Fleming Amis Robert Markham (9 results)

[Spy novel] The FIRST Pan paperback edition. 'M' Series. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221 [3]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 5 shillings (25 pence). Some gentle age-toning to paper stock, trivial wear to covers, slight lean; a near fine copy of the striking softcover version of the first James Bond continuation novel. BMC No.1 p.4-13 'Fleming and Bond; Related Titles'. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 592, see also Appendix A, page 634.

[Spy novel] The FIRST Pan paperback edition. 'M' Series. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221 [3]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 5 shillings (25 pence). Paper stock lightly toned, no ink names, gentle reading crease to spine, minor wear at foot. Near fine. BMC No.1 p.4-13 'Fleming and Bond; Related Titles'. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 592, see also Appendix A, page 634.

First edition, first printing of Colonel Sun by Robert Markham, nom de plume of Kingsley Amis, published by PAN in London, 1970. This is a near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, some creasing to the spine and bumping to spine tips, light bumping to extremities, the text blocks are toned throughout, though free from foxing. Colonel Sun is the first James Bond continuation novel published after Ian Fleming's 1964 death.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Yaroslav Horak, Neville Colvin, John McLusky, Harry North (illustrator). Reprint. Complete set of the 17 titles in this reprint series collecting all the original newspaper comic strip serials first published from 1958 to 1984. Originally based on Fleming's novels (and one by Amis), as adapted by Gammidge and Lawrence, with one series each by Peter O'Donnell and Anthony Hern; and later, original stories by Lawrence. About two-thirds are illustrated by Horak, most of the rest by McLusky. The books include historical & supplemental material, and often prefaces by actors & others involved in the movies. Later titles are: Death Wing; Shark Bait; The Paradise Plot; Polestar; The Girl Machine; Nightbird. Oversized paperback, as pictured. Most are stated first editions, but some are later printings thus - and some that seem to be second printings are probably firsts - the publisher seems inconsistent. Light wear, near fine to all but Golden Ghost, which has a bumped corner; and Nightbird, which is creased & bent; a few have publisher's stickers on the back covers. ISBNs 9781840238433, 9781840239089, 9781840236743, 9781840236903, 9781840237436, 9781845760892, 9781845761745, 9781845761752, 9781845762612, 9781845762698, 9781845763121, 9781845765170, 9781845765910, 9781845767167, 9781845767174, 9781848561120, 9781845765163. PLEASE NOTE that international shipping will be considerably more than the quoted amount. Size: 8¾" by 11¾". Set.

First edition. hardback. Fine, in very clean and bright dustwrapper which is housed in a protective removable sleeve. Slight hint of wear an unusually fresh example indeed. 13567.

First Edition. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Cartographical endpapers at rear. Elegantly hand-bound in half green calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, publisher's original titled cloth spine bound in at rear, top edge gilt. Near fine. The first post- Ian Fleming James Bond novel, written under a pseudonym by Kingsley Amis, who had edited Fleming's final 007 story for posthumous publication in 1965. This copy is from the Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled ownership to endpaper. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert, page 612, see also Appendix A, page 634.

First edition, first printing. Published by PAN in London, 1970. This is a near fine copy. The soft cover has some slight creasing to the front and rear panels, particularly at the corners. The spine is bright, though with some slight creasing. The text blocks are free from foxing. This copy is free from previous owners ink and is in near fine condition. Colonel Sun is the first James Bond continuation novel published after Ian Fleming's 1964 death.

FIRST EDITION, pp. 255, crown 8vo, original black boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, endpaper maps printed in brown (dial pointing North), Tom Adams dustjacket with a kernel of sunning to backstrip panel, very good. The first of the novels written following Fleming's death, written by Amis under the pseudonym of Robert Markham and continuing the tradition of Fleming's Bond novels.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Illustrated map endpapers. The rarer variant with a dropped quad mark to the date on the copyright page (rather in the same manner as 'The Spy Who Loved Me' variant- see Gilbert). Publisher's hardcovers in dust-wrapper by Tom Adams, priced at 21s. A particularly fresh copy, virtually as new. The first post- Ian Fleming James Bond novel, written under a pseudonym by Kingsley Amis, who had edited Fleming's final 007 story in 1965. From the comprehensive archive of Bond material assembled by Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled ownership. BMC No.1 p.4-13 'James Bond Revivals'. Gilbert, page 612, see also Appendix A, page 634.