Ian Fleming Notes by Pearson John (4 results)

1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, 375pp, limited edition, this copy not numbered, marked o/s, from the author's own library, but unmarked. clean and tight, Very Good condittion, dustwrapper has two small tears on top edges.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing in new and unread condition. Not signed by Pearson, but signed by Fergus Fleming (nephew of Ian Fleming, and author of the introduction). This is an un-numbered Publisher or "out of sequence") copy (endorsed "o/s" by the publisher) that comes from the regular numbered 150 copy run - typically produced to allow for copies that get lost or damaged at any point between the start of printing to delivery to the customer it is identical in all other regards to that numbered edition. Multiple purchases may be combined for potential postage savings. Postage to countries outside of the UK may need adjustment after multiple purchases are packed and weighed. Here are the notes that John Pearson made in 1965 while researching The Life of Ian Fleming. They chart not only Fleming's life - with details that never made it into the finished biography - but John's own journey while investigating his subject. As such they form less a series of aides memoires than a book about writing a book. Compelling, insightful, irreverent and written in John's inimitable style, they make an outstanding read. Never before published. The Regular Edition is bound in dark-blue Plike paper with gold blocking and wrapped in a semi-opaque dust jacket, shown above. 376pp. Royal. Typography by Libanus Press. Covers by Prof. Phil Cleaver, Etal Design. Introduction by Fergus Fleming. Signed by Author(s).

FIRST EDITION, limited issue (this copy no. 63 of 100 copies). 8vo.(24 x 16cm), pp. 375 + [1], blank. Bound in dark-blue Plike paper-covered boards, red endpapers, blocked in gilt to spine and front cover, semi-opaque dust jacket with printed titles. As new. Upon publication, this edition sold out within a matter of weeks. Never before published, these are the notes that John Pearson made in 1965 while researching The Life of Ian Fleming, which chart not only Fleming's life with details that never made it into the finished biography but John's own journey while investigating his subject. As such they form less a series of aides memoires than a book about writing a book. Compelling, insightful, irreverent and written in John's inimitable style, they make an outstanding read.

[Literary biography] FIRST EDITION, limited issue (this copy no. 55 of 100 copies). SIGNED by the editor Fergus Fleming, to his introduction, p.9 (not called for). With publisher's erratum slip. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.375; [1], blank. Bound in dark-blue Plike paper-covered boards, red endpapers, blocked in gilt to spine and front cover, semi-opaque dust jacket with printed titles. As new. This edition sold out within a matter of weeks from publication. Signature obtained at Firsts London, where Fergus Fleming's Queen Anne Press were exhibiting. Never before published, these are the notes that John Pearson made in 1965 while researching The Life of Ian Fleming, which chart not only Fleming's life with details that never made it into the finished biography but John's own journey while investigating his subject. As such they form less a series of aides memoires than a book about writing a book. Compelling, insightful, irreverent and written in John's inimitable style, they make an outstanding read.