Ian Lancaster Fleming
(1908 - 1964)
A complete set of James Bond novels [Set of 14]
Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, London: Jonathan Cape, 1965, reprint edition
218 pages; original black cloth boards with a bright red heart to the front and red titles on the spine, without dust jacket
7.8 x 5.3 in (20 x 13.5 cm)
Casino Royale is the first novel written by Ian Fleming featuring the 00 agent Commander James Bond, completed in March 1952, published in 1953 and is essential to any James Bond collection. This is the 1965 reprint edition. Only 4,500 copies were printed on the first print run - the smallest number of first print run copies of any James Bond novel. Ian Fleming was 43 when he wrote this novel. He sent it to his friend, the poet William Plomer, who in turn recommended it to Jonathan Cape, publishers. And the rest is history, a British cultural hero was born.
Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die, London: Jonathan Cape, 1963, reprint edition with library stamp
240 pages; dust jacket pasted to the boards
7 x 4.7 in (18 x 12 cm)
Ian Fleming, Moonraker, London: Jonathan Cape, 1965, reprint edition
256 pages; original black cloth boards, lettered in white, without dust jacket
7.6 x 5.1 in (19.5 x 13 cm)
Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever, London: Jonathan Cape, 1956, first edition
257 pages; original black cloth boards, lettered in white, without dust jacket
7.6 x 5.1 in (19.5 x 13 cm)
Ian Fleming, From Russia with Love, London: Jonathan Cape, 1957, first edition
253 pages; original black cloth boards, lettered in silver and red, design to upper cover in silver and red; dust jacket, first edition
7.6 x 5.1 in (19.5 x 13 cm)
Ian Fleming, Dr No, London: Jonathan Cape, 1958, first edition
256 pages; original black boards, titles to spine in silver, without dust jacket
7.6 x 5.1 in (19.5 x 13 cm)
Ian Fleming, Goldfinger, London: Jonathan Cape, 1959, first edition, second impression
318 pages; bound in publisher's black cloth-affect boards with skull motif embossed on upper board, with gilt stamped coins in eye sockets and spine titles in gilt; facsimile dust jacket
7.6 x 5.1 in (19.5 x 13 cm)
Ian Fleming, For your eyes only, London: Jonathan Cape, 1960, first edition
252 pages; publisher's black boards with eye motif in white to upper cover and gilt titles to the spine, dust jacket
7.6 x 5.1 in (19.5 x 13 cm)
Ian Fleming, Thunderball, London: Jonathan Cape, 1961, first edition
254 pages; publisher’s dark brown boards, spine lettered in gilt, skeletal hand motif on front cover in blind, facsimile dust jacket
7.6 x 5.1 in (19.5 x 13 cm)
Ian Fleming, The Spy who loved me, London: Jonathan Cape, 1962, first edition
221 pages; original dark grey/brown cloth, lettered in silver, design to upper cover in silver and blind, red endpapers; facsimile dust jacket
7.6 x 5.1 in (19.5 x 13 cm)
Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, London: Jonathan Cape, 1963, first edition
288 pages; publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine, dust jacket
7.6 x 5.1 in (19.5 x 13 cm)
Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice, London: Jonathan Cape, 1964, first edition
256 pages; Spine with stamped authors name and title in silver ink and front cover with embossed gilded Japanese characters along with wood-coloured endpapers. Original dust jacket with prices shown on front flap of 16s.net
7.6 x 5.1 in (19.5 x 13 cm)
Ian Fleming, The Man with the Golden Gun, London: Jonathan Cape, 1965, first edition
221 pages’ original black cloth boards with the spine stamped with author/title in gold ink along with period printed green endpapers. Original dust jacket with prices shown on front flap of 18s.net
7.6 x 5.1 in (19.5 x 13 cm)
Ian Fleming, Octopussy and the Living Daylights, London: Jonathan Cape, 1966, first edition
95 pages; original dark grey cloth, lettered in silver, grey endpapers; facsimile dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping and dagger by Wilkinson Swords Ltd.
7.6 x 5.1 in (19.5 x 13 cm)
THESE BOOKS ARE NOW HIGHLY SOUGHT OUT BY IAN FLEMING COLLECTORS
Please note that the bookends used in the lot image are not part of the lot.