Ian Fleming | First Editions
1908 - 1964
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Ian Lancaster Fleming was born in Mayfair, London on 28th May 1908, the second of four brothers. He was schooled at Eton College and continued his education in Europe, studying languages in Kitzbuhel, Munich and Geneva. In the 1930's Fleming worked as both a merchant banker and a stockbroker, but it was at journalism (initially reporting for Reuters, then freelance) that he excelled. During World War II, with the rank of Commander, he worked as assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence at the Admiralty in London, privy to many secrets. It was his experience in this role and his earlier escapades in Russia that were to inspire many of the plots and characters that would appear within his later novels. After the war Fleming dabbled in travel journalism and began writing instructional articles for his network of 'Mercury [news] Service' agents. In the late '40s he bought a property in Jamaica, where in early 1952 he settled down to write a novel. Casino Royale, the first James Bond adventure, was produced in just two months. The same successful routine was followed every year for the rest of his life, leading to a total of fourteen Bond books.
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Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, the complete 'Great Pan' Yellow Band paperback series. Comprising: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories inc. From A View To A Kill, Quantum of Solace).
London: Pan Books, 1962-3. [Spy thrillers] COMPLETE AS ISSUED. 8 volumes [all that were issued in this series], octavo (16 x 10 x 9cm). A vintage set of the 'Great Pan' paperbacks with the Yellow Band covers (Dr. No technically a white band), and Pan's '007' and bullets logo. Various..... More
The James Bond Novels. PENGUIN LTD EDITION. Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only, Thunderball, The Spy Who loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun and Octopussy and The Living Daylights.
London: Penguin Books / Past Times, 2002. [Spy series] LIMITED EDITION BOX SET. A rare, complete set with the all-important limitation card. Fourteen volumes, small octavo (19 x 12 x 27cm). Softcovers with photographic cover art by Toby MacFarlan Pond. Anniversary edition, marking 50 years since the writing of Casino..... More
Live and Let Die.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1959. [Spy thriller] AN INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY. Sixth printing. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.240. Publisher's black, gilt-embossed cloth-effect paper over boards, in purple dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author to the flyleaf. This copy is from the library of Stan Meyer, with his ownership plate to the endpaper..... More
Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, and The Spy Who Loved Me.
Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton / Coronet Books, 1989. FIRST CORONET PAPERBACK editions, Canadian issue. 'Coronet General' seires, printed in the UK by Hodder. Octavo (18 x 11cm). Publisher's illustrated embossed textured softcovers with original price $4.95 to upper panel and spine. Small light green ink mark to bottom of textblock..... More
Thunderball.
New York, NY: Viking, 1961. [Spy novel] FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.248. Publisher's yellow cloth, top edge red, in striking original pictorial dust-jacket priced at $3.95. A crisp, clean copy of the book in a lightly used jacket with some rubbing to joints and extremities, short tear..... More
Thunderball.
New York, NY: Viking, 1961. [Spy novel] FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, VARIANT ISSUE. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.248. Publisher's yellow cloth, top edge red, in striking original pictorial dust-jacket priced at $3.95. No inscriptions, contents clean, jacket with a little wear to spine ends and extremities. Near fine. The first US..... More
Uniform group of Pan Books' 'Still Life' paperback series. Comprising: Moonraker, Dr. No, Goldfinger, Thunderball, and You Only Live Twice.
London: Pan Books, 1970s. [Spy Fiction] 5 volumes, octavo (18 x 12). A group of vintage Pan paperbacks in the collectable 'Still Life' series with wraparound photographic cover art. Mixed printings (these were never available as first printings). Discreet ink name to 'Goldfinger and 'You Only Live Twice', books well..... More
Uniform group of Penguin 'Modern Classics'. Comprising: Casino Royale (2 copies), Live and Let Die, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball and You Only Live Twice.
London: Penguin Books, 2004. [Spy Fiction] Eight volumes, octavo (20 x 13). A group of vintage paperbacks in this collectable series with photographic cover art. Mixed printings. Includes the regular version of 'Casino Royale' plus the film tie-in (2006). Minor wear, some light toning to paper as expected. Near fine..... More
Uniform group of Penguin Books' 'Anniversary' James Bond paperbacks. Comprising: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Dr. No, Goldfinger Thunderball, For Your Eyes Only, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and You Only Live Twice.
London: Penguin 2002. [Spy Fiction] Nine volumes, octavo (18 x 12cm). A group of vintage paperbacks in the collectable 'Anniversary' series with wraparound photographic cover art. Mixed printings ('Spy' and 'Live Twice' are first printings). Cheap paper toned as expected, discreet library label to 'Dr. No', Goldfinger is ex-library with..... More
Uniform set of Penguin Books' 'Anniversary' James Bond paperbacks. Comprising: Casino Royale; Live and Let Die; Moonraker; Diamonds Are Forever; From Russia With Love; Dr. No; Goldfinger; For Your Eyes Only; Thunderball; The Spy Who loved Me; On Her Majesties Secret Service; You Only Live Twice; The Man with the Golden Gun; Octopussy and The Living Daylights.
London: Penguin, 2002. [Spy Fiction] Fourteen volumes, complete octavo (18 x 12cm). A set of vintage paperbacks in the collectable 'Anniversary' series with wraparound photographic cover art. Mixed printings, includes five first impressions (Dr No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only, Thunderball and Octopussy. No ink names or writing, pages a...... More
You Only Live Twice.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. [Spy novel] Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with gilt titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, white endpapers. Reading crease to spine, ex-library copy with associated stamps and markings, no jacket. This is the final printing of..... More
Ian Fleming and James Bond related group lot comprising: The Diamond Smugglers, Thrilling Cities, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Colonel Sun, biographies etc.
Pan Books, Panther, Fontana, Pyramid, Ballantine, 1960s-80s. PAPERBACKS. Fourteen volumes, octavos. A collection of vintage paperback editions (various printings, some firsts) of the original Ian Fleming books and other Fleming/James Bond related texts. Used condition with expected tanning to text blocks, some rubbing/creasing, a few spines sunned, may have owner..... More
Ian Fleming related group lot comprising: The Diamond Smugglers, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Spy's Bedside Book, For Bond Lovers Only, biographies etc.
Pan Books, Granada, Fontana, Dell, Panther, and others, 1960s-90s. PAPERBACKS. Fourteen volumes, octavos. A collection of vintage paperback editions (various printings, some firsts) of Ian Fleming and related texts. Some expected wear from reading, signs of ownership, but no significant defects; overall very good. More
Group of three 'Talking Storybooks' comprising: Moonraker, The Spy Who Loved Me and A View To a Kill.
Florida: Kid Stuff Records and Tapes, n.d [1970s-80s]. [Story book adaptation] Three original 'talking book' sets, consisting of colour picture book and cassette recording housed in a clear bag with printed card hanger. All three are fine and unopened (not play tested). An unusual storybook adaptation of three Ian Fleming..... More
From Russia, With Love. With an Introduction by Christopher Andrew.
London: Penguin Decades, [1957] 2010. [Spy thriller] Special Edition, with cover design by Peter Blake. FIRST EDITION thus, with strike-line '1'. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.x; 230. Publisher's illustrated card covers, plain scarlet inners, series details printed on rear. A fine, as-new copy. This copy by obtained by Fleming bibliographer..... More
The Property of a Lady [within] A Treasury of Modern Mysteries.
New York: Doubleday, 1973. [Thriller collection] FIRST EDITION thus. A Book Club-only publication. Two volumes, containing Ian Fleming's 1963 James Bond novella. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.463; 536. Bound in publisher's red and yellow cloth hardcovers, illustrated dust-jackets. Near fine in wrappers which are gently toned to the spine. Also..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape and Queen Anne Press, 2014. [Children's illustrated] LIMITED EDITION. In three volumes, complete. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.48; pp.48; pp.48. Publisher's white hardcovers in glossy pictorial dust-wrappers, the three volumes are presented in a racing green slip-case. A facsimile of the first edition of Ian Fleming's famous..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape and Queen Anne Press, 2014. [Children's illustrated] LIMITED EDITION. In three volumes, complete. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.48; pp.48; pp.48. Publisher's white hardcovers in glossy pictorial dust-wrappers. A facsimile of the first edition of Ian Fleming's famous children's story about the Pott family and their adventures with..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Puffin Books, 2008. [Children's Adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS, signed by the illustrator. Quarto (26 x 221cm), pp.[8]; 113; [7]. Publisher's red cloth in metallic glossy pictorial dust-wrapper. With the publisher's 'signed' badge affixed to the upper panel. A fine copy, never used. The shiny jacket showing just a...... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Puffin Books, 2008. [Children's Adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS, signed by the illustrator. Bibliographer's copy. Quarto (26 x 221cm), pp.[8]; 113; [7]. Publisher's red cloth in metallic glossy pictorial dust-wrapper. With the publisher's 'signed' badge affixed to the upper panel. A fine copy, never used. The shiny jacket showing..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968, 1964, 1965. [Children's classic] 3 volumes, octavos (24 x 17cm), pp.48, 48, 48. Third / First / Second impressions. Complete. Publisher's white hardcovers in glossy pictorial dustwrappers. A very good, lightly used set; Gift inscription to second volume which is also price clipped, a few short..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1971. [Children's classic] FIRST CAPE SINGLE VOLUME IN HARDCOVEr, originally published in three volumes. Bibliographer's copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.128. Illustrated by John Burningham. Hand-bound in half mid-green oasis morocco with raised bands to spine, gilt rules and titles, matching cloth sides, publisher's sudt-wrapper preserved at..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964-5. [Children's classic] 3 volumes, octavos (24 x 17cm), pp.48, 48, 48. ALL FIRST IMPRESSIONS. Complete. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's white hardcovers in glossy pictorial dust-wrappers. Contents clean, no inscriptions or bookplates. Some light shelfwear, spotting to top edge of last volume, jackets lightly used only..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1971. [Children's classic] FIRST CAPE SINGLE VOLUME IN HARDCOVEr, originally published in three volumes. Bibliographer's copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.128. Illustrated by John Burningham. Gilt-titled orange cloth with green endpapers. With the dust-jacket, also illustrated by Burningham, priced at £1.75 via publisher's label. Contents clean. A...... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1977. [Children's classic] CAPE SINGLE VOLUME IN HARDCOVEr, the second printing, originally published in three volumes. Bibliographer's copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.128. Illustrated by John Burningham. Gilt-titled orange cloth with green illustrated endpapers. With the dust-jacket, also illustrated by Burningham, priced at £3.95 via publisher's label..... More