Rare Ian Fleming first edition 007 novels up for auction in March
22-Feb-2006 • Collecting
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Tuesday 14 March from 9.30am to 5.30pm
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296. Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale, first edition of the authorâs first book, original boards, a fine copy, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed at extreme corners and spine ends, otherwise a remarkably fine copy, 8vo, 1953.
The first James Bond title, finally now being made into a film with Daniel Craig as Bond. Very scarce in this condition.
£8000 â £12000
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297. Fleming (Ian) From Russia, With Love, 1957 [x2]; For Your Eyes Only, 1960; Thunderball, 1961; The Spy Who Loved Me, 1962, first editions , original boards, very good to fine copies, without dust-jackets, 8vo (5)
£180 â £220
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298. Fleming (Ian) The Diamond Smugglers, plates, a few small chips to jacket, 1957; You Only Live Twice, a fine copy, 1964, first editions , original boards, dust-jackets ; and 3 others, Flemingâs Bond titles, 8vo (5)
£180 â £220
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299. Fleming (Ian) Dr No, first edition, small ink name on front free endpaper, issue in plain boards, slightly knocked, dust-jacket, badly torn with loss to upper fore-edge, frayed at corners and spine ends, lower panel darkened and slightly marked, 8vo, 1958.
£200 â £300
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300. Fleming (Ian) Doctor No, first American edition , original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed at edges, frayed at corners and spine ends, 8vo, New York, 1958.
£100 â £150
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301. Fleming (Ian) Doctor No, first American edition , ownership inscription, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, worn at edges, some creasing, New York, 1958; You Only Live Twice, ownership inscription on verso of front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, small tear at 1 corner and near foot of spine, 1964; and another by the same, 8vo (3)
£120 â £180
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302. Fleming (Ian) Goldfinger, first edition , original boards, a fine copy, dust-jacket, closed splits at corners of spine, some darkening & marking, more visible to lower panel, 8vo, 1959.
£200 â £300
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303. Fleming (Ian) Goldfinger, first edition , original boards, a fine copy, dust-jacket, skillful restoration to spine ends and corners, overall a remarkably clean, bright example with no browning to spine, 8vo, 1959.
£600 â £800
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304. Fleming (Ian) For Your Eyes Only, 1960; Thunderball, 1961; The Spy Who Loved Me, 1962; On Her Majestyâs Secret Service, 1963; You Only Live Twice, 1964, first editions , original boards, dust-jackets, all a little soiled and frayed and chipped to spine ends ; and 2 others, duplicates in similar condition, 8vo (7)
£150 â £200
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305. Fleming (Ian) You Only Live Twice, first edition , original boards, dust-jacket, 8vo, 1964.
£75 â £100
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306. Fleming (Ian) The Man with the Golden Gun, first edition , original plain boards, a fine copy, dust-jacket, very small chip to 1 corner, otherwise fine, 8vo, 1965.
£120 â £180
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309. Gardner (John) Scorpius, very slight yellowing to page edges, 1988; Brokenclaw, 1990; Cold, 1996, first editions , original boards, dust-jackets ; and 3 others, Bond, 8vo (6)
£180 â £220
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