Fleming Plomer (12 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 96 pages. William Plomer "Ian Fleming Remembered" / Richard Lowenthal "Has the Revolution a Future?" - The Prospects for Pluralistic Communism / Bernard Bergonzi "The English Catholics" / John Kenneth Galbraith "Economics v. the Quality of Life" / Frank Tuohy "The Trap".

[Media and literary review] Quarto magazine (32 x 25cm), pp.633-688. Publisher's illustrated paper covers, stapled twice, and priced at sixpence. Newsprint toned as expected else fine. Including 'The Quest for Querry' by Peter Fleming, being a review of Graham Greene's In Search of a Character: two African Journals. Other books reviewed include Unconditional Surrender (Evelyn Waugh), The Heart of a Hunter (Laurens van der Post) and Ice in the Bedroom (P.G. Wodehouse).

First edition. Octavo. Wrappers. 10 pages. Fine in fine original glassine dustwrapper.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Tribute] FIRST EDITION. Slim octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.10 [2]. Black card wraps, with black dust-wrapper, printed title label to upper, semi-transparent paper jacket. The book-form printing of the address given at Fleming's memorial, 15th September 1964, was also published in a limited hardcover format. A fine, unused copy in a fresh example of the fragile tissue wrapper. The author, William Plomer, was a close friend of Fleming, his trusted Editor-in-chief, the dedicatee of the novel Goldfinger, and the very first reader of the James Bond debut 'Casino Royale'. Gilbert. Ian Fleming The Bibliography, p.596.

First Edition. [Tribute] FIRST EDITION, the limited hardcover issue, ASSOCIATION COPY. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.10 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with printed title label to upper. This copy coming from the library of Fleming's close friend Denis Hamilton with a bookplate to that effect produced by bibliographer Jon Gilbert who purchased some of his collection at auction. Contents and exterior clean, minor rippling to pastedown. The book-form printing of the address given at Fleming's memorial, 15th September 1964, the hardcover of which comprises just 50 copies. The author, William Plomer, was a close friend of Fleming, his trusted Editor-in-chief, the dedicatee of the novel Goldfinger, and the very first reader of the James Bond debut 'Casino Royale'. An important association; Sir Charles Denis 'C.D.' Hamilton (1918-88), decorated veteran of the second world war was 'an outstanding natural newspaperman', a close friend of Ian Fleming and a fellow board member at the Kemsley News Group; Fleming was employed as Foreign Manager and Hamilton was the editor-in-chief of their flagship Sunday Times, and later chairman of the organisation. As a columnist, much of Fleming's journalism was published in Hamilton's Sunday Times; the 1962 inaugural issue of the ST Magazine led with the James Bond novella The Living Daylights, and Hamilton championed Fleming's Thrilling Cities travel articles, being the dedicatee of the book-form edition. Hamilton received a signed first edition of every possible Bond novel ('Golden Gun' and 'Octopussy' being posthumous); his collection was sold in London in 2012. Gilbert. Ian Fleming The Bibliography, p.596. Provenance: Bloomsbury Auctions, 15th May 2012. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. First edition. First edition, hardback issue. [One of c.50 copies]. 8vo. Original dark blue cloth with printed title label to upper cover. William Plomer, a writer, editor and poet, became a close companion of Ian Fleming after meeting him in 1929. A wartime colleague and later a publisher's reader at Jonathan Cape, Plomer played a crucial role in getting Casino Royale published and acted as an unofficial editor for Fleming's Bond novels. Goldfinger is dedicated "To my gentle reader William Plomer." Ann Fleming noted that Plomer was one of the few people around whom Ian could truly relax. Plomer also read a tribute at Fleming's funeral. A little rubbed at head of spine, overall very good. Book.

First Edition. [Tribute] FIRST EDITION, the limited hardcover copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.10 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with printed title label to upper. With the original glassine jacket. A fine copy of the book, with a very good example of the fragile wrapper (some nicks and tears to extremities). Near Fine overall. The book-form printing of the address given at Fleming's memorial, 15th September 1964, the hardcover of which comprises just 50 copies. The author, William Plomer, was a close friend of Fleming, his trusted Editor-in-chief, the dedicatee of the novel Goldfinger, and the very first reader of the James Bond debut 'Casino Royale'. Gilbert. Ian Fleming The Bibliography, p.596.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. An uncommon first edition of the address given by William Plomer at Ian Fleming's funeral. Wirth the original glassine wrap.A privately printed work, in the original paper wraps. A limited issue of 50 copies in hardcover was issued at the same time as this.William Plomer was the publisher's reader for Jonathan Cape from 1937. This was the publishing house Fleming issued his Bond novels through and therefore Plomer was instrumental in the publication of his works, and was the dedicatee of Goldfinger. In the original paper wraps. With original glassine wrap, which has small closed tear to the front joint. A few small creases to wrap. Small closed tear to the head of wrap Otherwise, externally the work is in a lovely condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. book.

First edition. First edition. Saint Bartholomew the Great. September 15th 1964. 12pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stiff black wrappers with printed paper label on upper cover, in black border: "Ian Fleming 28th May 1908 12 August 1964." MINT COPY, in the original glassine jacket Saint Bartholomew the Great. September 15th 1964. 12pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

Westerham Press, London, 1964. First edition. First edition. Saint Bartholomew the Great. September 15th 1964. 12pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stiff black wrappers with printed paper label on upper cover, in black border: "Ian Fleming 28th May 1908 12 August 1964." FINE COPY. In the original glassine jacket Saint Bartholomew the Great. September 15th 1964. 12pp. 1 vol.

First edition, one of 50 hardback copies, of Plomer's tribute to his late friend. This copy is accompanied by a paperback issue of the same, along with Plomer's article "Ian Fleming Remembered" in Encounter magazine. A letter from Plomer's secretary, responding to an unrelated invitation, is loosely inserted. Plomer, whose friendship with Fleming began in 1929, was a reader at Jonathan Cape and was instrumental in getting published Casino Royal (1953). He "read and advised on each successive Fleming manuscript; Plomer was, unoficially, Ian Fleming's Editor-in-Chief" (Gilbert, p. 650). Fleming dedicated Goldfinger (1959): "To my gentle reader William Plomer". Gilbert, pp. 595-6. Together, 3 items in octavo: 2 copies of Address (12 pp.), in hardback and paperback issues with paper spine label, the latter with black dust jacket, both with original glassine jackets; Encounter magazine in original wrappers. All housed in custom black folder with the bibliographer Jon Gilbert's bookplate. Fine copies.

(London: Privately Printed at the Westerham Press September 15, 1964. Publisher's stiff card wrappers in glassine D/W. A fine copy in original glassine D/W (with none of the usual fraying). An outstanding copy and certainly the best we have seen in several years. Note: there was also a hardback issue limited to 50 copies. Photographs/scans available upon request.