Talk Devil by Fleming, First Edition (3 results)

First Edition. [Literary anthology] TRUE FIRST EDITION, collector issue. One of 220 copies (all sheets taken from the Centenary edition and marked out-of-series o/s). Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.406. Bound in black Plike paper-covered boards decorated with wraparound typewriter keys design, accented with blind-stamping, titled to backstrip in white, publisher's monogram to rear, royal blue endpapers, sewn endbands. A fine, as new copy. A collection of Ian Fleming's journalism and other non-fiction material, including his 1941 memo to Colonel 'Wild Bill' Donovan on creating the 'Office of Strategic Studies', predecessor to the CIA, plus other wartime accounts. It also contains two unseen short stories. The Collector's Edition comprises unused sheets from the QAP Centenary Edition, bound in 2023 in newly-designed 'typewriter' covers; a regular trade hardback from Ian Fleming Publications followed in 2025.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: None issued. 1st Edition. Signed by Fergus Fleming, author of the preface. A collection of Ian Fleming's journalism and other non-fiction material, including his 1941 memo to Colonel 'Wild Bill' Donovan on creating the 'Office of Strategic Studies', predecessor to the CIA, plus other wartime accounts. It also contains two unseen short stories. Hitherto, this collection of Ian Fleming's journalism, various non-fiction items and a couple of unseen short stories has only been available as part of The Complete Works, a series of 18 books. For the first time, it has been made available as an individual specially-bound limited edition. All books are marked O/S ("Out of Series") as they are not being sold as part of the original 100-copy run. Signed by Author(s).

[Literary anthology] TRADE EDITION (and FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION), following the collector's edition published in 2008 by Queen Anne Press. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.305; [3], blank. Illustrated with a suite of sixteen photographic plates (some in colour). Bound in the publisher's glazed hardcovers decorated with photographs, red endpapers. Fine / as new. A collection of Ian Fleming's journalism and other non-fiction material, including his 1941 memo to Colonel 'Wild Bill' Donovan on creating the 'Office of Strategic Studies', predecessor to the CIA, plus other wartime accounts. It also contains two unseen short stories.