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Sebastian Faulks | First Editions
1953
Sebastian Charles Faulks CBE (born 20 April 1953) is a British novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He is best known for his historical novels set in France – The Girl at the Lion d'Or, Birdsong and Charlotte Gray. He has also published novels with a contemporary setting, most recently A Week in December (2009), and a James Bond continuation novel, Devil May Care (2008), as well as a continuation of P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series, Jeeves and the Wedding Bells (2013). The Literary Review has said that "Faulks has the rare gift of being popular and literary at the same time", whilst the Sunday Telegraph called him "One of the most impressive novelists of his generation".
To mark the 2008 centenary of Ian Fleming's birth, the late author's estate commissioned Faulks to write a new James Bond novel. Devil May Care became an immediate best-seller in the UK, selling 44,093 hardback copies within 4 days of release.
See below our stock of Sebastian Faulks First Editions and signed copies.
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Birdsong.
London: Hutchinson, 1993. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 407 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles to spine, and grey endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £14.99. Also with a 'Vintage Reading Group Guide' for the book, trifold, loose to preliminaries. Blue ink..... More
Devil May Care. Sebastain Faulks writing as Ian Fleming.
New York, NY: Doubleday, 2008. FIRST U.S EDITION (published simultaneously with the UK first edition). Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.278. Publisher's quarter black cloth over paper-covered boards, stamped in silver to the spine with poppy red endpapers. Complete with pictorial dust-wrapper. A fine copy but for a small red mark..... More
Devil May Care. Sebastain Faulks writing as Ian Fleming.
New York, NY: Doubleday, 2008. FIRST EDITION (published simultaneously with the UK first edition). Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.278. Publisher's quarter black cloth over paper-covered boards, stamped in silver to the spine with poppy red endpapers. Complete with pictorial dust-wrapper. A fine, unread copy. As new. An original 007 adventure..... More
Devil May Care. Sebastain Faulks writing as Ian Fleming.
Doubleday Canada (printed and bound in the US), 2008. [James Bond spy novel] FIRST CANADIAN EDITION (published simultaneously with the UK first edition). Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.278. Publisher's quarter black cloth over paper-covered boards, stamped in silver to the spine with poppy red endpapers. Complete with pictorial dust-wrapper priced..... More
Devil May Care. Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming
London: Penguin 007, 2008. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[viii]; 295; [7], Endmatter; [9], advertisements; [1], blank. Publisher's black hardcovers blocked in silver to spine, poppy design endpapers in red, illustrated dust-jacket priced at £18.99. A fine copy. An original 007 adventure, written under copyright of Glidrose..... More
Devil May Care. Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming.
London: Penguin 007, 2008. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[viii]; 295; [7], Endmatter; [9], advertisements; [1], blank. Specially hand-bound in half red calf over matching cloth sides, red endpapers, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands. Illustrated dust-jacket and poppy-patterned endpapers preserved at rear. A fine..... More
Devil May Care. Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming.
London: Penguin 007, 2008. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 295 [20]. Elegantly hand-bound in red half calf over matching cloth sides, red endpapers, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands. Illustrated dust-jacket and poppy-patterned endpapers bound in at rear. A fine copy in an attractive..... More
Devil May Care. Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming.
London: Michael Joseph / Penguin Books, 2008. [Spy novel] LIMITED FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, number 345 of 500 copies issued. Publisher's pictorial hardback covers with all edges silvered, 'poppy' patterned endpapers, ribbon page marker. Octavo, pp.295 plus [1] note on Faulks, [1] note on Fleming, [10] adverts for..... More
Devil May Care. Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming.
London: Penguin 007, 2008. [Spy novel] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[viii]; 295; [7], Endmatter; [9], advertisements; [1], blank. Elegantly hand-bound in half red calf over matching cloth sides, black endpapers, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands. Illustrated dust-jacket and poppy-patterned endpapers preserved at..... More
Devil May Care. Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming.
London: Michael Joseph / Penguin Books, 2008. [Spy novel] LIMITED FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, number 259 of 500 copies issued. Publisher's pictorial hardback covers with all edges silvered, 'poppy' patterned endpapers, ribbon page marker. Octavo, pp.295 plus [1] note on Faulks, [1] note on Fleming, [10] adverts for..... More
Devil May Care. Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming.
London: Penguin 007, 2008. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author to title page in black ink. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[viii]; 295; [7], Endmatter; [9], advertisements; [1], blank. Publisher's black hardcovers blocked in silver to spine, poppy design endpapers in red, illustrated dust-jacket priced at £18.99. Clean throughout..... More
Devil May Care. Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming.
London: Penguin 007, 2008. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author to title page in black ink, with the original illustrated book launch flyer (one of 1500 such copies for independent bookshops). Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[viii]; 295; [7], Endmatter; [9], advertisements; [1], blank. Publisher's black hardcovers blocked in..... More
Devil May Care. Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming. Large group of first editions in English.
London: Penguin 007, 2008, 2009. [Spy Fiction] Fourteen differing versions of the James Bond novel, some signed. Octavo, various sizes (one is quarto). Publisher's hardcover or softcover bindings (hardbacks in dust-jackets as issued). Generally clean, some lightly handled, many as new. An original 007 adventure, written under copyright of Glidrose..... More
Devil May Care. The Bentley Special Series Edition.
Penguin Books / Doubleday, in association with Bentley Motors, 2008. [James Bond thriller] FIRST EDITION. LIMITED EDITION, Large Paper copies, number 102 of 300. With a note to this edition, a foreword by the chief designer of Bentley Motors, and a brief biography of Ian Fleming. Superbly bound in full..... More
Human Traces.
London: Hutchinson, 2005. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 615 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and maroon endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £17.99. Some toning to edges and..... More
On Green Dolphin Street.
London: Hutchinson, 2001. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 341 [5]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and green endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Glenn O'Neill, priced at £16.99. Autographed by Sebastian Faulks to title page. Signature in black ink. Edges of text..... More
Snow Country.
London: Hutchinson Heinemann, 2021. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, exclusive Waterstone's Edition. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp..ix; [1]; 353; [5], blank. Grey cloth over boards lettered in gilt to spine, photographic dust-jacket with printed price of £20.00 to front flap. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title-page. Photographic..... More
Devil May Care. The Bentley Special Series Edition.
Penguin 007 in association with Bentley Motors, 2008. Large octavo. Original brown leather covers with red stitching, spine and front board lettered and blocked in silver, edges red, red leather doublures, black endpapers, black silk bookmarker. With pewter car model housed within contents. Housed in clear Perspex slipcase. A fine..... More
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