James Bond First Editions

Three US Bond Omnibuses. [Gilt-Edged Bonds; More Gilt-Edged Bonds; Bonded Fleming].

FLEMING, Ian.

The Macmillan Company; The Viking Press, 1961 & 1965. Together three works, large octavo. Gilt-Edged Bonds: Original original black blue-cloth-backed boards, spine and cover lettered in silver. With dust jacket. More Gilt-Edged Bonds: Original black cloth, spine stamped in gilt, top edge red. With dust jacket. Bonded Fleming: Original black-cloth-backed red boards, spine and cover lettered in red and white, top edge red, black endpapers. With dust jacket. Cover designs by Richard Chopping, Lawrence Ratzkin, and Al Cetta. A very good set, rubbing to extremities, edges lightly toned and rubbed, in like dust jackets, extremities rubbed and in some cases nicked. First editions, first impressions. Gilt-Edged Bonds and More Gilt-Edged Bonds published by Macmillan, Bonded Fleming published by The Viking Press with an accompanying slip from the publisher: "Greetings of the Season". These copies are from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), with his bookplate. Schøyen's private collection of manuscripts, which span all cultures and all time periods, is one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. Item #156634

Gilbert, E1, E2, E3; The Schøyen Collection, Nos. 136-138.

Price: £1,450.00