Live and Let Die
FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964)
Published by London: Jonathan Cape, 1954
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[Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Second Impression, Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean's copy, with his visiting card, printed notepaper from the War Office, Cape book label and provenance label loosely inserted. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.240; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper-covered boards, titled and decorated in gilt, with dust-jacket, priced front and rear as issued, at 10/6. This is the correct jacket for this impression (one of two versions used) featuring artist Kenneth Lewis' credit immediately below the blurb on the front flap (Gilbert, p.54). Contents fresh, gilt a little tarnished, jacket with a few small chips to spine ands and extremities, joints gently rubbed. A very good copy, housed in a leather-spined clamshell box. The second printing is much less common than the first. A significant copy. Provenance: Sir Fitzroy Maclean (1911-96), former Etonian diplomat, Special Forces Commando, adventurer and travel writer encouraged by Peter Fleming; liaised with Ian Fleming during the Moscow spy trials in the 1930s, served in Soviet Central Asia, the Western Desert Campaign, and with 1st SAS, participating in the raid on Benghazi alongside founder and CO David Stirling, and Capt.Randolph Churchill, and foiling a coup by kidnapping the German Consul in Iraq. At Winston Churchill's personal request, he spearheaded The Maclean Mission (also with Randolph Churchill, and SAS. Major Vivian Street as 2-IC) behind enemy lines with Tito's partisans in Yugoslavia. Maclean was often labelled a model for James Bond, with Ian Fleming noting that 007 was "a compound of all the secret agents and commando types that I met during the war" (Bond Bound, p.26), and like Fleming and Bond, Maclean had a Scottish heritage. Fitzroy Maclean, Peter and Ian Fleming were reunited at literary events, each having been published by Jonathan Cape. Originally sold with all Maclean's copies of the Bond novels [Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, 2008], purchased by bibliographer Jon Gilbert for his Fleming Archive, where this copy has remained since. Gilbert A2a (2). Seller Inventory # 69364
Bibliographic Details
Title: Live and Let Die
Publisher: London: Jonathan Cape, 1954
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
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Live and Let Die
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London: Pan Books, 1957, 1957
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Softcover
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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[Thriller] PAN PAPERBACK EDITION, second printing. 'Great Pan' series GP83. Pp.247. Publisher's illustrated softcovers without original price (export copy). Some light wear, joints rubbed; very good indeed. From the comprehensive James Bond collection assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencilled signature within). His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert A2a (23). Seller Inventory # 68324
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Group of Berkley series uniform James Bond paperbacks. Comprising: Live and let Die, Diamonds Are Forever, Doctor No, Goldfinger, The Spy Who Loved Me
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USA: Berkley Books, 1982-90, 1982
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Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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[Spy Fiction] Five volumes, octavo (19 x 13cm). Publisher's softcovers. With silhouette cover designs. Mixed printings. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Two with publisher's punched hole to cover, reading creases to 'Diamonds' else near fine. See Gilbert, Jon. Ian Fleming The Bibliography. Seller Inventory # 67678
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A James Bond Omnibus. Containing Live and Let Die, Diamonds are Forever and Dr No
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London: Book Club Associates 1973, 1973
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First Edition
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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[Spy novels] FIRST EDITION of the first James Bond omnibus to be published in the UK, preceding the Jonathan Cape equivalent. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.748. Publisher's hardcover in original metallic effect dust-wrapper. No inscriptions, moderately worn in the foil jacket, which easily shows wear; this copy has the usual and inevitable scratches to the silver surface, plus some rubbing. Very good overall. 15,000 copies. The eye-catching '70s jacket is printed in the 'Dufex' process, whereby a metallic foil is imprinted with a design or image via litho printing. Gilbert E4 (2). Seller Inventory # 60246
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Live and Let Die [two variant copies of the same impression]
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London: Pan Books, 1965, 1965
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Softcover
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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[Spy novel] Twentieth impression in paperback (UK version and international version). Slim octavos (18 x 11cm), pp.247; [1], blank. Publisher's photographic softcovers with design elements by Raymond Hawkey, one priced 3/6, the other unpriced for export. Pan 'X' series, X233. Contents clean minor toning as expected, export copy with gentle crease to cover else a crisp, fine copy. UK editions of Fleming's best-selling James Bond series were imported by numerous British overseas territories across the globe [Gilbert], as demonstrated by the present copies. This pair is from the collection of Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert (pencil ownership within). Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography A2a (41). Seller Inventory # 69894
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Live and Let Die
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London: The Folio Society, 2007, 2007
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Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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[Spy novel] FIRST printing of the FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION in book-form. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[xvi], 252 + [2], with inserted colour frontispiece and other illustrations. Bound in pictorial cloth of graduating russet and terracotta shades, blocked in black, silver and gilt with a shark and a diver to the front cover and a coral reef with gold coins to the rear cover. Dark brown endpapers, all edges trimmed, with burgundy and white striped embroidered head and tail bands. Housed in a plain brown card slip-case. A near fine copy in like slip-case. This elegant hardback edition features an original introduction from the acclaimed thriller writer Ken Follett, and seven full-page colour plate illustrations by Lyndon Hayes. This is the first illustrated edition in book-form, following an illustrated American printing in a periodical publication. Gilbert A2a (19). Seller Inventory # 71066
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Live and Let Die (a James Bond novel)
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London: Queen Anne Press, in association with Adrian Harrington, [2022], 2022
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Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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[Spy thriller] CLASSIC READERS EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.280. Publisher's indigo blue hardcovers stamped in gilt, decorated with author's initials in gilt to cover, plain black endpapers. Absolutely fine/as new. SIGNED on behalf of the publisher by Jon Gilbert [Adrian Harrington Ltd]. One of a selection of titles by Ian Fleming, uniformly cased in harlequin colours, comprising sheets from the Ian Fleming Centenary Edition in an elegant new hardback binding for 2022. Live and Let Die was the first of many James Bond adventures to be set in the author's beloved Caribbean. Seller Inventory # 60938
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Uniform group of Penguin 'Modern Classics'. Comprising: Casino Royale (2 copies), Live and Let Die, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball and You Only Live Twice
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London: Penguin Books, 2004, 2004
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Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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[Spy Fiction] Eight volumes, octavo (20 x 13). A group of vintage paperbacks in this collectable series with photographic cover art. Mixed printings. Includes the regular version of 'Casino Royale' plus the film tie-in (2006). Minor wear, some light toning to paper as expected. Near fine to fine condition. See Gilbert, Jon. Ian Fleming The Bibliography. Seller Inventory # 64811
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Group of 'Bond Re-jacketed' paperback series. Comprising: Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, For Your Eyes Only (short stories inc. From A View To A Kill, Quantum of Solace), and The Spy Who loved Me
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London: Penguin Books, 2006, 2006
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Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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[Spy Fiction] 6 volumes, octavo (18 x 11 x 30cm). Publisher's softcovers. With retro cover designs by Roseanne Serra and Richie Fahey. Mixed printings. Reissued in 2006 with new artwork and introductions. Two of these are The Times promotional copies. Mostly fine, with light handling only. See Gilbert, Jon. Ian Fleming The Bibliography. Seller Inventory # 64780
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Live and Let Die
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New York: Permabooks, 1956, 1956
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Softcover
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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[Spy novel] FIRST AMERICAN SOFTCOVER EDITION. Octavo (15 x 10cm), pp.181; [3], advertisements. Series No. M-3084. Publisher's illustrated card covers, all edges tinted red, with printed price 25 cents. Contents clean, faint inscription to title, some wear to spine, small chip to crown, 1cm split at foot. Very good. Issued uniformly with 'Too Hot to Handle' [Moonraker] and 'Diamonds Are Forever'. Gilbert A2b (6). Seller Inventory # 66639
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A James Bond Omnibus. Containing Live and Let Die, Diamonds are Forever and Dr No
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London: Book Club Associates, 1973, 1973
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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[Spy novels] FIRST EDITION of the first James Bond omnibus to be published in the UK, preceding the Jonathan Cape equivalent. Bibliographer's copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.748. Publisher's black hardcover in original metallic effect dust-wrapper. No inscriptions. Jacket gently handled and showing few of the expected marks and scratches to the foil jacket; much better than usually encountered. Near fine. The eye-catching '70s jacket is printed in the 'Dufex' process, whereby a metallic foil is imprinted with a design or image via litho printing. Jon Gilbert's file copy, with his pencilled notes and ownership signature. Gilbert E4 (2). Seller Inventory # 68484
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