Peter Fleming (Strix) | First Editions
1907 - 1971
Robert Peter Fleming, OBE (31 May 1907 – 18 August 1971) was an accomplished British adventurer and travel writer. He published numerous non-fiction works, as well as fiction. In his journlistic career, Fleming was a special correspondent for The Times and often wrote under the pen-name "Strix" (Latin for "screech owl"); he was also an essayist for The Spectator. Peter Fleming was the elder brother of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond.
Fleming's achievements are celebrated in the Peter Fleming Award, worth £9,000, which is given by the Royal Geographic Society to a "research project that seeks to advance geographical science".
See below our stock of Peter Fleming First Editions.
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Celebrity Cooking. Foreword by A. Dickson Wright.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1967. [Cookery anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 20cm), pp.240. With vignette illustrations within the text. Publisher's black cloth hardcovers in photographic dust-jacket priced 18s. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Jacket worn, with some chips and tears. Overall very good. Despite faults this is a scarce book in..... 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
Contributes 'My Monte Carlo System' to Encore; The Sunday Times Book.
London: Michael Joseph, 1962. [Literary Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Large Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.488. Publisher's blue cloth with original pictorial dust-jacket priced at 25s. Contents clean, edges toned, no inscriptions, jacket chipped to crown and rear but without the heavy sunning to the red spine often encountered. Very good. Uncommon..... More
Contributes 'My Monte Carlo System' to Encore; The Sunday Times Book.
London: Michael Joseph, 1962. [Literary Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Large Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.488. Publisher's blue cloth with original pictorial dust-jacket priced at 25s. Contents clean, edges slightly toned, no inscriptions. The jacket is simply exceptional having been protected by a custom-made red cloth outer cover, with gilt titles to..... More
The Hired Killers.
London: W.H. Allen, 1964. [True Crime] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.185; [1], blank. Illustrated with photographs. Publisher's black cloth with titles in gilt to the spine. With the photographic dust-jacket with bold quote by Ian Fleming printed on the front panel. Contents clean, jacket lightly edge worn..... More
Brazilian Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1944. [Exploration] Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.376; [6]. RE-ISSUE, first reprint. Illustrated with maps and plates. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in illustrated dust-jacket priced 10s.6d. Cape's brochure for leather binings (advertising Fleming's works bound thus) tucked in. Contents clean, edges toned, bottom corner bumped, jacket with some..... More
Brazilian Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [Exploration] Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.376. RE-ISSUED 1966, first reprint. Illustrated with maps and plates. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in illustrated dust-jacket priced 30s. A fine, fresh copy. Virtually as new. Lt.Col. Robert Peter Fleming OBE was a British adventurer and travel writer, brother of novelist..... More
Goodbye to the Bombay Bowler.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1961. [Journalism] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.168. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced 15s. A particularly fine copy in jacket, very lightly toned to spine. Articles written for The Spectator by regular columnist Fleming ('Strix'). Lt.Col. Robert Peter Fleming OBE was a British..... More
The Gower Street Poltergeist.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1958. [Journalism] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.168. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket. A particularly fine copy in p/c jacket. Articles written for The Spectator, which was based at 99 Gower Street, London. Lt.Col. Robert Peter Fleming OBE was a British adventurer and travel..... More
My Aunt's Rhinoceros And Other Reflections [and] With the Guards to Mexico! And Other Excursions.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956, 1957. [Essays] FIRST EDITION. Two volumes, octavos (21 x 14cm), pp.189; [3], blank; 209; [3], blank. Publisher's hardcover bindings, pictorial dust-jackets. Some light general wear/ handling, gift inscription to first volume, not price clipped. Very good. A selection of Peter Fleming's writings from The Spectator, plus..... More
News From Tartary. A Journey from Peking to Kashmir.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1936. [Travel Literature] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[2] 384 [2]. With 32 photographic plates including a frontispiece, and a fold-out map. Recently re-bound in burgundy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Top edge burgundy; lower edge..... More
One's Company — A Journey to China.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1934. [Travel] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.319; [1]. With 16 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece, and a folding map. Contemporary tan half morocco by FOX of London, with raised bands, gilt titles to brown labels, further gilt tooling to spine..... More
The Siege at Peking.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959. [Military History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.273; [3], blank. Illustrated with black & white photographic plates. Publisher's red cloth binding, top edge tinted black, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 25s. Fine throughout in a near fine jacket which is toned to the spine. Fleming's comprehensive..... More
The Siege at Peking.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959. [Military History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.273; [3], blank. Illustrated with black & white photographic plates. Attractively bound in half deep red calf, titled and ruled in gilt to the spine, raised bands, matching cloth sides. Contents clean, edges slightly toned/dusty. Near fine. Fleming's..... More
The Sixth Column. A Singular Tale of Our Times.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1951. [James Bond Source Book] FIRST EDITION. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket. An espionage novel which greatly influenced Casino Royale, and in which Peter wrote of Britain's need for a buccaneering hero. With printed dedication; "To My Brother Ian"- the first book to be dedicated..... More
A Story to Tell. And Other Tales.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1942. [Journalism/Fiction] FIRST EDITION, warmly SIGNED & INSCRIBED. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.223; [1], blank. Illustrated. Publisher's hardback cloth binding. With Fleming's ink presentation note to flyleaf; To my very dear Nana // a nice person if /ever there was one. // from / Peter / (scripsit)..... More
Variety. Essays Sketches and Stories.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1933. [Journalism/Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.336. Illustrated. Publisher's hardback cloth binding. With Fleming's pencilled autograph and signature latin 'scripsit' ['He wrote it'] to flyleaf. Contents clean, some light age-related spotting to edges, binding gently handled. Decorative bookseller ticket to rear [French bookstore, Peiping..... More
The Man with the Golden Eye. Designing the James Bond Films.
Cambridge: Signum Books, 2016. [Movie reference] FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Oblong quarto, pp.176. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs. With presentation note 'To Jon Gilbert / Best Wishes / Peter Lamont //. Additionally SIGNED by co-author Marcus Hearn. Publisher's photographic hardcovers with gold endpapers, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £29.99..... More
Invitation to Die.
London: Robert Hale, 1970. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's brown cloth lettered in gilt, with photographic dust-jacket priced at 21s. Price clipped else a crisp, fine copy. "In the best Fleming tradition" [Manchester Evening News]. A British secret service thriller featuring Ogle-Oxley, likened..... More
Invitation to Die.
London: Robert Hale, 1970. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Harry Saltzman's copy INSCRIBED by the author "To Harry and Jacqueline / with love from the author / Fergus French", dated 4 November 1970. Octavo, pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's brown cloth with photographic dust-jacket. Some fading, near fine. With a loose handwritten..... More
Live and Let Die: The Peter Lamont Portfolio.
London, 2017. [Film production] An MI6 Confidential special publication. Magazine format in publisher's softcovers. pp.100. Illustrated throughout with photographs. SIGNED to the front cover by the Oscar-winning production designer Peter Lamont. Includes previously unpublished behind-the-scenes stills, notes and storyboards from Lamont's personal collection. As new. Autograph obtained directly from the..... More
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