Fleming Ian Connery Sean Deighton (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dell Publishing, New York, 1965, Mass Market Paperback Original, First Edition/First Printing. Commentaries by Ian Fleming, Sean Connery, Georges Simenon, Raymond Chandler, Len Deighton and others, contains black and white photos of the early Bond Girls. Book condition: Good plus to Very Good minus for it's years; a light ding to the cover just at the text edge, some age toning to the pages, light edgwear in some spots; internally clean and tight and appears unread.

[James Bond reference] FIRST PRINTING. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.175; [1] advertisement, with 48 full-page plates. A Paperback original, with photographic softcovers. Small, neat ink name, cheap paper stock toned as expected, soft reading crease to spine. One photographic leaf loose to center. Near fine. A fine selection of literary and cinematic James Bond material. Notoriously fragile. Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, page 592.

[James Bond reference] FIRST U.S. PRINTING. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.175; [1] advertisement, with 48 full-page plates. A Paperback original, with photographic softcovers, priced at 60c, all edges green. Cheap paper stock toned as expected, covers fresh. A lovely fine copy. Uncommon thus. A fine selection of literary and cinematic James Bond material. Notoriously fragile. This copy is from the collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Otto Penzler, purchased by ourselves at Swann Auctions in 2010, with a pencil note to that effect signed by his bookseller friend and colleague Jon Gilbert. Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, page 592.

[James Bond reference] FIRST PRINTING. INSCRIBED COPY Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.175; [1] advertisement, with 48 full-page plates. A Paperback original, with photographic softcovers. With presentation note by Peter Evans, whose interview with Len Deighton appears within; 'Edward // I am so excited about / your Ipcress project. //I hope this piece helps / a little / Peter Evans / 26 April 2007 //.' The recipient is Deighton's biographer Edward Milward-Oliver. Cheap paper stock toned as expected, plates not loose as often found, covers quite fresh. A fine copy. A fine selection of literary and cinematic James Bond material. Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, page 592.