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London: Pan Books Ltd., 1970. [Spy novel] The FIRST Pan paperback edition. 'M' Series. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221 [3]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 5 shillings (25 pence). Some gentle age-toning to paper stock, trivial wear to covers, slight lean; a near fine copy of the striking softcover version of the first James Bond continuation novel. BMC No.1 p.4-13 'Fleming and Bond; Related Titles'. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 592, see also Appendix A, page 634.
The James Bond Dossier. Pre-publication Publicity File by [FLEMING, Ian], AMIS, [Sir] Kingsley (1922-1995)
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The James Bond Dossier. Pre-publication Publicity File
by [FLEMING, Ian], AMIS, [Sir] Kingsley (1922-1995)
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London: To be Published by Jonathan Cape at 16s. on May 27th, no date [1965]. [James Bond] The complete pack, comprising a colour promotional poster for the book designed by Jan Pienkowski (52cm x 76cm), an 'Obituary of Commander James Bond' (35cm x 52cm), a cross-section and information regarding the Walther pistol [uncredited but attributed to Raymond Hawkey] on grey art paper (52cm x 39cm), James Bond's entry in Peerage [Burke's?] (27 x 20cm), a tri-folding four-panelled illustrated supplement entitled 'Bond Girl' (48cm x 26cm) on red card, plus a card copy of an original photo of Ian Fleming taken by Horst Tappe (25 x 28.5cm). Together six items contained within a large stiff card wallet, edged in vinyl, illustrated with designs by Raymond Hawkey in red, white and black (41 x 27cm). All six items in mint, unused condition, in fine folder (trivial wear to edges). Extremely scarce; whilst we have occasionally seen individual items offered, this is the first complete publicity pack we have encountered. It was acquired from the estate of a publishing executive who represented Jonathan Cape. For information, a similar Jonathan Cape advertising poster designed by Hawkey for Deighton's Funeral in Berlin (1965) is currently available elsewhere [by itself] priced at £1250. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 592, see also Appendix A, page 634.
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Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure by Robert Markham
by [FLEMING, Ian] MARKHAM, Robert, [pseudonym of AMIS, [Sir] Kingsley] (1922-1995)
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Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure by Robert Markham
by [FLEMING, Ian] MARKHAM, Robert, [pseudonym of AMIS, [Sir] Kingsley] (1922-1995)
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London: Pan Books Ltd., 1970. [Spy novel] The FIRST Pan paperback edition. 'M' Series. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221 [3]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 5 shillings (25 pence). Paper stock lightly toned, no ink names, gentle reading crease to spine, minor wear at foot. Near fine. BMC No.1 p.4-13 'Fleming and Bond; Related Titles'. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 592, see also Appendix A, page 634.
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The James Bond Dossier
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NZ$59.63
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New York, NY: Signet Books, 1966. [Bond reference /critique] FIRST U.S. PAPERBACK. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.127 [1], advertisement. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 60c, all edges red. Owner's rubber stamp to margin, cheap paper stock toned as expected else a clean, fine copy. Now a rather elusive paperback, published in the same year as the UK Pan paperback. This is Kingsley Amis' first venture into the world of James Bond. He also wrote the light-hearted 'Book of Bond' in 1965 and the first post-Fleming 007 novel 'Colonel Sun'. BMC No.1 p.4-13 'Fleming and Bond; Related Titles'. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 592, see also Appendix A, page 634.
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The James Bond Dossier
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NZ$266.19
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond Reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.159 [1]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, with gilt titles to spine, and the pictorial dust-wrapper, based on the familiar Chopping 'trompe l'oeil' designs from the Ian Fleming first editions. Contents clean, page edges toned, some very light edge wear to wrapper. Near fine in similar jacket. Amis' first venture into the world of James Bond. He also wrote the light-hearted 'Book of Bond' in 1965, and the first post-Fleming 007 novel 'Colonel Sun' (1968). BMC No.1 p.4-13 'Fleming and Bond; Related Titles'. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 592, see also Appendix A, page 634.
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NZ$266.19
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The James Bond Dossier
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NZ$319.42
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond Reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.159 [1]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, with gilt titles to spine, and the pictorial dust-wrapper, based on the familiar Chopping 'trompe l'oeil' designs from the Ian Fleming first editions. Priced at 16s. to flap. A lightly used copy in near fine condition. Amis' first venture into the world of James Bond. He also wrote the light-hearted 'Book of Bond' in 1965, and the first post-Fleming 007 novel 'Colonel Sun' (1968). BMC No.1 p.4-13 'Fleming and Bond; Related Titles'. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 592, see also Appendix A, page 634.
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NZ$319.42
Colonel Sun
by [FLEMING, Ian] MARKHAM, Robert, [pseudonym of AMIS, [Sir] Kingsley (1922-1995)]
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NZ$415.25
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [James Bond Continuation] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.255; [1]. Publisher's hardback cloth in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 21s. Wraparound art by Tom Adams. Book is very clean, jacket with two short tears and a tiny amount of rubbing to crown. A particularly bright copy. The first post- Ian Fleming James Bond novel, written under a pseudonym by Kingsley Amis, who had edited Fleming's final 007 story in 1965. BMC No.1 p.4-13 'James Bond Revivals'. Gilbert, page 612, see also Appendix A, page 634.
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NZ$415.25
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The James Bond Dossier
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NZ$479.14
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond Reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.159 [1]. Handsomely bound in half red oasis morocco, titled and decorated in gilt to the spine, raised bands, matching cloth sides, top edge gilt. Contents clean, but for a few light spots/reading marks, exterior as new. A near fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. From the James Bond collection assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled ownership. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. BMC No.1 p.4-13 'Fleming and Bond; Related Titles'. Gilbert, p.592, see also Appendix A, p.634.
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The James Bond Dossier
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean's copy, with a printed label loosely inserted. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.159 [1]. Publisher's hardcover in pictorial dust-wrapper, based on the familiar Chopping 'trompe l'oeil' designs from the Ian Fleming first editions. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some trivial wear to extremities of jacket. A fine copy. Amis' first venture into the world of James Bond. He also wrote the light-hearted 'Book of Bond' in 1965, and the first post-Fleming 007 novel 'Colonel Sun' (1968). Provenance: Sir Fitzroy Maclean (1911-96), former Etonian diplomat, S.A.S. 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 at Churchill's personal request, 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…
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Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure
by [FLEMING, Ian] MARKHAM, Robert [Pseudonym of AMIS, [Sir] Kingsley] (1922-1995)
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NZ$628.20
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Cartographical endpapers at rear. Elegantly hand-bound in half green calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, publisher's original titled cloth spine bound in at rear, top edge gilt. Near fine. The first post- Ian Fleming James Bond novel, written under a pseudonym by Kingsley Amis, who had edited Fleming's final 007 story for posthumous publication in 1965. This copy is from the Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled ownership to endpaper. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert, page 612, see also Appendix A, page 634.
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The James Bond Dossier
by AMIS, [Sir] Kingsley (1922-1995), [FLEMING, Ian]
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NZ$841.15
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond Reference] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY on behalf of Kingsley Amis. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.159 [1]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, with gilt titles to spine, and the pictorial dust-wrapper, based on the familiar Chopping 'trompe l'oeil' designs from the Ian Fleming first editions. With Jonathan Cape printed slip 'with the Author's compliments'. Very near fine. An uncommon presentation copy. Amis' first venture into the world of James Bond. He also wrote the light-hearted 'Book of Bond' in 1965, and the first post-Fleming 007 novel 'Colonel Sun' (1968). From the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil ownership within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. BMC No.1 p.4-13 'Fleming and Bond; Related Titles'. Gilbert, page 592, see also Appendix A, page 634.
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NZ$841.15
