Fleming ian lancaster 1908 1964 (720 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. American second printing (with Viking's requisite "Second Printing April 1961" statement upon copyright page; "Second Printing" statement repeated at top of dj's front flap). [8], 248 pages. Hardcover: H 21cm x L 13.75cm. Dust jacket with color pictorial front panel (design credited to S.A. Summit, Inc. on rear flap); strong rubbing; large chips at top of front panel with other smaller losses, tears, and wear at edges and folds; ink marks to soiled rear panel with moisture stain at top right; obtrusively strong vertical bands of dark toning to both flaps' terminal edges and to front and rear pastedowns all caused by removed tape strips which previously secured the dj; front flap retains publisher's printed "$3.95" price at top right. Yellow cloth soiled at tops of boards and spine. Muted brown top edge; past owner's handwritten name in ink on top and bottom edges. Some soiling to endpapers (in addition to aforementioned tape bands); jagged tear at center of pages 73-74 with small text loss; strong crease/curl to top fore-edge corners of pages 213-214; a few spots of soiling to interior pages which overall remain clean. Binding is firm. A flawed copy but a good placeholder for one seeking to complete a collection of James Bond early printings.…

Book Club reprint (as noted on dj's front flap). 211 pages. Hardcover: H 21.5cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket with Richard Chopping-designed front panel; dj has some soiling and stains; scuffing, nicks, and tears at edges; foxing to flaps; dj presented in an older rubbed mylar protector. Beige spine; reddish-brown boards. Colored top edge with some stains; slight foxing to fore-edge and bottom edge. Endpapers toned; some light interior foxing. Binding is firm. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Gut. Scherz - 2. Auf. 1976 : Ian Fleming - tb 6H-22CI-M9V1 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. American first edition, first printing (with statement for latter upon copyright page). [8], 183 pages. Hardcover: H 21.5cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket rubbed with bumping and nicks/scuffing at edges; front panel decorated with black, red, and light gray lettering with six die-cut "bullet" holes; light foxing at top of front flap which retains publisher's $4.50 printed price. Black paper boards; gilt stamped gun overlaps both boards and spine (butt on rear board extending to barrel on front board); spine with red and white author/title lettering and gilt "NAL" at heel; light bumping to spine ends; gilt stamped "H0042" at rear board's bottom left (same code printed at dj rear panel's bottom right). Brownish-yellow endpapers; several leaves lightly creased at their top corners from past fold-downs; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing (without specific edition/printing statement upon copyright page - "Published in 1965 by The Viking Press, Inc."). [6], 439 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed and lightly soiled/foxed; small chip at spine head; nicks at other edges; strong vertical crease to rear flap; publisher's printed price "$5.75" present at front flap's top right. Black cloth spine and red boards; spine decorated with white and red stamped lettering (some flaking to red lettering); front board's bottom fore-edge corner bumped. Muted red top edge with a few small stains; slight foxing/soiling to fore-edge and bottom edge. Top corner of pages 419-420 creased from past fold down; slight bumping to leaves' bottom fore-edge corners; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Generally Viking distinguished first printings by a "First published . . ." statement but with this book "First" was evidently dropped; the book's second and later printings have specific statements as such upon the copyright page. Features novels THUNDERBALL and THE SPY WHO LOVED ME as well as a collection of short stories collectively titled FOR YOUR EYES ONLY comprised of "From a View To Kill," "For Your Eyes Only," "Quantum of Solace," "Risico," and "The Hildebrand Rarity.".…

UK Paperback edition (November 1965), second printing, binding 'A', intended for export (without a printed price to front cover). Octavo (18 x11cm), pp.190; [2], advertisements. 'Hawkey' style photographic card wrappers. A clean, fine copy. Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A12a (12.1).

First Edition. [Spy Fiction] FIRST EDITION of the Charter paperback. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 215 [1]. Publisher's softcovers. With silhouette cover design, edges tinted yellow. Contents clean, some rubbing to joints, reading crease to spine. Very good. This copy is from the library of Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert A4b (12).…

First Edition. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. The 'Bond Re-jacketed' Promotional Series. Paperback. Pp.57; [3], advertisements. Publisher's illustrated softcovers. Carefully dark stored by ourselves since publication. This edition marked 'Not for resale', with no printed barcode or price to rear cover. The book was distributed free with copies of The Times newspaper on Saturday 17th May 2008. The promotion was conceived as part of the Ian Fleming Centenary and the foreword is by the late Peter Janson Smith, literary agent to Ian Fleming. This is the first time these two short stories had appeared together in a single, separate volume; Octopussy was originally paired with The Living Daylights. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming The Bibliography A14a (25).…

First Edition. FIRST UK EDITION in paperback. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.172; [4], advertisements. Pictorial card softcovers with original price of 3/6 to rear (also priced for export to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa). neat ink name to inside cover, contents toned as expected, covers are near fine with a gentle spine roll. Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography A10a (14).…

First Edition. [Spy Fiction] FIRST EDITION of the Berkley paperback. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 232 [2]. Publisher's softcovers. With silhouette cover design. Contents clean, inside covers toned, deletion punch to top corner, minor rubbing, spine sunned. Very good. This copy is from the library of Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert A3b (11).…

[Spy novel]. FIRST EDITION in paperback, INTERNATIONAL VERSION, without prices to the rear panel (scarce thus - the first printing intended to be priced and sold in the UK was the second printing). Slim octavo, pp.191; [1], advert. Publisher's pictorial card wrappers. Some toning and soiling to cheap paper as expected, joints rubbed/scuffed, some spine roll. Used, but no significant defects. Gilbert A13a (12.1).…

First Edition. The true first paperback edition. Signet Books' series P2712. Pp.160. Publisher's illustrated softcovers with original price 60c to upper panel, all edges tinted red. Pages a little tanned as expected, some acceptable creases and wear, reading lean. A very good copy. Published simultaneously with Pan's Export paperback and preceding the UK home market edition. Gilbert A12b (11.1).…

dj. [Spy novel] Dollar Mystery Guild Uniform Edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.211 [13]. Publisher's black leatherette with gilt titles to spine and red leatherette strips to fore-edges. Top edge red; fore-edge untrimmed. With the sand-coloured dust-jacket. A nice clean copy with just a couple of chips to jacket edges, and some light toning to jacket spine. Near fine. This is the standard American uniform BCE, from the mid-1960s onwards. The tenth book in the James Bond series. A beautiful girl with a sensual past, Vivienne Michel is different from all the women 007 has known before. When she is confronted with two evil killers there is only one man who can save her - Bond himself. Ian Fleming The Bibliography A10b(4).…

[True Crime] CLASSIC READERS EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.144. Publisher's stone-coloured hardcovers stamped in gilt, decorated with author's initials in gilt to cover, plain black endpapers. Lower corner slightly pushed/bumped else a fine, unread copy. SIGNED on behalf of the publisher by Jon Gilbert [Adrian Harrington Ltd]. Signed.…

First Edition. [True Crime/Documentary] FIRST DELL PRINTING. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.159; [1], advertisements. Publisher's softcovers, all edges tinted green. Gentle reading crease to spine else a fine, fresh copy. An interesting edition; boldly advertised as the 'First Popular-Priced Edition', rather than the first paperback edition (which it wasn't!), and unashamedly mimicking the design of Signet's then-current James Bond paperbacks novels, this is the first of several printings from the Dell Publishing Company, whose rather cynical marketing proved successful. Gilbert A15b (4). …

paperback. Condizione: Gut. Seiten; Scherz 555 - 1. Auf. 1963 - tb - 10-51-3 OE-63LY-1EHU Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

dj. [James Bond] FIRST BOOK CLUB EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.189 [3]. Publisher's blue cloth, black titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket. Internally bright and clean. Cloth spine sunned. Spotting/marking to jacket reverse and rear exterior panel. Jacket joints rubbed. Mild edgewear. Very good. The tenth book in the James Bond series. A beautiful girl with a sensual past, Vivienne Michel is different from all the women 007 has known before. When she is confronted with two evil killers there is only one man who can save her - Bond himself. …

[Comic] Presented by Stan Lee and released to coincide with the United Artists film production, being an adaptation of the film rather than the novel, and the characters are drawn to resemble the movie actors. Pp.66 in illustrated paper covers, stapled. Printed in colour. Price $2.50 cents. Contains additional text 'Behind the Scenes' plus film stills. Fine throughout. This magazine was published simultaneously in the UK (at 75p). Predates the double-issue comic strip version. Gilbert p.289.…

FIRST Pan paperback edition, Canadian Printing. Series No.X653. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's photographic softcovers with original price 60c to upper panel. Pages are browned as expected, spine a little rolled, minor rubs; near fine. Not to be confused with UK export copies priced at 60c, the Toronto printing has "an entirely different setting of the text and is trimmed narrower" Gilbert, p.400.…

dj. First Edition. [Spy thriller] FIRST BOOK CLUB EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.152. Publisher's mid-blue cloth lettered in black to spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by C H Richard. No inscriptions. A little spotted and dusty. Near fine. 70,000 copies were printed, a lower number than the Jonathan Cape first edition run. Gilbert A13a (7).…

[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).…

[True Crime/Documentary] FIRST AMERICAN PAPERBACK PRINTING. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.124; [4], advertisement. With black and white photographic plates. Publisher's softcovers priced at 95c. A near fine copy with some mild wear and sunning to spine, date stamp (1964) to lower edge. Gilbert A15b (3).

First Edition. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.183 [1]. Publisher's brown cloth with yellow titles to spine. The book price of 850 Lira is printed on the rear pastedown. Cheap paper browned as expected, bookseller's slips loosely inserted, a few minor marks to covers. Near fine, without the wrapper. From the comprehensive Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled note and ownership to endpaper. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. …

FIRST Pan paperback edition, Canadian Printing. Series No.X434. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.191; [1], blank. Publisher's photographic softcovers with original price 60c to upper panel. Usual toning to cheap paperstock, covers clean, spine rolled, some reading creases; very good. Not to be confused with UK export copies also priced at 60c, the Toronto printing has "an entirely different setting of the text and is trimmed narrower" Gilbert A12a (11.1), p.400.…

[thriller] FIRST Pan paperback edition, Canadian Printing. Series No.X527. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.159; [1], blank. Publisher's photographic softcovers with original price 60c to upper panel. Pages are browned as expected, spine a little rolled, minor rubs; near fine. Not to be confused with UK export copies priced at 60c, the Toronto printing has "an entirely different setting of the text and is trimmed narrower" Gilbert, p.400.…

dj. [Children's classic] Vintage hardback in a single volume; originally published in three volumes. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.128. Illustrated by John Burningham. Gilt-titled orange cloth with green endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper. Clean ex-library copy with a neat stamp to the copyright page, 'withdrawn' stamp on endpapers, library slip has been removed resulting in a strip of removed green endpaper. Jacket clipped else fine. A classic adventure story featuring a high-spirited family and their magical car. Basis for the Oscar-nominated film musical scripted by Roald Dahl. Gilbert, Jon. Ian Fleming: The Bibliography A17a (11). …

dj. [Spy novel] Dollar Mystery Guild Uniform Edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[xii]; 240; [4]. Publisher's black leatherette with gilt titles to spine and yellow leatherette strips to fore-edges. Top edge red; fore-edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket in grey, titled in white and red. A little toning and spotting, jacket sunned to the spine. Near fine. This is the standard American uniform BCE, from the mid-1960s onwards. The penultimate full-length 007 novel, and basis for the 1967 movie starring Sean Connery as James Bond. Ian Fleming The Bibliography A12b(8).…

[Spy thriller] The first Pan paperback edition. 'Great Pan' series G335. Octavo (18 x 12cm) pp.189; 3 (advertisements). Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 2/6. Cheap paper stock toned as expected, some spine roll, lightly handled, one chip to rear cover. Very good. Gilbert A6a (18.1).

First Edition. FIRST EDITION in paperback. Slim octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.234; [6], advertisements. Pictorial card wrappers with the classic die-cut bullet hole design by Raymond Hawkey, priced at 3/6. No owner names/inscriptions. Some expected toning, minor spine lean. Near fine. The first of the popular Hawkey-inspired uniform 'X' series titles to be released, where the bold 'James Bond' series lettering is more prominent than the book title or the author's name. A triumph of commercial design which remained for the next decade and appeared again in the 1990s. Gilbert A9a (12.1). See also '007 Magazine', issue number 54 (August 2010).…

First Edition. [Bond] The true first paperback edition. Octavo (18 x 11cm), Signet Books' series P2712. Pp.160. Publisher's illustrated softcovers with original price 60c to upper panel, all edges tinted red. Pages a little tanned as expected, book store stamp to flyleaf, some minor handling and soiling; very good indeed. Published simultaneously with Pan's Export paperback and preceding the UK home market edition. Gilbert A12b (11.1).…