. e You Only Live Twice. Black cloth with gilt decoration and silver lettering. with a fine facimile dustjacker When Ernst Stavro Blofeld blasted into eternity the girl whom James Bond had married only hours before, the heart, the zest for life, went out of Bond. 256 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) withexcellentrepro d/j
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. Jonathan Cape / Book Club, 1964.
Price: US$76.85 + shipping
Description: Book club edition. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket.
Seller: Surrey Hills Books, Cranleigh, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$81.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first impression. Black boards with gilt vertical Japanese characters to front, titles in silver to spine, illustrated dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping, corners snipped but not price clipped, bamboo pattern to epps, 255pp, edges are tanned, dust jacket a little worn at the edges, book has a slight push forward, signature of previous owner to half title page and date 1964 in neat blue pen, some marks/foxing to pages towards the front of the book, otherwise a clean tight copy.
Seller: Scrivener's Books and Bookbinding, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964, London, 1964.
Price: US$82.08 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition. 19.5cm. VG h/c in like price clipped art DJ with two small tears and slight edgewear. Slight foxing to vertical page edges. Marbeled e/papers. 255 pages, The round dozen of the James Bond thrillers, set in Japan after OO7's bride a few hours was slain. DJ art by Richard Chopping.
Seller: BOPBooks, Tauranga, BOP, New Zealand
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$82.71 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 256pp. Or black cloth with blindstamped gilt Chinese characters, in jacket. Patterned endpapers. Jacket spine toned,some minor edge wear with several short (<1cm) tears, one 2cm tear and tiny chips, NOT price clipped. Stain on foredge not affecting face of pages, top edge foxed. A nice example of this James Bond classic. Size: 8vo
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australia
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964, 1964.
Price: US$83.26 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, First State, Binding A. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers. Ink ownership to front endpaper, few small marks to rear cover. A very good copy without jacket. Described by Raymond Benson as 'one of the most successful books in the series, conjuring more mood and atmosphere than any Bond tale since Casino Royale (1953).'. Benson: The James Bond Bedside Companion, pp.135-6. Gilbert A12a(1.1).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$84.54 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First / First - VG condition. First Published 1964 - Not March Internally very bright and clean. Very good + . Corners Head / tail of spine minor bumping. Overall a VG copy
Seller: William Collins Rare and Collectable Books, Grimsby, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London England, 1964.
Price: US$87.61 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback. Sticker to front inside cove You Only Live Twice. Black cloth with gilt decoration and silver lettering. When Ernst Stavro Blofeld blasted into eternity the girl whom James Bond had married only hours bef with a fine facimile D/J ore, the heart, the zest for life, went out of Bond. 256 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.)
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$90.01 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The scarcer second state of the first edition, March 1964 stated on the publisher's page. Black boards titled in silver on spine and with gilt characters on front panel. Tight and tidy, some light rust spots in the rear endpaper. Dust jacket is price clipped, rubbed at the corners and spine, over half inch gap at crown of spine, scuff and faint rust stain to rear panel, protected in a fitted clear film sleeve.
Seller: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, New Zealand
Fleming, Ian (1908-1964). You only live twice : Ian Fleming. London : Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$93.18 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; 256 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Fiction in English. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Fleming (Ian). YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$96.06 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 256pp, pages clean and crisp, brown bamboo effect endpapers, original black cloth with with gilt-stamped Japanese writing to front cover, silver gilt spine lettering, remains of dust jacket only. This book was part of a Northamptonshire country house library. The dust jacket had been chosen by silverfish for their main meal, which has made it beyond repair! The book would appear to have been unread and is in mint condition. Interestingly, the green printed frog on the cover was almost untouched! Size: 7.5 x 5 Inches
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
FLEMING Ian.. You Only Live Twice.. , 1964.
Price: US$99.25 + shipping
Description: London: Jonathan Cape 1964. 8vo. Orig. cloth-effect papered boards with Japanese characters in gilt on front cover and silver title to spine. In the original but price-clipped dustjacket designed by Richard Chopping slightly soiled. 256pp. With bamboo-patterned endpapers. 1st edition. Some light foxing mostly confined to prelims end pages and edges otherwise fine. NOTE: The twelfth book in the Bond series the final instalment in the Blofeld trilogy and the last Bond book to be published in Fleming's lifetime. M sends Bond on a diplomatic mission to Japan where he again encounters the villainous Blofeld this time in the guise of Dr Guntram Shatterhand.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Fleming Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$99.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good With Occasional Spotting In A Like Jacket With Worn Ends Pp 255
Seller: Archive, Sth Hobart, TAS, Australia
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Published by Jonathan Cape, 1964, 1964.
Price: US$102.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. You Only Live Twice BY Ian Fleming. Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London, 1964, FIRST EDITION second impression as pictured. Very excellent hardback with jacket. Black cloth boards have Chinese characters in gilt to front cover and English titles in silver to spine. No inscriptions.
Seller: Vancouver Books, VANCOUVER, BC, Canada
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$102.47 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dustwrapper VG not price clipped with only a few minor tears (less than 1 cm and no losses). Fractionally darker on spine. Book has former owner signature on ffep, a little foxing to page edges, slight forward lean, a light splattering of tiny white marks on the cover (not noticeable really) and a chip at very top edge of spine. Happy to send photos but overall an affordable VG true first in complete original wrapper.
Seller: Strangford Lough Books, Killyleagh, DOWN, United Kingdom
Price: US$108.87 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] Second impression, bibliographer's copy. Version with yellow-tinted patterned endpapers (brown and green tints were also used). Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers. A working copy, with spotting to edges, creased tears to pp.183-6, marked-up with corrections, 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. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. The final Cape impression of this novel to be printed during the author's lifetime. Gilbert A12a (2).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$108.87 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition second impression from 1964 in near fine condition, there is a previous owner inscription to the front endpage along with some toning which is also on the following page, other pages clean, binding is firm. The Jacket is from a later impression (late 1960's) now in removable protective sleeve.
Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian. You only live twice. Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1964.
Price: US$109.18 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo; original embossed boards with pictorial dustjacket (price-clipped), edges very slightly foxed. First edition. A near-fine copy in dustjacket with slight tear at foot, without loss.We will advise postage costs and delivery times, which will vary from those quoted by Abe.
Seller: Peter Arnold Antiquarian Booksellers, East Prahran, VIC, Australia
Fleming, Ian (1908-1964). You only live twice : Ian Fleming. London : Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$112.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; 256 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Fiction in English. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Fleming, Ian. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover; 8vo; 255 pp. First edition, second impression (April 1964) in a nice dj. Dark grey paper hardcovers with silver titles on spine, gilt Japanese text on upper board. Gently rubbed edges. Off-white but bright and clean interior. In a in illustrated jacket PC. Some light wear around edges. In a mylar jacket. VG+/VG
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$119.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: IAN FLEMING - YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, published by Jonathan Cape, copyright 1964, First Printing ("First Published March, 1964" at top of copyright page with no references to subsequent printings), wood grain patterned endpapers, list in front of book and on DJ rear flap to "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," black boards with silver gilt lettering on spine and gold gilt lettering on front board, Richard Chopping illustrated DJ, 16s net price on DJ front flap. Book has no creased page corners, no foxing to pages or endpapers, hint of foxing to outer page edges which are otherwise white (no dust soiling/age darkening), no former owners markings or used bookstore stamps/stickers inside, clean endpapers with no soiling or discoloration or scotch tape marks, no hinge splitting, no wear to board edges, corners or spine tips, no bumped board corners, no staining/discoloration to boards, no wear/oxidation to gilt lettering to spine or front board. Dust Jacket has no chipping, tearing or creasing, wear to spine tips with 'v' losses to spine tip corners & to left/right on spine, slight wear to front flap crease (nick losses at flap crease corners), hint of spine sun darkening with some fading to pink flower (common defect with this dust jacket), almost no edge wear, some darker discoloration along top portion of DJ with general slight dust soiling to panels & spine (because of its light color this DJ is almost always found with some dust soiling), no scotch tape marks to flaps. Overall a N-FINE book in VG condition dust jacket (not price clipped) of an Ian Fleming U.K. 1st 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. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$121.68 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. Pp 256. Original cloth, small mark to lower rear board - otherwise near fine. The price-clipped d/w shows wear and small posses to top & bottom edges. Small roughened hole to top of spine panel. Not bad.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Price: US$121.68 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] Second impression, bibliographer's copy. Version with brown-tinted patterned endpapers (yellow and green tints were also used). Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers. A clean, 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, bookplate and ownership signature. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. The final Cape impression of this novel to be printed during the author's lifetime. Gilbert A12a (2).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$124.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: IAN FLEMING - THUNDERBALL, published by Jonathan Cape, copyright 1961, Second Printing (states "First Published 1961" & "Second Impression 1964" at top of copyright page, white endpapers, list in front of book & DJ rear flap to "You Only Live Twice", black boards with impressed skeleton hand to front board and gold gilt lettering on spine. Richard Chopping illustrated DJ, 16s net price on DJ front flap. Book has no creased page corners, no foxing to pages or endpapers, hint of dust soiling to outer page edges with hint of foxing to top outer page edge only (no age darkening), faint glue lines to inside boards (where former DJ protector was once spot glued down) otherwise no soiling or erasures to endpapers, no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps inside, no internal hinge splitting, no wear to board edges, board corners, or to spine tips, no bumped board corners, no wear or oxidizing to gilt lettering on spine, no soiling/discoloration to boards. Dust jacket has no chipping, tearing or creasing, hint of wear to spine tips with 'v' loss to one spine tip corner, just a hint of wear to front flap crease, just a hint of wear to left/right on spine, no edge wear, very sligh tspine sun darkening (common defect with this DJ - normally the wood grain to top of spine is found badly age darkened), no other staining/soiling. Overall a FINE- book in FINE- condition dust jacket (not price clipped) of an Ian Fleming original U.K. Cape 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. You Only Live Twice (First.). Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$128.09 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Light wear to boards. Content has toning to page ends. Previous owner name and name stamp to ffep. Book has a slight lean. DJ with some edge wear, tears and toning.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Price: US$128.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black cloth-covered boards, titled in silver down the spine, decorated in gilt on the front board. Spine a little cocked. Bamboo patterned endpapers. Lacks dust-jacket. A very good copy indeed. A very good first edition, first issue, with no mention of March on the copyright page.
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$128.09 + shipping
Description: Second impression hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth effect covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back, Japanese characters in gilt to the upper board, bamboo patterned end papers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 256 pp. Name to the top of the front free end paper. Very Good condition, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with slight tanning down the spine, not price clipped, 16s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. FLEMING, Ian (1908-1964)
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, UK, 1964.
Price: US$128.09 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming First Edition Second Impression Jonathan Cape April 1964. Published one month after first. A very fine copy that appears unread and as new. No previous owner's marks or inscriptions and no foxing to contents or edges. In a fine later state (Octopussy and the Living Daylights listed on flap) dust jacket that has no toning or fading to spine.
Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Fleming (Ian). YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$128.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 256pp, pages clean and crisp, brown bamboo effect endpapers, small stain to top edge, original black cloth with with gilt-stamped Japanese writing to front cover, spine a little cocked, silver gilt spine lettering, price clipped dust jacket spine a little tanned, fore edge of front cover rubbed, light wear to upper edge. Size: 7.5 x 5 Inches
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$129.03 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First U.K. Edition, second state. (states first published March 1964) Black cloth with gilt Chinese characters to cover and silver titles to spine. VG in VG clipped dust wrapper. Covered in archival plastic.
Seller: East Avenue Books, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1964.
Price: US$132.34 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition: octavo; hardcover, with silver-gilt spine titles and a gilt upper board decoration, with decorative endpapers; 256pp. Mild wear; text block edges spotted and top edge lightly dusted; Price-clipped dustwrapper mildly rubbed with some edgewear. Previous owner's name in pen on front endpaper and retailer's bookplate to the front pastedown.
Seller: Gleebooks, Sydney, NSW, Australia
FLEMING Ian.. You Only Live Twice.. , 1964.
Price: US$132.34 + shipping
Description: London: Jonathan Cape 1964. 8vo. Orig. gilt dec. cloth. In unclipped but defective dustjacket. 256pp. 1st ed.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
FLEMING Ian.. You Only Live Twice.. , 1964.
Price: US$132.34 + shipping
Description: London: Jonathan Cape 1964. 8vo. Orig. gilt dec. cloth. In clipped dustjacket slightly soiled. 256pp. 1st ed. Some foxing.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$133.86 + shipping
Description: Good+/Good 1st print 1st ed 1964 Cape hardback, unclipped jacket with correct price of 16s net and silver lettering to spine. Several large circular cup ring marks to insides of jacket, 1 inch closed tear to top front corner of jacket spine, some spotting to page edges, name and address in pen to fly-leaf, tight and unmarked. More Fleming 1st's available. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Crime Fiction; ISBN: 0224608509. ISBN/EAN: 9780224608503. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 089518.
Seller: 84 Charing Cross Road Books, IOBA, Cambridge, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Fleming (Ian).. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape,, 1964.
Price: US$134.49 + shipping
Description: Spine a little rolled, slight foxing to top edge and fore-edge, otherwise a nice in slightly soiled and worn dust-wrapper designed by Richard Chopping
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: very good cover with bright silver gilt on spine and front Chinese characters Good cover with browned spine, w
Seller: FOLCHATT, Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A.
Fleming, Ian. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo; 256 pages; Second state with "published March 1964" on copyright page. Jacket with minor rubbing and wear. Name and date on inside front cover and notation that "belongs to".
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, UK, 1964.
Price: US$153.70 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, second printing ('second impression, April 1964 on copyright page). 256pp. In publisher's black cloth-covered boards with silver titles on spine, gilt Japanese lettering on front panel. 12mo. Cloth very slightly rounded at spine tips. Upper text block edge mildly dust-stained, light flecking on other edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, lightly bumped at edges, a little faded especially over spine, one short tear of less than an inch from upper leading corner. Flaps corner clipped, but not price clipped. Dust jacket now protected in an archival quality Mylar wrapper, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives.
Seller: BookAddiction (ibooknet member), Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$166.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (16s). First state with 'First published 1964' to copyright page. Jacket has faults - namely patchy edge/shelf wear, one small (approx. 1cm) tear to front tail corner of spine, the odd small mark, very small patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), the odd small crease/rub to edges, patchy browning (including to spine), a couple of creases near tail of spine, the odd spot of foxing, a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, little pushing/bumping to corners and is in only good condition. Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with a hint of pushing to corners, light crease to spine (book has been read), the odd small mark, odd minor bump/rub to edges and very minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Very minor spine lean. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages little tanned. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Very occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. Jonathan Cape: (London), 1964.
Price: US$172.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 7.5 x 5", silver and gilt-lettered textured boards, 256pp, extremities lightly bumped, spine a little cocked, pp toned else a nice, clean copy in an edge-worn, spine darkened dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, Second State ("March 1964").
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
FLEMING, IAN. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: Apparent First Edition, second issue; States "March, 1964" on copyright page. Some browning along the outer edges of the jacket. NF / VG.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.
FLEMING, IAN. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: Apparent First Edition, second issue; States "March, 1964" on copyright page. NF / NF.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.
FLEMING, IAN. You Only Live Twice.. Jonathan Cape London March, 1964.
Price: US$179.32 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo (7 5/8 x 5 1/4 inches), 256-pages. Original black cloth blocked in gilt and lettered in silver. Very good in the very good dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping.
Seller: Bristow & Garland, Shaftesbury, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian. You only live twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$180.35 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Brand New!
Seller: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
FLEMING, Ian. You Only Live Twice. (London): Jonathan Cape (1964)., 1964.
Price: US$192.13 + shipping
Description: First edition, first state, 8vo, 256 pp. Contemporary owner's inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, with Japanese characters to the upper cover, d.w., not price clipped, spine slightly browned and rubbed. The first state has "First published 1964", as opposed to "March 1964", to the title page verso. Gilbert, A12a (1.1).
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice [First Edition First State]. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1964.
Price: US$192.13 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1964. First Edition. 256 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth with silver lettering to spine and gilt decoration to front board. First state of the first edition published in 1964. Bamboo patterned end papers. Jacket designed by Richard Chopping. Pages are slightly tanned with minor foxing throughout. Few pages with notable dog-eared corners and subtle water stains. Noticeable foxing to text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with minimal corner bumping. Small splits to front joint. Light crushing to spine ends. Silver lettering and gilt decorations are bright and clear. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, and creasing. Prominent tanning to spine and panels edges. Water staining to insides and edges.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice - UK 1st. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$192.13 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First UK impression first edition from 1964 in near fine condition, there is a green marking to front of jacket, no internal markings, pages clean, binding firm, jacket now in removable protective sleeve. Please see pics
Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$198.51 + shipping
Description: Pp. 256, bamboo patterned endpapers; cr. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in silver and upper board in gilt; dust wrapper, a couple of tiny nicks to bottom edge, the backstrip slightly browned; fore-edges of leaves faintly foxed; Jonathan Cape, London, 1964. First edition, second impression (April 1964). Gilbert A12a2.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
IAN FLEMING. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. JONATHAN CAPE LONDON, 1964.
Price: US$207.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 256 PAGES. SECOND STATE BINDING, "FIRST PUBLISHED MARCH 1964" ON COPYRIGHT PAGE INDICATING THIS. PRICE CLIPPED CLASSIC DUST JACKET ART. VERY SLIGHTLY COCKED. MADE INTO A "BOND" MOVIE. THE SCREENPLAY WAS WRITTEN BY ROALD DAHL, GREAT WRITER OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. NO MARKS OR INSCRIPTIONS OF ANY KIND. THE 12TH BOND BOOK BUT THE 5TH MOVIE. UNFORTUNATELY, WRAPPERS WITH BRODART JACKET COVERS, READILY REFLECT LIGHT AND ALAS, DO NOT PHOTOGRAPH WELL.
Seller: BooksCardsNBikes, Stratford, ON, Canada
Price: US$224.15 + shipping
Description: First Impression, Second State, Binding B, bibliographer's copy. Octavo, pp.256. With 'First Published March 1964' on the copyright page. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, yellow-tinted bamboo patterned endpapers, in original pictorial dust-wrapper by Richard Chopping. A working copy, with associated handling, copy-editing throughout, p.37 creased, 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. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. The first printing comprised 80,540 copies of which only 25,522 were the Second State. This is therefore the rarer of the two states of the first impression. Gilbert A12a (1.4).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$224.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A first edition, second state copy (first published March 1964.) Black boards with gilt/silver. Previous owner's name to ffep. Slight reading ridge/spine lean. The original jacket in mylar is unclipped. Jacket is lightly toned at spine with slight edgewear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First published 1964 stated, first state. 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 Book; binding tight with mild lean and near fine gilt titles to spine, minor bump to top rear corner else boards straight and clean; mild spotting to edges with name in pen to top front paste down under flap and mild lengthy 1" band of toning to free end pages else text free of marks, appears gently read. Price clipped dust jacket has modest rubbing to top spine and top flap fold ends. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.
Seller: Twinwillow Books, Los Alamitos, CA, U.S.A.
Fleming, Ian.. You Only Live Twice.. , 1964.
Price: US$225.24 + shipping
Description: Jonathan Cape.London.1964.First Edition.Publishers decorated boards with a little worn dust jacket. 255 (1) pages. Nice copy in fine condition.
Seller: Antikvariat Röde Orm, Göteborg, Sweden
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$249.77 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 'You Only Live Twice' by Ian Fleming. Jonathan Cape 1964 first edition. The book sits slightly off square. Pages slightly tanned. Very good in unclipped dust jacket with a little very light rubbing and a couple of tiny nicks at the top of the spine.
Seller: D & M Books, PBFA, Mirfield, United Kingdom
Price: US$249.77 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, Second State, binding B, bibliographer's copy. Octavo, pp.256. With 'First Published March 1964' on the copyright page. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, yellow-tinted bamboo patterned endpapers, in original pictorial dust-wrapper by Richard Chopping priced at 18s. No inscriptions, contents clean, some toning to edges, white mark to endpaper beneath flap. Very good, in similar jacket with some small chips to spine ends and extremities, some soiling to rear, front flap creased. The price of 18s to flap indicates this copy was in stock and sold circa 1968, after the price increased from 16s. The first printing comprised 80,540 copies of which only 25,522 were the Second State. This is therefore the rarer of the two states of the first impression. This copy comes from the comprehensive bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencilled note and ownership within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert A12a (1.4).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Jonathan Cape: Ist Edition, 2nd State, published March 1964, hardcover, publisher's black cloth, Japanese characters in gilt on front board, author, title and publisher's device in silver on spine, the list of previous books facing the title page has three faint check marks at three titles, else in Very Good Plus condition. The dust jacket design by Richard Chopping is bright and clear; however, the jacket itself is in a protective mylar cover and, although not price clipped, has nicks top and bottom, else in Very Good condition.
Seller: Robert Rankin Books, Caledonia, ON, Canada
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, UK, 1964.
Price: US$256.17 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming First Edition Jonathan Cape 1964. A fine copy with no previous owner's name inscriptions and no toning or foxing to contents or edges. Covers clean and unmarked. No bumping or rubbing to corners. In a VG+ dust jacket with no fading or toning to spine. Not price clipped. "You Only Live Twice" is the twelfth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, first published in 1964. The novel is a direct sequel to "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" and explores the emotional aftermath of the events in the previous book. In "You Only Live Twice," James Bond is deeply affected by the tragic events of the previous novel, including the death of his wife, Tracy. He is given a mission by his superiors to infiltrate Japan and investigate the activities of a secretive organization known as the Union Corse. Bond assumes a new identity and immerses himself in Japanese culture as he pursues his mission. He encounters challenges and adversaries, including the mysterious and deadly Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE. The novel delves into themes of identity, rebirth, and revenge as Bond seeks closure and confronts the man responsible for his personal losses. "You Only Live Twice" is also known for its detailed portrayal of Japanese culture and society. The book was later adapted into a James Bond film of the same name, although the film version differs significantly from the novel in terms of plot and characters.
Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$268.98 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. With 'First Published March 1964' on the copyright page, being the rarer of the two First printing states (Gilbert). Elegantly bound in half black oasis morocco over black cloth sides, with gilt titles, raised bands to spine, cream endpapers, original foil-stamped covers bound in at rear. Contents clean, exterior as new. A fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. The last title in what has become known as the 'Blofeld' trilogy. Gilbert A12a.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London UK, 1964.
Price: US$268.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original black cloth boards with bright silver and gold gilt lettering. Lightly browned end papers. Clean contents. Hinge lightly split on page 64/5. The unclipped dust jacket has small tears/loss and wear of extremities/folds.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine first British edition (second impression) stating "First published March 1964" of this great Bond adventure by Ian Fleming. Book is clean and unmarked throughout. Jacket shows some edgewear and minor chipping to edges. Overall a nice collectible copy of a hard to find book, shipped in a Brodart cover for protection.
Seller: BDC Books, Stratford, ON, Canada
Price: US$286.91 + shipping
Description: 8vo., First Edition, pencilled surname on front free endpaper; black cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, backstrip lettered in silver, patterned endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately browned at backstrip and fold-ins. With striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Richard Chopping. The last Bond novel published during the author's lifetime.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$288.19 + shipping
Description: [James Bond] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Elegantly bound in black half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and the publisher's original cloth over boards. All edges lightly trimmed, and the original cloth spine bound in at rear. A crisp, clean copy in an attractive new leather binding. The last title in what has become known as the 'Blofeld' trilogy. The first of the two first printing states notes 'Published 1964' on copyright page, rather than 'Published March 1964'. Gilbert A12a.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$288.19 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. With 'First Published March 1964' on the copyright page, being the rarer of the two First printing states (Gilbert). Elegantly bound in half black oasis morocco over black cloth sides, with gilt titles, raised bands to spine, cream endpapers, original foil-stamped covers bound in at rear. Contents clean, exterior as new. A fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. The bibliographer's copy, with his pencilled note, 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 last title in what has become known as the 'Blofeld' trilogy. Gilbert A12a (1.4).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, United Kingdom, 1964.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First State Binding. Black bds with crisp impressed Silver Spine title (top front cnr a little crushed), and like Gold Japanese text to front, Wood Grained eps (clipped cnr top front), pp 255 with tight and bright text block, bds clean and unworn, a little atmospheric spotting to edges. Original DJ is has rubbed spine ends causing 3 small nicks, toned spine and price clipped o/w very nice. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ariel Books IOBA, Auckland, New Zealand
FLEMING, Ian.. You Only Live Twice.. London Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$302.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression; 8vo; light offsetting to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's black cloth, oriental characters in gilt to upper cover, silver lettering to spine, bamboo effect endpapers, spine slightly cocked, with the unclipped pictorial dustjacket by Richard Chopping, slight rubbing and chipping to extremities with associated creasing, closed tear to lower front panel (just affecting design), else very good. A first edition/first impression (stating 'First Published 1964' versus the second state 'March 1964').
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964, 1964.
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, First State, Binding A, British export/colonial copy. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers, dust-jacket by Richard Chopping (version on soft card, not paper). Toning to edges commensurate with the climate, else near fine in similar jacket. This copy was exported and sold in Johannesburg, SA (seller ticket of Exclusive Books Pty. Ltd. to pastedown), price clipped accordingly. Discreet owner stamp 'Bakkies Rossouw' to f.e.p, local pencil prices to first leaf, ink name obscured to same. Shows well. UK Cape editions of Fleming's best-selling James Bond series were imported by British overseas territories across the globe [Gilbert], as demonstrated by the present copy. Founded in 1951 in central Johannesburg, Exclusive Books is one of South Africa's largest bookselling chains; the Hillbrow branch where this copy was purchased was their second store to open, in 1954. Benson: The James Bond Bedside Companion, pp.135-6. Gilbert A12a(1.1), also pp.639-40.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964, 1964.
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, First State, Binding A. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers, dust-jacket by Richard Chopping priced 16s. Edges spotted, corners bumped, jacket a little rubbed; very good. Formerly the property of Wing Commander Edward Jackson, RAF Waltham (where HRH Prince Philip learned to fly), with his ownership signature, series number to book and jacket spine. Previously sold by Francis Edwards, ABA (pencilled catalogue number). Benson: The James Bond Bedside Companion, pp.135-6. Gilbert A12a(1.1), also pp.639-40.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Description: [James Bond] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Elegantly bound in half black oasis morocco over publisher's cloth sides, gilt-stamped with Japanese characters, with gilt titles and raised bands to spine. Contents clean, exterior as new. A fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. The bibliographer's copy, with his pencilled note, 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 last title in what has become known as the 'Blofeld' trilogy. The first of the two first printing states notes 'Published 1964' on copyright page, rather than 'Published March 1964'. Gilbert A12a (1.1).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This is a well preserved copy of 007's twelfth outing. First edition ('First published March 1964')The book is very good plus: the black (or dark-grey?) cloth bound boards are clean and unmarked - no scratches, dents or bumps; all edges straight, all corners sharp. The text block has a very slight lean but is tightly bound. The edges of the text block are all spotless. Internally the pages are clean and unmarked apart from a previous resale price and a note to the effect that the book is a 1st edition published in 1964, which are written in pencil at the top of the page which precedes the half title page. However, there is also a note, again in pencil, at the top of the ffep which appears to be 'New eps'. There are signs that the bamboo-effect end papers have been replaced (albeit neatly and professionally) and that the ffep has been affixed (glued) to the succeeding blank page in order to conceal some scribbled notes and a couple of inked stamps; this isn't immediately or easily visible and indeed I didn't notice it until I happened to see it against a light. There is a little graze on the bottom right hand corner of the rear paste down with a very small area of white showing through. The dust jacket is in fine condition - fresh looking and stiff to the touch, much more so than would be expected for a book of this age (nearly sixty years): the colours of the illustration, the petals, the frog (toad?) and the fly its grasp are remarkably unfaded and there are no tears, chips or extraneous marks, though is some wrinkling along the fold line of the front flap. The publisher's original price (16s. net) is in place. The asking price (£250.00) takes into account the manipulation of the end papers described above; were it not for that the book would be worth at least twice as much. See five photos of this book and do ask for more if that would help.
Seller: Bekiaris Books, Reading, BERKS, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$326.62 + shipping
Description: A first edition, second state of this popular James Bond novel. A first edition, second state of this work, with 'First published March 1964' to the verso of title page.With the highly desirable Richard Chopping dustwrapper which is price-clipped.'You Only Live Twice' is the eleventh novel in the Bond series. It was the final Bond novel to be published in Fleming's lifetime and concludes the notorious 'Blofeld Trilogy' directly following 'Thunderball' and 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'. The work offers a more emotional exploration into Bond's character, demonstrating his grief following the murder of his wife.An important spy novel, from this renowned series. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, generally smart. Small brown stain to the head of front board and spine. Dustwrapper is generally smart. Stain to the head of spine and to the head of front wrap. Closed tears to the head and tail of joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Stain to the head of first few pages. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian. You Only Live Twice. The Book Club, 1964.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FLEMING, Ian [184] pp. The Book Club 1964 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" The first Book Club edition of this novel, published in the same year as the true first Jonathan Cape edition. An immense success, this novel sold out quickly after its publication. In Ian Fleming's popular James Bond series, the last to be published within the author's lifetime. Continuing from the murder of Tracy Bond at the end of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the story is set in Japan and deals with Bond's personal struggles, as well as examining the decline of British power and influence following the Second World War.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
FLEMING, Ian. You Only Live Twice. The Book Club, 1964.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FLEMING, Ian [184] pp. The Book Club 1964 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" The first Book Club edition of this novel, published in the same year as the true first Jonathan Cape edition. An immense success, this novel sold out quickly after its publication. In Ian Fleming's popular James Bond series, the last to be published within the author's lifetime. Continuing from the murder of Tracy Bond at the end of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the story is set in Japan and deals with Bond's personal struggles, as well as examining the decline of British power and influence following the Second World War.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition Clamshell Collecor's Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Fleming, Ian. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. Custom Clamshell Case Only. London, [1964, Book Date]: Jonathan Cape, 1964. First Edition Clamshell Case. Excellent Custom Clamshell Case [Not A Book] For The First Edition. Elegant Black Nuba® & Fine Medium Grey Cloth, Custom Gilt-Stamped at the spine. Embossed multi-layered, [sculpted] dustwrapper inspired Frog & Flower design on the side. Finished in black velour on the interior. A superb & unique protective clamshell case for the first edition of Fleming's twelfth 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
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$352.24 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A very clean first edition book with first issue dust jacket. The pages are exceptionally clean with inscription on top of front blank cover page. No marks or tears and very clean bright pages. The book looks like its never been read.The boards are bright and clean with clear texts. A first issue dust jacket within a protected plastic cover with only minor wear to head and bottom of spine. The dust jacket has not been price clipped. Price on flap is 16s.net. A superb original copy.
Seller: 1st editions, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Price: US$352.24 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. With 'First Published March 1964' on the copyright page, being the rarer of the two First Printing states (Gilbert). Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper by Richard Chopping priced at 16s. A clean, fine copy of the book in a near fine jacket which has gentle toning to the spine panel and a closed tear at the crown. Armorial bookplate of Anthony Fanshawe Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond, KCMG (1927-2001), former Guards Officer and SAS Commando, later MP for Richmond, a Foreign Office minister and Conservative Party Vice Chairman under Margaret Thatcher. Benson: The James Bond Bedside Companion, pp.135-6. Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A12a (1.2).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, United Kingdom, 1964.
Price: US$360.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First State Binding. Black bds with crisp impressed Silver Spine title (top front cnr a little crushed), and like Gold Japanese text to front, Wood Grained eps, pp 255 with tight and bright text block, bds clean and unworn. Original DJ is has rubbed spine ends and tips, paper baacked reinforced internally at spine ends, toned spine and price clipped o/w very nice. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ariel Books IOBA, Auckland, New Zealand
Price: US$365.05 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. With 'First Published March 1964' on the copyright page, being the rarer of the two First Printing states (Gilbert). Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper by Richard Chopping. A clean, fine copy of the book in a near fine jacket which has minor toning to the spine panel and light wear to the spine tips. Shows well. Described by Raymond Benson as 'one of the most successful books in the series, conjuring more mood and atmosphere than any Bond tale since Casino Royale (1953).'. Benson: The James Bond Bedside Companion, pp.135-6. Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A12a (1.2).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$371.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, original black gold blocked cloth, dust jacket generally good, with minor damage at head, tail and lower front edge, internally very good
Seller: Theoc Books, Tewkesbury, GLOS, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964, 1964.
Price: US$377.85 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, First State, Binding A. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Export copy. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping. Discreet ink initials beneath flap, moderate toning to edges, jacket is clean, showing light handling only. Very good indeed. This copy was exported to South Africa (possibly Namibia or other countries in the Southern African Common Monetary Area) showing a pencil price of R3.50 and with British price clipped. Described by Raymond Benson as 'one of the most successful books in the series, conjuring more mood and atmosphere than any Bond tale since Casino Royale (1953).' UK Cape editions of Fleming's best-selling James Bond series were imported by numerous British overseas territories across the globe [Gilbert], as demonstrated by the present copy. Benson: The James Bond Bedside Companion, pp.135-6. Gilbert A12a(1.1).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Ian Flemming. You Only LIve Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, March 1964,, 1964.
Price: US$379.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: You Only LIve Twice Jonathan Cape, London, March 1964, first edition, second state, hardback with wrapper. VG/vg. Black cloth over board with Jananese characters to front in gilt, silver gilt title to spine, brown bamboo pattern endpapers, 256 pp. Wrapper design by Richard Chopping. The novel was based on Japanese material that Fleming had gathered on his five-week foreign assignment on behalf of the Sunday Times.Front flap has Japanese charcters. Not clipped (16s net). Wrapper in archive film. Gentle rubs and creasing to top edge. Text block clean and sound. No inscriptions. JAMES BOND, FIRST EDITION, THRILLER FICTION 46484 FIC/21st/F £296.50
Seller: Daisyroots Books, GRANGE OVER SANDS, CMA, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian. You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$384.26 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first impression (with 'First published 1964' and no mention of March to the colophon). Octavo, pp 256. Black cloth covered hard boards, silver lettering to the spine and gilt Japanese characters to the upper board. In the original dust jacket which is un-clipped (16s. net). The book is clean and unmarked internally, boards sharp and square, just some spotting to the edges. Jacket is tanned to the spine. Overall Near Fine book in Very Good Plus jacket.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: DJ not price clipped (16s); book slightly cocked; chipping/rubbing to top of spine and corners and spotting to back cover of dj; black cover with bright lettering with a stain to the upper edges of the last 20 pages; however, a nice clean copy with bright attractive dj; has "First Published March 1964" on copyright page making it, I believe, the second state Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Cornelius Muhilly Rare Books, Kansas City, MO, U.S.A.
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London England, 1964.
Price: US$448.30 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback.First Editionr second print March 1864 Slight shelf wear to edges of cloth. Price clipped. The picture on the D/J. is of a frong holding a winged insect with a flower over him. When Ernst Stavro Blofeld blasted into eternity the girl whom James Bond had married only hours b exellent dustjacket art, the zest for life, went out of Bond. Incredibly, from being a top agent of the Secret Service, he had gone to pieces, was even on the verge of becoming a security risk. M is persuaded to give him one last chance - an impossible mission far removed from his usal duties - and Bond leaves for Japan. 256 pp.light wear to jacket now in protective cover
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. No flaws ot speak of.
Seller: James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA, Palm Desert, CA, U.S.A.
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. A previous owner s name to the first free endpaper, otherwise a fine copy. The dust jacket near fine, with a slight wrinkle at the head of the spine, and a small trace of residual tape removal to the verso not affecting the front. A very pleasing example. The eleventh of Fleming s Bond novels, and the concluding installment of the Blofeld Trilogy. It would be the last work published in his lifetime. When Ernst Stavro Blofeld blasted into eternity the girl whom James Bond had married only hours before, the heart, the zest for life, went out of Bond. Incredibly from being a top agent of the Secret Service, he had gone to pieces, was even on the verge of becoming a security risk. M is persuaded to give him one last chance - an impossible mission far removed from his usual duties.
Seller: Canton Books, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. First edition, second state with "First published March 1964" on the copyright page. DJ shows minor wear, tear, and tanning, 16s. net (shillings) stated on bottom corner of front flap. Black cloth cover with gilt shows minor wear and soiling, spine slightly shelf-cocked. Name of former owner written lightly in pencil on the front free endpaper. Pages lightly tanned and clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First edition, second impression of this great "James Bond" novel by Fleming. This copy is clean and unmarked throughout and appears unread. The jacket is clipped and shows only the slighest wear mainly at the bottom of the spine and points on the rear panel. Colors are bright and fresh showing no fading. A lovely collectible copy in very nice condition and a great read.
Seller: BDC Books, Stratford, ON, Canada
FLEMING, IAN. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Black cloth with silver titles to spine and gilt Japanese characters to front panel. Wrapped in Richard Chopping designed dust jacket. Later Bond title with Kissy Suzuki as Bond girl. Nice copy with just general wear especially at corners. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
IAN FLEMING. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. JONATHAN CAPE, LONDON, 1964.
Price: US$505.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST IMPRESSION. HARDBACK IN THE ORIGINAL BLACK CLOTH BINDING WITH ORIGINAL UNPRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKET, HALF TITLE PRESENT, ORIGINAL GREEN ENDPAPERS, JACKET DESIGNED BY RICHARD CHOPPING. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES WITH 256 PAGES. SOME VERY LIGHT EDGE WEAR TO JACKET WITH SOME MINOR CHIPS TO JACKET AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINE, FEW LIGHT SPOTS OF FOXING TO JACKET, SOME OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING WHICH IS MOSTLY TO PAGE FORE-EDGES. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JACKET HAS SOME REFLECTIONS PRESENT IN IMAGES FROM THE CLEAR REMOVABLE COVERING. OVERALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO INSCRIPTIONS & CLOTH COVER CLEAN & BRIGHT. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Fleming (Ian). You Only Live Twice.. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$512.35 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, 'First Published 1964' on title-page verso, pp. 256, crown 8vo, original black boards with Japanese characters stamped in gilt to upper board, backstrip lettered in silver, very slight lean to spine, a couple of little spots to top edge, dustjacket with a Richard Chopping design, a hint of sunning to backstrip panel (but the pink still bright), very good. A lovely copy of the first state (indicated by the information on the title-page verso). (Gilbert A12a 1.1)
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
IAN FLEMING.. You Only Live Twice. A James Bond novel.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$512.35 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, first state (with no month mentioned on the copyright page, as required). 8vo. 256pp. Black boards lettered in silver at the spine with a series of Japanese characters gold-stamped to the upper board. Bamboo-effect endpapers. Top edge spotted with just a touch of further spotting to the fore edge. The spine ends a little bruised and with a strip of light partial browning to the front free endpaper. A very good copy in virtually fine price-clipped dust wrapper, marred only a touch of tanning to the spine panel and a tiny area of light creasing to the head of the spine panel. A super copy of the eleventh Bond novel (the twelfth book).
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. London : Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$512.35 + shipping
Description: First Edition with 'First Published 1964' (rather than Published March 1964) on the copyright page. Near fine condition in near fine price clipped dust jacket. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned end papers, price clipped dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping. The boards are in great condition, with only light wear to the head and tail of the spine. No internal markings or inscriptions. The dust jacket is in excellent condition with only light signs of wear (see photo). A lovely copy.
Seller: Surrey Hills Books, Cranleigh, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Very Good + copy in like jacket. Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine in silver, Japanese characters to front board in gilt, wood grain endpapers. With the dust jacket. Gift inscription to front endpaper. Some foxing to top edge; else a straight, bright copy. In the unclipped jacket, with wear to spine extremities and nicks to corners, toned spine, and some fading to rear panel. Following the wedding day murder of his wife Tracy Bond at the end of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 007 spirals into drinking, gambling, and erring on assignment. In an attempt to reignite him, MI6 assigns Bond to a diplomatic mission in Japan. There, James connects with the head of Japanese Secret Service and becames entangled in a plan to seek revenge for the death of another man's wife. Very Good + in Very Good + dust jacket.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
IAN FLEMING. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. JONATHAN CAPE, 1964.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing: A beautiful near fine book with a vibrant near fine unclipped dust jacket. The book is in beautiful condition with crisp black boards, with sharp corners, one tiny tip bump and no edgewear. Clean black boards with bright, unfaded silver titles on spine and gilt characters on front board. Clean Bamboo patterned end papers with no owner names, no inscriptions, and no bookplates. The binding is tight with a slight touch of a very slight lean. The internal pages are clean, flat and bright with No marks, No writing, No foxing, No bent pages, No age toning and No stains. Beautiful book with crisp boards, internally appearing as unread. Please see images for more details. The original unrestored jacket is in beautiful condition with bright vibrant colors with only some of the common slight darkening to the spine. The stunning jacket has no edgewear, but to the very very outer spine and corner tips, otherwise no chips, no stains, no rips, and no foxing. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of 16s net with one flap having a soft vertical crease. Small piece of tape on the jacket verso along the lower spine edge. The dust jacket is now protected in a clear removeable archival cover. Please see detailed images. A very handsome example of this title in the first print, presenting well on the shelf. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. PLEASE SEE OUR ABE STORE FOR MORE IAN FLEMING TITLES.
Seller: Meier And Sons Rare Books, New Canaan, CT, U.S.A.
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964, 1964.
Price: US$576.39 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, First State, Binding B, British export/colonial copy. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's black Fabroleen cloth-effect paper [type 'A'] over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers, dust-jacket by Richard Chopping. No inscriptions, edges mostly clean (one faint spot to top edge), else near fine in similar, lightly edge worn jacket with a light cup ring to upper. This copy was exported and sold in Sydney, Australia (faint seller stamp of Ashwoods Book Shop, Pitt Street), price clipped accordingly. Shows well. UK Cape editions of Fleming's best-selling James Bond series were imported by British overseas territories across the globe [Gilbert], as demonstrated by the present copy. "Type 'A' cloth is far less common" [Bibliography, p.392]. This copy comes from the comprehensive bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencilled note and ownership within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Benson: The James Bond Bedside Companion, pp.135-6. Gilbert A12a (1.2).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian. You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$576.39 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first state with 'First published 1964' to the copyright page. Octavo, pp256. Black cloth covered hard boards with silver lettering to the spine and gilt Japanese characters to the upper board. In the original dust price clipped dust jacket. The book is in just about Fine condition with very light spotting to the top edge, slight offset showing on the endapers. The jacket is in Fine, bright condition with no fade or tanning to the spine. A lovely copy.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
IAN FLEMING. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. JONATHAN CAPE, 1964.
Price: US$595.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Jonathan Cape of London 1964 First Edition, First Printing: A beautiful near fine book with a striking vibrant near fine unclipped dust jacket. First printing, second state with the "First Published March 1964" statement. The book is in beautiful condition with crisp black boards, with sharp corners no edgewear and no bumps. Clean black boards with bright, unfaded silver titles on spine and gilt characters on front board. Clean Bamboo patterned end papers with no owner names, no inscriptions, and no bookplates. The binding is tight and square. The internal pages are clean, flat and bright with No marks, No writing, No foxing, No bent pages, No age toning and No stains. Beautiful book with crisp boards, internally appearing as unread. Please see images for more details. The original unrestored jacket is in beautiful condition with bright vibrant colors with some of the common slight darkening to the spine. The stunning jacket but a few tiny nicks, otherwise no edgewear, no chips, no stains, no rips, and no foxing. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of 16s net. The dust jacket is now protected in a clear removeable archival cover. Please see detailed images. A very handsome example of this title. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. PLEASE SEE OUR ABE STORE FOR MORE IAN FLEMING TITLES.
Seller: Meier And Sons Rare Books, New Canaan, CT, U.S.A.
FLEMING, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$599.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1964 JAMES BOND 1ed You Only Live Twice Ian Fleming 007 British Spy SPECTRE MI6 Published in 1964, Ian Flemings You Only Live Twice is the twelfth book in the iconic James Bond series, and the third and final entry in the beloved Blofeld Trilogy involving the criminal organization, S.P.E.C.T.R.E. The story features James Bond on a mission in Japan, recovering from his wifes death and facing a crisis in his career. Tasked by M to collaborate with Japans Secret Service, he investigates the enigmatic Castle of Death and its leader, Dr. Guntram Shatterhand. With the help of Tiger Tanaka, Bond confronts Shatterhand in a bid to restore his purpose and standing. The world-famous James Bond novels tell of the fictional British spy, codenamed 007 and his many exploits. Created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, Bonds popularity led to the writing of twelve novels and two short-story collections along with the production of over 25 feature films and counting. Item number: #41373 Price: $599 FLEMING, Ian You Only Live Twice London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. First Edition. Details: Collation: Complete o 256 Edition Note: o Black Type C cloth blocked in gilt to upper board and silver to spine o 16s.net on DJ o First published 1964 References: Gilbert A12 a1.1-1.3 Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure o Black cloth o Original dust jacket Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in (19.5cm x 13.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 41373 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$608.41 + shipping
Description: Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. With 'First Published March 1964' on the copyright page, being the rarer of the two First Printing states (Gilbert). Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper by Richard Chopping. Slightly dusty; jacket price-clipped, slightly toned to spine. A near fine copy. Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A10a (1.2)
Seller: Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, First Edition, First State, 1964.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover in Richard Chopping's designed unclipped dust jacket; first edition, first state, bound in publisher's black cloth with titles gilt in silver and gold, in both English and Japanese; book and dustjacket are in very good plus to near fine overall condition, with some spot foxing to edges as well as to interior to dust jacket; remains a handsome copy of one of Fleming's beloved novels. 8vo. 256 pp.
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, United Kingdom, 1964.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First State Binding. Black bds with crisp impressed Silver Spine title, and like Gold Japanese text to front (unworn) Wood Grained eps, pp 255 with tight and bright text block, not inscribed, spotting to edge. Original DJ is toned with wear at spine head, price clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ariel Books IOBA, Auckland, New Zealand
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$704.48 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A superb first impression of the eleventh James Bond novel, later made into a film with Sean Connery as Bond. From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. A first edition, first impression of this work, with 'First Published 1964' to the copyright.In the original unclipped dustwrapper by Richard Chopping.The eleventh James Bond novel, 'You Only Live Twice' starts eight months after the murder of Tracy Bond, seeing James Bond drinking and gambling heavily, and making mistakes on his assignments. He is sent to Japan on a semi-diplomatic mission, and ends up being challenged by the head of the Japanese Secret Service to kill a mysterious Doctor Guntram Shatterhand.From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, from her library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire. After being widowed at 25, Audrey married the fabulously wealthy American department store heir, Marshall Field III, later divorcing him and marrying the Honorable Peter Pleydell-Bouverie. In 1940 she bought Julians Park and redesigned the interior. Her library was impressive, with many examples of her own bookbinding.Audrey was an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty, the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII (though she was also rumoured to be his daughter, or the lover of King Edward VIII), featured in the 'Book of Beauty' by Cecil Beaton. She had many high profile friends, such as Winston Churchill, Coco Chanel, Fred Astaire, and Nancy Mitford, a sparkling hostess of the Edwardian period, her hedonistic antics bringing her into the Bright Young Things. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, fine. Dustwrapper with some light edge wear, resulting in some small chips and closed tears. A little discolouration and a few marks and spots to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, United Kingdom, 1964.
Price: US$725.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First State Binding. Black bds with crisp impressed Silver Spine title, and like Gold Japanese text to front (unworn) Wood Grained eps, pp 255 with tight and bright text block, not inscribed. Original DJ has lightly toned spine and light wear to front leading edge, small chip top front cnr, tiny tear bottom front near spine, priced clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ariel Books IOBA, Auckland, New Zealand
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964, 1964.
Price: US$749.31 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, First State, Binding A. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping priced at 16s. No inscriptions. Some light handling and spotting, minor rubbing and wear to jacket. Very good indeed, in a custom-made clamshell box. Described by Raymond Benson as 'one of the most successful books in the series, conjuring more mood and atmosphere than any Bond tale since Casino Royale (1953).'. Gilbert A12a(1.1).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Near Fine copy in like dust jacket, jacket price clipped and with only the slightest wear at the extremities. First impression, first state, Binding 'A' (with "First published 1964" on the copyright page and Japanese gilt characters on the front board). Octavo (7 3/8 x 5 inches; 188 x 127 mm.). 255, [1] pp. Publisher's black cloth effect paper over boards, front cover with gilt kanji, spine lettered in silver, bamboo patterned endpapers. Dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping. "When Ernst Stavro Blofeld blasted into eternity the girl whom James Bond had married only hours before, the heart, the zest for life, went out of Bond. Incredibly, from being a top agent of the Secret Service, he had gone to pieces, was even on the verge of becoming a security risk. M is persuaded to give him one last chance - an impossible mission far removed from his usual duties - and Bond leaves for Japan." The twelfth novel in the James Bond series and the last Bond novel published while Fleming was still alive, featuring Kissy Suzuki, tries to heal Bond's wounded heart and bears him the only child we are aware of after Bond kills Ernst Blofeld, is affected by amnesia, and lives with her as a fisherman in Japan. Gilbert, A12a, 1.1. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Near Fine copy in like dust jacket, jacket price clipped and with only the slightest wear at the extremities. First impression, first state, Binding 'A' (with "First published 1964" on the copyright page and Japanese gilt characters on the front board). Octavo (7 3/8 x 5 inches; 188 x 127 mm.). 255, [1] pp. Publisher's black cloth effect paper over boards, front cover with gilt kanji, spine lettered in silver, bamboo patterned endpapers. Dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping. "When Ernst Stavro Blofeld blasted into eternity the girl whom James Bond had married only hours before, the heart, the zest for life, went out of Bond. Incredibly, from being a top agent of the Secret Service, he had gone to pieces, was even on the verge of becoming a security risk. M is persuaded to give him one last chance - an impossible mission far removed from his usual duties - and Bond leaves for Japan." The twelfth novel in the James Bond series and the last Bond novel published while Fleming was still alive, featuring Kissy Suzuki, tries to heal Bond's wounded heart and bears him the only child we are aware of after Bond kills Ernst Blofeld, is affected by amnesia, and lives with her as a fisherman in Japan. Gilbert, A12a, 1.1. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
FLEMING, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FLEMING, Ian [256] pp. Jonathan Cape 1964 First Printing 7 5/8" x 5 3/8" Jacket design by Richard Chopping
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
FLEMING, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FLEMING, Ian [256] pp. Jonathan Cape 1964 First Printing 7 5/8" x 5 1/4" Jacket design by Richard Chopping
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, United Kingdom, 1964.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First State Binding. Black bds with crisp impressed Silver Spine title, and like Gold Japanese text to front (unworn apart front light abrasion to rear spine fold) Wood Grained eps, pp 255 with tight and bright text block, not inscribed, light dust spotting the end pages. Original DJ has slight wear to spine ends and tips, priced clipped a little tape ghosting to DJ flaps. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ariel Books IOBA, Auckland, New Zealand
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964, 1964.
Price: US$762.11 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, First State, Binding A. Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean's copy, with his visiting card and Cape book label loosely inserted. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers, dust-jacket by Richard Chopping priced 16s. Housed in an elegant custom-made clamshell box. Contents clean with a few light marks to edges, jacket is generally fresh, lightly frayed at crown. Very good indeed. A significant association. Provenance: Sir Fitzroy Maclean (1911-96), former Etonian diplomat, S.A.S. Commando, adventurer and travel writer encouraged by Peter Fleming; liaised with Ian Fleming during the Moscow spy trials in the 1930s, served in Soviet Central Asia, the Western Desert Campaign, and at Churchill's personal request, behind enemy lines with Tito's partisans in Yugoslavia. Maclean was often labelled a model for James Bond, with Ian Fleming noting that 007 was "a compound of all the secret agents and commando types that I met during the war" (Bond Bound, p.26). Maclean, Peter and Ian Fleming were reunited at literary events, each being published by Jonathan Cape. Originally sold with all Maclean's copies of the Bond novels [Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, 2008], purchased by bibliographer Jon Gilbert for his Fleming Archive, where this copy has remained since. Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A12a (1.1).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, United Kingdom, 1964.
Price: US$765.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First State Binding. Black bds with crisp impressed Silver Spine title, and like Gold Japanese text to front, Wood Grained eps, pp 255 with tight and bright text block, not inscribed, light foxed to eps and edges. Original DJ is unworn apart from small nich at spine head, light toned spine, price clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ariel Books IOBA, Auckland, New Zealand
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, United Kingdom, 1964.
Price: US$765.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First State Binding. Black bds with crisp impressed Silver Spine title, and like Gold Japanese text to front, Wood Grained eps, pp 255 with tight and bright text block, name to front ep and original book seller stamp, lsmall mark top edge, bds clean and unworn. Original DJ is unworn apart from small nickat spine head and crease along top front, light toned spine, price clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ariel Books IOBA, Auckland, New Zealand
FLEMING, Ian.. You Only Live Twice.. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964, 1964.
Price: US$768.52 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, first state; the last Bond book published during the lifetime of Fleming, who died later that year. Based on Japanese material which Fleming gathered during his five-week foreign jaunt for the Sunday Times, the novel is titled after a poem by Bash : "You only live twice: Once when you are born, And once when you look death in the face" (p. 7). This copy is in the first state, with "First Published 1964" rather than "First Published March 1964" on the copyright page. The film adaptation was released three years later, starring Sean Connery and with the screenplay written by Roald Dahl. Gilbert A12a (1.1). Octavo. Original black boards (Gilbert's binding A), spine lettered in silver, Japanese lettering on front cover in gilt, patterned endpapers. With dust jacket. Bright jacket with one or two edge nicks, small mark on rear flap, unclipped: a near-fine copy in like jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian (1908-1964). You only live twice / Ian Fleming. London : Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$794.79 + shipping
Description: NOT price-clipped. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 255 p. ; 20 cm. Notes; Case bound in black cloth. Japanese characters embossed on upper cover in gold ; title on spine in silver. Decorated endpapers. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. "Printed . on paper made by John Dickinson and Co., Ltd. Bound by A. W. Bain and Co., Ltd., London" -- t.p. verso. 'First published 1964' (colophon) but it was actually published in late 1963. Subjects; Bond, James (Fictitious character) - Fiction. Intelligence service - Great Britain - Fiction. Espionage & spy thriller. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Jonathan Cape, London 1964. First English Edition / First Printing. Stated First Published March 1964 with no additional printings. Black cloth boards with gold and silver lettering. Original dust jacket priced at 16 s net. Book Condition: Near Fine, light foxing at the fore-edge. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+, shelf wear, light spots. Wrapped in a new removable plastic cover.
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Jonathan Cape, London 1964. First UK Edition / First Printing. Stated First Published March 1964 with no additional printings. Black cloth boards with gold and silver lettering. Book Condition: Near Fine, spots on the boards and endpaper. Name at the front endpaper. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine, price clipped, light spots. Wrapped in a new removable mylar cover.
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964). You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964, 1964.
Price: US$800.54 + shipping
Description: [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, First State, Binding A. ASSOCIATION COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers, dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping priced at 16s. No inscriptions, armorial bookplate of David Richard Colville front paste-down, jacket toned to the spine, some minor wear and marks. Very good. David Richard Colville (1909-1987) was a wartime colleague of Ian Fleming, both serving in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. He married Lady Joan Child-Villiers, a relative of Fleming's great friend Charles Amherst Villiers, pioneer of Bentley Motors superchargers. Gilbert A12a(1.1).
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$832.56 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: Jonathan Cape, 1964 8vo., black cloth, japanese characters in gilt to upper board; lettered in silver to backstrip with publisher's device to foot; wood-effect endpapers; in the classic Richard Chopping dust jacket (16s. net) featuring a poisonous toad grasping a dragonfly under the shelter of a pink chrysanthemum; pp. [xiv], 15-255, [i]; essentially a fine copy, some very minor toning to edges of jacket and shelf-wear to the lower panel the only defects. First edition, first impression, first state. Binding A in black cloth. The final book in Fleming's 'Blofeld Trilogy', following Thunderball and On Her Majesty's Secret Service. It features the usual descriptions of intelligence-gathering and code-breaking networks which Fleming himself was familiar with, having run covert operations during the war. In the Autumn of 1962 the author had travelled to Japan, adamant that his next novel would be set in the 'Land of the Rising Sun'. During his time there, he kept a series of notebooks in which he jotted down observations about the people, culture, and phrases he encountered, as well as plot ideas for his upcoming work. The first manuscript appeared in 1963. You Only Live Twice was Fleming's eleventh novel, and the last published within his lifetime. In 1967, it was adapted into the fifth film in the Eon Production series, featuring the best Bond, Sean Connery, in the title role. The screenplay was produced by Roald Dahl, who was a close friend of the author, but who took liberties with the plot - only a few elements of the novel, and a limited number of characters, survive from the original text. A superior copy of this popular book in the James Bond series.
Seller: The Plantagenet King ABA / ILAB, Birchington, KENT, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London UK, 1964.
Price: US$832.56 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A first edition of You only Live Twice with unclipped dust jacket in very good/near fine condition. Original black cloth boards with bright gilt lettering. Clean contents The dust jacket has minimal wear. A bright copy.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Jonathan Cape, London 1964. First English Edition / First Printing. Stated First Published March 1964 with no additional printings. Black cloth boards with gold and silver lettering. Original dust jacket priced at 16 s net. Book Condition: Near Fine, name at the endpaper, shelf wear. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+, shelf wear, short tears. Wrapped in a new removable plastic cover.
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Dj corners clipped but 16s.net on front flap. A very tiny, miniscule speck of blue on bottom of pages. Barely visible. A small brown spot of front dj flap and two very small spots on back dj flap. Has the first published 1964 w/no additional printings. His 11th and last novel published while he was still alive. Book is solid being clean, square and tight. Chinese characters front flap, front cover and back cover. This is a really nice copy with only a few minor imperfections.
Seller: Bob Lakin Books, Chatfield, TX, U.S.A.
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$864.58 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first impression and first state with 'First published 1964' to copyright page. Original black cloth with Japanese lettering to upper board in gilt and in English to spine in silver with bamboo patterned endpapers and paste-downs. Light traces of off-setting to endpapers, else near fine and beautifully clean and sharp throughout. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a couple of isolated spots to verso and very shallow chips to corners with a couple of minuscule nicks to spine tips, otherwise an excellent, near fine example. Jacket design by Richard Chopping.
Seller: Fine Book Cellar Ltd. ABA ILAB PBFA, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian (1908-1964). You only live twice / Ian Fleming. London : Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$880.00 + shipping
Description: NOT price-clipped. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 255 p. ; 20 cm. Notes; Case bound in black cloth. Japanese characters embossed on upper cover in gold ; title on spine in silver. Decorated endpapers. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. "Printed . on paper made by John Dickinson and Co., Ltd. Bound by A. W. Bain and Co., Ltd., London" -- t.p. verso. 'First published 1964' (colophon) but it was actually published in late 1963. Subjects; Bond, James (Fictitious character) - Fiction. Intelligence service - Great Britain - Fiction. Espionage & spy thriller. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$928.63 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. In Original cloth cover and dust wrapper. Two small tears to either side of wrapper at bottom of spine, some mild shelfwear, minor foxing first few title pages, otherwise a nice copy
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. London Cape 1964, 1964.
Price: US$960.65 + shipping
Description: A first edition, first printing published in 1964 (stated 'First published March 1964') by Jonathan Cape. A fine book without inscriptions - some spotting to the bottom edge. In a fine unclipped wrapper with some rubbing to the spine tips and corners - these are the only defects to what is a superb copy of this title - with a bright, unfaded spine.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated First Published March 1964 with no additional printings. Clipped DJ in archival cover, slight edge wear, chip.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$1000.03 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A near fine first edition with gilt Japanese characters to the front cover and silver to the spine. Some staining to the bottom of page 111, with some bleed through up to page 115. Perhaps coffee. Perhaps spilled in excitement. The dust jacket has been price clipped but is otherwise fine. Overall, a nice copy. Gilbert: First impression, second state, binding B.
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books , Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$1216.82 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: HARDBACK - A fine book, free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. The black boards are extremely clean with unbumped corners and spine tips. The dust wrapper is in near fine condition, with none of the usual fading or browning found to the spine. Free of any tears or chips, but with a touch of foxing to the rear flap fold, and with a small mark to the front flap. Correctly priced at 16s.net. The dust wrapper is printed on slightly thicker paper stock, and is regarded as a final proof state. Future dust wrappers had the small front and rear flaps and were printed on slightly thinner paper.
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. Jonathan Cape [1964], London, 1964.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, original black boards, front stamped in gold, spine stamped in silver. A James Bond novel. The third appearance of the head of SPECTRE, Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Made into a feature film. Gilbert: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A12a (1.1). Hubin, p. 288. Smith and White: Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd ed.) 1890. Mild foxing to page edges, tanned strips to free end papers, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket (with printed price of 16s) with slight wear at the head of the spine with a tiny closed tear and some creasing, mild toning to the spine panel. (30688)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
FLEMING, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: London: Jonathan Cape, [1964]. First edition, first printing (with "First published 1964".) Small octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 188 x 124 mm). 255, [1] pp. Original full black cloth-patterned paper over boards, Top board blocked in gilt with Japanese characters (reading "you only live twice"). Spine lettered in silver with silver Cape logo at foot. Light brown wood-grain patterned endpapers. Small tape residue on endpapers. Some foxing to text block edge. Binding slightly skewed. Dust jacket by Richard Chopping, using a wraparound piece of artwork for the first time. Light sunning and small hole to jacket spine. Light foxing to back panel of jacket. Still a near fine copy. "You only live twice: Once when you are born, and once when you look death in the face." After Basho, Japanese Poet, 1643-94. Campbell 12007A1. HBS 68689. $1,250.
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
FLEMING, Ian. You Only Live Twice - UNCORRECTED PROOF. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964., 1964.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, UNCORRECTED PROOF. 1 vol., perhaps limited to approximately 500 copies, neat ownership signature to page 3. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial printed wrappers, slight slant to spine, general light handling, hinges fine, overall a GOOD+ copy.
Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape Ltd., London, 1964.
Price: US$1819.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition: octavo; hardcover, with silver-gilt spine titles, gilt upper board decorations and decorative endpapers; 256pp. Minor wear; very slightly rolled; spine tail a little softened; text block top edge very lightly dusted; offset to the endpapers. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed and edgeworn; some sunning to the spine panel and flap-turns; now professionally protected by non-adhesive polypropylene wrap. Very good.
Seller: Morocco Books and Collectibles, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
Price: US$1857.25 + shipping
Description: [James Bond] FIRST EDITION, First State, Binding A. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper ('Excelin') over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping, priced at 16s. Some titles on verso of half-title discreetly checked off in blue ink, otherwise a lovely fine copy. Housed in a bespoke black cloth clamshell to a uniform design by Gilbert. This copy features one of the earliest jackets, entirely untrimmed and with extra-wide jacket flaps, printed on the heavier card stock. Such jackets are considered FINAL PROOF STATE, used to check the look and spacing of text etc. before printing began in earnest. The regular jackets had slimmer flaps with an angled corner cut, and were printed on ordinary (thinner) dust-jacket paper stock.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$1857.25 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: HARDBACK - A fine book in un-read condition, free of any previous owner names or Inscriptions. The correct first issue title, published in 1964. There are a few very faint spots to the top page block, else a quite lovely example. The dust wrapper is in very fine condition, with no fading or browning to the spine. Free of any chips tears or creases. Correctly priced at 16s.net. A sublime copy.
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$1910.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A first edition/first Impression (stating "first Published 1964" versus the second state "March 1964") in superior condition, conservatively rated as Fine in alike dust-wrapper. A throughout exceptional copy rarely seen in this condition; "When Ernst Stavro Blofeld blasted into eternity the girl whom James Bond had married only hours before, the heart, the zest for life, went out of Bond" (from the dust-jacket). Basis for the James Bond movie with Sean Connery and Karin Dor as Bond-Girl Helga Brandt. This film is the first Bond movie to deviate from the source material. Other than the Japanese setting, and several characters, the two stories are very different; 8vo ; 255, [1] pages
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Johnathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$1985.08 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Jonathan Cape, London, 1964. Cloth. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo ; 255, pages. A very handsome First Printing of the First Edition (stating "First Published 1964" versus the second state "March 1964") in Fine condition with crisp edges, boards with bright colors in Fine unclipped dust jacket, showing only little wear.
Seller: Morshead Books, Beaumaris, VIC, Australia
Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$2400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Published in 1964 in London by Jonathan Cape. First edition, first impression. Book in Fine condition, black cloth and bright silver gilded title on spine plus golden gilded japanese letters on front board, clean pages. Dustjacket in Fine condition with original 16s net on front flap of dustwrapper, and absolutely no sun darkening to the spine. $2400
Seller: E. B. Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, London, 1964.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: DJ in archival cover. Stated first printing.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Uncorrected proof in rare proof jacket. 1964. Book near fine. Dust jacket very good. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3202.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: PROOF COPY - A very good copy, free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. The boards are clean with just a little creasing to the cover's lower corner, with a small pen mark to the upper front cover.Internally, the pages are clean with no foxing present. The oversized dust wrapper is in very good condition with chipping, and associated creasing to the spine tips, and to the upper front panel. A small stain to the rear panel, but overall a nice example of the proof dust wrapper.
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian.. You Only Live Twice.. London Jonathan Cape March, 1964.
Price: US$18150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author; 8vo; publisher's black boards (Gilbert's Type A) blocked in silver and gilt, bamboo effect endpapers, with the dust-jacket by Richard Chopping, spine very slightly rolled but a lovely copy in the dust jacket. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, 'To Jonathan from Ian'. The identity of Jonathan has eluded us but obviously Fleming's use of a first name indicates a close friend.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
FLEMING ,IAN. You Only Live Twice.. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Price: US$19212.96 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Jonathan Cape, 1964, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, FIRST STATE, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by the author to Robert Harling: ("To | Robert | But not to read! | from | Ian") to front free endpaper, original black cloth, lettered in silver, Japanese characters on upper cover in gilt, wood-grain effect endpapers, Dust- Jacket, near fine condition, collector's black quarter morocco clamshell box. Robert Harling was a close friend of Fleming's following their service together in naval intelligence in the Second World War. He is known for creating the "Tea Chest" font used on 10 dust-jackets for the Bond books and possibly being the model upon which Fleming based the character of James Bond. He featured as a character in two books (as a police inspector in Thunderball and as a typographer in The Spy Who Loved Me). In You Only Live Twice, Commander Bond's obituary on pages 240-241 matches Harling's own account of his childhood, where he was orphaned as a child and raised in Kent, again showing the ample inspiration Fleming took from his friend. Fleming and Harling were friends for 25 years, attested in Harlings personal memoir of the author, published in 2020.
Seller: Bruce Marshall Rare Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
FLEMING, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Jonathan Cape, 1964, 1964.
Price: US$22415.12 + shipping
Description: Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in silver, Japanese characters blocked in gilt to front cover, bamboo-patterned endpapers. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom dark blue quarter morocco folding box. A very good copy, minor lean to spine, edges lightly toned and foxed, but internally still attractive and with bright and clear inscription from the author, in like dust jacket, toned, edges rubbed and nicked, but still sharp. First edition, second issue, presentation copy, in the "A" binding, signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, "To Elizabeth. Get well soon! from Ian Fleming.". A fine example of Fleming's characteristic handwriting with flourish and underlines, boldly signed. This second issue of the first edition can be distinguished by the "published March" copyright page. This copy was inscribed in March 1964 by the then-ailing Fleming, who was suffering from poor health. He died from a heart attack in August 1964. The recipient of this copy was a nursemaid of the author during those final months, who was briefly unwell herself, hence the inscription. A scarce inscribed copy, this title being published only months before the author's death; another inscribed copy exists from around the same time to Lisl Jokl, Fleming's former girlfriend and one of only four people to whom he left a legacy of £500 upon his death. This copy is from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), with his bookplate. 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 A12a(1.3); The Schøyen Collection No. 93.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom