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Airline Detective. The Fight Against International Air Crime. Introduced by Ian Fleming.
London: Collins, 1962. [True crime] FIRST EDITION. Two volumes (first and second impressions) Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xx; 7-197; [1], blank. Publisher's smooth cloth-effect paper over boards, with red titles to the spine, top edge tinted orange, in pictorial dust-wrapper. First printing with slightly chipped jacket, price clipped; second printing..... More
Airline Detective. The Fight Against International Air Crime. Introduced by Ian Fleming.
London: Collins, 1962. [True crime] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xx; 7-197; [1], blank. Publisher's smooth cloth-effect paper over boards, with red titles to the spine, top edge tinted orange, in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 21s. Discreet owner name, jacket with a few small nicks; very good indeed. Airline..... More
Airline Detective. The Fight Against International Air Crime. Introduced by Ian Fleming.
London: Collins, 1962. [True crime] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xx; 7-197; [1], blank. Publisher's smooth cloth-effect paper over boards, with red titles to the spine, top edge tinted orange, in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 21s. Contents clean, edges toned, jacket with a few small chips to crown and..... More
Airline Detective. The Fight Against International Air Crime. Introduced by Ian Fleming.
London: Collins, 1962. [True crime] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Second impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xx; 7-197; [1], blank. Publisher's smooth cloth-effect paper over boards, with red titles to the spine, top edge tinted orange, in pictorial dust-wrapper. With presentation note to title; Yours very sincerely / Donald..... More
Airline Detective. The Fight Against International Air Crime. Introduced by Ian Fleming (2 copies).
London: Fontana Books, 1962. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Two variant copies, the home market issue priced at 3/6 together with the unpriced export copy. Octavos, pp.189; [2], ads; [1], blank. Publisher's softcovers with stills from the recent television adaptation entitled 'Zero One'. Illustrated with black and white photos within. Very good..... More
The Lawless Skies. With a Foreword by Ian Fleming.
New York: Putnam, 1962. FIRST U.S. EDITION. Pp.224, with photographic plates. Publisher's black cloth blocked in blue, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins priced at $3.95. An abridged version of Fleming's foreword also fills the rear panel. A clean, fine copy of the book in a very good jacket with..... More
The Life of Ian Fleming; [together with] James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007. The Life consisting of three book-form editions and two magazine appearances: as James Bond alias Ian Fleming [in: Life Magazine, vol. 61, nos. 15-16, 7 & 14 October 1966] and as James Bond's Last Victim [in: Reader's Digest, vol. 93, no. 556, August 1968].
Jonathan Cape; Pan Books; Reader's Digest Association; and Time Incorporated, Chicago, Illinois, 1966-68. 6 volumes. Proof copy in wrappers with dust jacket; first edition hardcover with jacket; others in wrappers. With many half-tone illustrations from photographs. Proof with creasing to spine and spotting to edges; first edition with rubbing to..... More
The Life of Ian Fleming [2 volumes with variant jackets]. Creator of James Bond.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Literary Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.352, with sixteen pages of photographic plates, red top-stain, pictorial dust-wrappers. The earliest jacket has silver lettering to spine with turquoise author's name and imprint; later versions feature gold lettering and a darker blue blocking. A publisher's sample..... More
The Life of Ian Fleming [2 volumes with variant jackets]. Creator of James Bond.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Literary Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.352, with sixteen pages of photographic plates, red top-stain, pictorial dust-wrappers. The earliest jacket has pale gold lettering to spine with turquoise author's name and imprint; later versions feature regular gilt lettering and a darker blue blocking. A...... More
The Life of Ian Fleming, appearing in Life Magazine (two issues, complete).
New York: Time, Inc., [1966]. [Literary Biography] Pp.134; 146. Magazine format in pictorial paper wraps, with photographs throughout. Original price: 35c. each. With the memorable fold-out cover photograph of Ian Fleming at the wheel of Bond's supercharged 4.5 litre 'Blower' Bentley. Fragile magazines with some expected handling and light wear..... More
The Life of Ian Fleming. Creator of James Bond.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Literary Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.352, with sixteen pages of photographic plates, red top-stain, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 36s. No inscriptions, some light handling, short tear at crown of wrapper. Near fine. An informative first-hand biography of James Bond's creator, written by a...... More
The Life of Ian Fleming. Creator of James Bond.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Literary Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.352, with sixteen pages of photographic plates, red top-stain, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 36s. Discreet signature to flyleaf, jacket with a couple of neat tears to rear plus the usual laminate shrinkage at joints. Still a presentable, near..... More
The Life of Ian Fleming. Creator of James Bond.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.352, with sixteen pages of photographic plates. Attractively bound in black half calf over cloth sides blocked with 'Golden Eye' motif, top edge gilt. Contents clean, a few light marks to covers and page edges; near fine. John..... More
The Life of Ian Fleming. Creator of James Bond.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.352, with sixteen pages of photographic plates. Attractively bound in black half calf over cloth sides blocked with 'Golden Eye' motif, red endpapers, top edge red. Contents clean, a little browning to fore edge, small mark to topstain..... More
Ian Fleming: The Notes.
London: Queen Anne Press, 2020. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION, limited issue (this copy no. 55 of 100 copies). SIGNED by the editor Fergus Fleming, to his introduction, p.9 (not called for). With publisher's erratum slip. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.375; [1], blank. Bound in dark-blue Plike paper-covered boards, red endpapers..... More
James Bond, the Authorised Biography. A fictional biography by John Pearson.
London: Century, 1973. [Fictional biography] FIRST CENTURY EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8]; 339; [5], blank. Publisher's black cloth in photographic dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. A fine copy. Attractive hardcover reissue of this first-person biography of the fictional agent James Bond, first published in 1973. Although the canonical nature..... More
James Bond, the Authorized Biography of 007. A fictional biography by John Pearson.
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1973. [Fictional biography] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 317; [3]. Publisher's black cloth with red endpapers and red top edge, in glossy dust-wrapper priced at £2.75. Contents clean, a few very small marks to exterior, price clipped. A fresh, near fine example. A...... More
James Bond, the Authorized Biography of 007. A fictional biography by John Pearson [three paperback copies].
London & New York; Pan Books, Grafton and Grove Press, 1975-1986. [Fictional biography] FIRST EDITIONS thus, being the first Pan paperback, the first Grafton edition and the first Grove Press version. 3 vols. Publisher's illustrated softcovers. Minor handling, reading creases to Pan copy. Very good to fine. From the comprehensive..... More
James Bond, the Authorized Biography of 007. A fictional biography by John Pearson [two hardback copies].
London & New York: Sidgwick and Jackson, Morrow, 1973. [Fictional biography] FIRST EDITIONS thus, being the first UK edition and the first US edition. 2 vols. Bibliographer's copies. Publisher's hardcovers in dust-wrappers. Near fine examples (some spotting and sunning to the British edition). From from the comprehensive archive of James..... More
James Bond, the Authorized Biography of 007. A fictional biography by John Pearson.
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1973. [Fictional biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 317; [3]. Publisher's black cloth with red endpapers and red top edge, in glossy dust-wrapper priced at £2.75. With author's presentation note to the title page; James Pickard / Best wishes from / John..... More
James Bond, the Authorized Biography of 007. A fictional biography by John Pearson.
London: Granada, 1985. [Fictional biography] SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Granada hardback reissue, first thus. Large octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.314. Publisher's tan in glossy dust-wrapper priced at £8.95. With author's non-specific presentation note to the title page; All best wishes, / Apr 89 John Pearson / [underline/flourish]. An excellent copy..... More
The Life of Ian Fleming. Creator of James Bond.
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1966. [Literary biography] U.S. EDITION, book club issue, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.366; [1], [5], blank, with sixteen pages of photographic plates. Publisher's brown cloth, pictorial jacket. Jacket clipped else fine. An informative first-hand biography of James Bond's creator, written by a close friend..... More
The Life of Ian Fleming. Creator of James Bond.
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1966. [Literary biography] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.339; [1], blank, with sixteen pages of photographic plates. Publisher's orange cloth blocked in black and yellow (the BCE binding is brown), pictorial jacket priced at $6.95. A fine copy in a particularly fresh jacket. An..... More
The Life of Ian Fleming. Creator of James Bond.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Literary biography] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Large octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.346, with 16 photographic plates. Publisher's patterned green softcovers. Toning to edges and extremities, some biro doodles to rear cover. Very good, housed in an elegant leather-spined clamshell box. The proof features many changes to the..... More
The Life of Ian Fleming. Creator of James Bond.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Literary biography] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, in PROOF-ONLY JACKET lettered in silver (published book jacket was gilt). Large octavo (24 x 16cm). pp.346, with pp.16 photographic plates. Printed softcovers in photographic wrapper. Edges spotted, shows some use through proof-reading, oversize jacket rubbed/worn at unsupported areas. Very good..... More