James Bond First Editions

Solo.

BOYD, William (born 1952).

London: Jonathan Cape, 2013. [Spy fictionl] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.326. Elegantly hand-bound in half red calf over matching cloth sides, red endpapers, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands. Illustrated boards and dust-jacket preserved at rear. A fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. This James Bond adventure is set in 1969, a little after the events of Ian Fleming's The Man With The Golden Gun. This copy is from the comprehensive bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled ownership. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Item #60779

Gilbert-Schøyen [406].

Price: £195.00