Goldfinger by Ian Fleming, Signed (13 results)

15 volumes, octavo (22 x 14 x 15cm). SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER. Publisher's hardcovers stamped in gilt, decorated with author's initials in gilt to to cover, plain black endpapers. As new. This series comprises fifteen selected titles, uniformly cased in harlequin colours, being the remaining sheets from the Ian Fleming Centenary Edition in an elegant new hardback binding for 2022. Each book marked 'out-of-series' to the limitation leaf and signed by the publisher.

[Espionage novel] Eighth printing. Vintage hardcover reprint, bibliographer's copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Desmond Llewelyn. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.318. Publisher's dark grey cloth in illustrated dust-jacket. With presentation note to flyleaf; To John / with best wishes / Desmond Llewelyn (underlined) / Q / Major Boothroyd (underlined). A crisp, clean, fine copy in an elegant cloth clamshell box. From the comprehensive James Bond collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert, with accompanying provenance. Actor Desmond Llewelyn (1914-1999) was one of British cinema's most recognisable characters and an important and long-standing element in the James Bond film franchise, appearing in seventeen Bond movies between 1963 and 1999. As MI6 quartermaster, 'Q' provides Bond's equipment and personal armory, often frustrated by 007's casual attitude to the life-saving gadgets issued. His finest hour is arguably the scene in Goldfinger, where he supplies Bond with the iconic silver birch Aston Martin DB5 featuring 'certain modifications'. Gilbert A7a (8).

First Edition, First Printing, this is the scarcest form with the spine stamped in silver and the coins on the front cover stamped in gold. Signed by actress Shirley Eaton, who is one of one the most famous of all ÒJames Bond GirlsÓ in her role as Jill Masterson, secretary of Goldfinger. After sleeping with James Bond, she is murdered by Goldfinger by having her painted from head to toe in luminescent gold paint. Her image is as the beautiful golden girl is one of the great sensual icon images of the 1960s. Eaton has signed on the title page: ÒShirley Eaton - Jill Masterson - The Golden Girl.Ó Laid in is a original color photograph of Ms. Eaton taken at the time of the bookÕs signing. Very good in an excellent facsimile dust jacket. The dust jacket has the classic painting by Richard Chopping of a skull with two $20 U.S. gold coins in the eye sockets and with a long stem rose between the teeth.

First Edition, First Printing, Signed by actress Shirley Eaton, who is one of one the most famous of all ÒJames Bond GirlsÓ in her role as Jill Masterson, secretary of Goldfinger. After sleeping with James Bond, she is murdered by Goldfinger by having her painted from head to toe in luminescent gold paint. Her image is as the beautiful golden girl is one of the great sensual icon images of the 1960s. Eaton has signed on the title page: ÒShirley Eaton - Jill Masterson - The Golden Girl.Ó Laid in is a original color photograph of Ms. Eaton taken at the time of the bookÕs signing. Very good in an excellent facsimile dust jacket. The dust jacket has the classic painting by Richard Chopping of a skull with two $20 U.S. gold coins in the eye sockets and with a long stem rose between the teeth.

First Edition. Signed by actress Shirley Eaton, who is one of one the most famous of all ÒJames Bond GirlsÓ in her role as Jill Masterson, secretary of Goldfinger. After sleeping with James Bond, she is murdered by Goldfinger by having her painted from head to toe in luminescent gold paint. Her image is as the beautiful golden girl is one of the great sensual icon images of the 1960s. Eaton has signed on the title page: ÒShirley Eaton - Jill Masterson - The Golden Girl.Ó Laid in is a original color photograph of Ms. Eaton taken at the time of the bookÕs signing. Very good in a very good dust jacket. The dust jacket has the classic painting by Richard Chopping of a skull with two $20 U.S. gold coins in the eye sockets and with a long stem rose between the teeth.

[Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, variant binding with silver lettering, INSCRIBED BY THE DEDICATEE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.318. An unusual pre-publication association/presentation copy with signed inscription by Ian Fleming's literary editor William Plomer. Publisher's black cloth-effect material over boards, with titles to spine in SILVER and 'skull' design to upper in gilt, pictorial dust-wrapper priced 15s. With ink note to flyleaf; A. Franklyn. / from W. Plomer. / March 1959. //. Housed in a custom-made clamshell box. Inscribed on 20th March (pencilled by the owner), three days before the date of release. Top edge slightly spotted else fine, similarly near fine jacket supplied, with minor wear to spine ends. An uncommon variant with silver rather than gold lettering to the backstrip, described in the bibliography as 'very occasionally [blocked] in silver'. William Plomer (1903-73), was a senior reader at Jonathan Cape Ltd., and one of Fleming's most trusted friends. He was instrumental in getting Casino Royale published and read and advised on each successive Fleming manuscript. He was unofficially Fleming's Editor-in Chief, and the novel Goldfinger is dedicated to him [Gilbert, p.650]. This important copy was later part of the comprehensive James Bond collection of bibliographer Jon Gilbert, with accompanying provenance. Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A7a (1.2), p.235, final line.

Rare original progressive color printing proof for the iconic dust jacket design of Ian Fleming's Goldfinger, designed by Richard Chopping. Chopping's copy, retained for his personal collection and signed by him in the lower right corner. One page on archival printer's paper, this is the black ink progressive plate proof (one of four plates combined to create the final full color image). The seventh novel in Fleming's bond series, Goldfinger was the second book with a dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping, the first being From Russia, With Love. Chopping would design all subsequent James Bond dust jackets (with the exception of Dr. No). In fine condition. The proof measures 22.25 inches by 17.5 inches. Matted and framed, the entire piece measures 32.75 inches by 27.5 inches. A rare and attractive piece of Bond history and an important original working component in the artistic design of one of the most iconic dust jackets in modern literature. British illustrator Richard Choppingâ s designs have become an iconic component of the Bond cultural phenomenon. Flemingâ s wife, Ann, introduced him to Chopping in 1956, then a young painter, and after a few months of correspondence the initial design for the From Russia, With Love dust jacket was conceived. Following this initial collaboration, Chopping would design all of the subsequent James Bond dust-jackets (with the exception of Dr. No) including: Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only, Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majestyâ s Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, and Octopussy and The Living Daylights.

Rare original progressive color printing proof for the iconic dust jacket design of Ian Fleming's Goldfinger, designed by Richard Chopping. Chopping's copy, retained for his personal collection and signed by him in the lower right corner. One page on archival printer's paper, this is the magenta ink progressive plate proof (printed using one of four plates combined to create the final full color image). The seventh novel in Fleming's bond series, Goldfinger was the second book with a dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping, the first being From Russia, With Love. Chopping would design all subsequent James Bond dust jackets (with the exception of Dr. No). In fine condition. The proof measures 22.25 inches by 17.5 inches. Matted and framed, the entire piece measures 32.75 inches by 27.5 inches. A rare and attractive piece of Bond history and an important original working component in the artistic design of one of the most iconic dust jackets in modern literature. British illustrator Richard Choppingâ s designs have become an iconic component of the Bond cultural phenomenon. Flemingâ s wife, Ann, introduced him to Chopping in 1956, then a young painter, and after a few months of correspondence the initial design for the From Russia, With Love dust jacket was conceived. Following this initial collaboration, Chopping would design all of the subsequent James Bond dust-jackets (with the exception of Dr. No) including: Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only, Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majestyâ s Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, and Octopussy and The Living Daylights.

Rare original progressive color printing proof for the iconic dust jacket design of Ian Fleming's Goldfinger, designed by Richard Chopping. Chopping's copy, retained for his personal collection and signed by him in the lower right corner. One page on archival printer's paper, this is a yellow and magenta ink progressive plate proof (printed using two of four plates combined to create the final full color image). The seventh novel in Fleming's bond series, Goldfinger was the second book with a dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping, the first being From Russia, With Love. Chopping would design all subsequent James Bond dust jackets (with the exception of Dr. No). In fine condition. The proof measures 22.25 inches by 17.5 inches. Matted and framed, the entire piece measures 32.75 inches by 27.5 inches. A rare and attractive piece of Bond history and an important original working component in the artistic design of one of the most iconic dust jackets in modern literature. British illustrator Richard Choppingâ s designs have become an iconic component of the Bond cultural phenomenon. Flemingâ s wife, Ann, introduced him to Chopping in 1956, then a young painter, and after a few months of correspondence the initial design for the From Russia, With Love dust jacket was conceived. Following this initial collaboration, Chopping would design all of the subsequent James Bond dust-jackets (with the exception of Dr. No) including: Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only, Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majestyâ s Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, and Octopussy and The Living Daylights.

Artwork measuring 406 x 508 mm. Matted within mountboard measuring 571 x 660 mm. In fine condition. Richard Chopping's personal, signed copy of the final proof sheet artwork, being the glorious full-sized image taken from the original painting, before the spine lettering and publisher's imprint were added (although the spine panel is still illustrated here). The image was then scaled down to produce the dust jackets. This item was originally sold in the 1980s by Richard Chopping himself. Richard Wasey Chopping (1917-2008) was a British illustrator and author, painting in the trompe l'oeil style to create a realistic and almost three-dimensional appearance. Among his illustrations are nine iconic covers for the James Bond books by Ian Fleming, published between 1957 and 1966, and the cover of John Gardner's first Bond continuation novel, Licence Renewed (1981). Chopping was born in Colchester, Essex and educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk. He lived in the historic village of Wivenhoe for over sixty years, founding an artist community which counted Francis Bacon as a member. The artwork for Goldfinger is one of the most famous of the series, and comprised a skull, with gold coins set in the eye sockets, with a rose between the teeth (flowers being a running theme that were used in four of Chopping's James Bond covers, with roses being chosen twice). From the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), whose private collection of manuscripts, which span all cultures and all time periods, is one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. The Schøyen Collection No. 64. Gilbert p.637.

First edition of the seventh novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Lionel, Something more to read! From Ian." The recipient, Lionel Berry, 2nd Viscount Kemsley was a politician and newspaper editor. His father, the 1st Viscount Kemsley, had given Ian Fleming his first job as a journalist when he employed him as the Foreign Manager for the Kemsley newspaper group. It was this role, with its contracted three month break every winter to allow Fleming to holiday in Jamaica, that gave Fleming the opportunity to write the planned spy novel that would become Casino Royale. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. Housed in a custom clamshell box. A nice association. Goldfinger originally bore the title The Richest Man in the World. Based upon American gold tycoon Charles W. Englehard, Fleming named his villain after British architect Erno Goldfinger. When the actual Goldfinger found out his name was being used, he threatened to sue Fleming, and the matter was ultimately settled out of court. A best-seller upon its release, it became the third James Bond film in 1964 starring Sean Connery.

First edition of the seventh novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Una, who again wrote the whole thing! from Ian Fleming." The recipient, Una Trueblood, whose surname was later appropriated by Fleming for the character of Mary Trueblood in Dr. No. Una started working in 1948 at Kemsley Newspapers and The Sunday Times where she was soon appointed secretary to Ian Fleming, where he worked throughout the 1950s. She recalled that Fleming "always said he only wrote Casino Royale, the first Bond book, because he was on the plane to Jamaica and he read such a bad, boring thriller that he thought he could do better himself." He would write the Bond novels during his annual stays at Goldeneye, his home in Jamaica, thereafter sending the manuscript to Una for typing up. The character in Dr. No named after Una is Mary Trueblood, secretary to John Strangways, the head of the British Secret Service's Caribbean station, a position echoing that of Una to Fleming. Mary however met a gruesome end, stabbed to death. Recalling a visit to Una made in 2008 the writer Adam Thorpe noted that "The fictional Mary Trueblood has many features in common with her real-life namesake; she's described in Dr No (1958) as "elegant" (three times), "pretty" and a "good-looker." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. Housed in a custom clamshell box. One of the finest association copies imaginable. Goldfinger originally bore the title The Richest Man in the World. Based upon American gold tycoon Charles W. Englehard, Fleming named his villain after British architect Erno Goldfinger. When the actual Goldfinger found out his name was being used, he threatened to sue Fleming, and the matter was ultimately settled out of court. A best-seller upon its release, it became the third James Bond film in 1964 starring Sean Connery.

A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1959. 8vo - original black cloth with skull motif, dust wrapper not price-clipped, author's inscription and signature to Henry Cotton, 'Peterffi' armorial bookplate. A British Book Centre ticket neatly attached to the front flap of the dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is in near fine (or better) condition with only some extremely minor nicks to edges at creases and spine ends and a very light mark above the 'E' of Fleming. An inscribed and signed copy of "Goldfinger" in superb condition. Ian Fleming has personally inscribed this first edition copy of "Goldfinger" to the British golfer, Sir Henry Cotton. Winning the Open in 1934, 1937 and 1938, Cotton is recognised as the leading British player of the time. Inscribed on the front free-endpaper: "To Henry Cotton, Who may be amused by pp.92-113, Ian Fleming". The pages in question detail James Bond's victory in a $10,000 grudge match with Goldfinger - Bond entering the match with a handicap of 9, the same as the author's. The match in "Goldfinger" takes place at the fictional Royal St. Marks Golf Course, a location based on the Royal St. George's at Sandwich, Kent, the club to which Fleming and Cotton were members. The game itself was based on a 1957 tournament at the Berkshire Golf Club, which partnered Ian Fleming with Open winner, Peter Thomson. Ian Fleming and Sir Henry Cotton had a good friendship - evidenced by the fact that Fleming has used his full name in the inscription, a trait usually seen when Fleming had a particularly close relationship with the recipient. "Goldfinger" dedicates a whole twenty-nine pages to this relationship and the game of golf, indicating how important both were to the author. Fleming was thrilled to appear as a subject in Henry Cotton's "Golf Notes, published in "Farm and Country" in 1959. Cotton used photographs of golfers to illustrate particular golf swings and the problems caused by incorrectly positioned hands and feet. Ian Fleming can be seen here as 'golfer 3': "Celebrated author Ian Fleming is caught at a later point in his swing, and whilst his arms could be coming to a position of rest, both his feet are firmly anchored on his heels. In all three cases the body is nowhere near completely facing the hole; it is locked by the hips and 'dead feet'." In "Goldfinger", Fleming has included a direct reference to Cotton's observation regarding "that flat swing of yours" (p.102).