James Bond First Editions

From Russia With Love (a James Bond novel).

FLEMING, Ian Lancaster, (1908-1964).

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1990. [Spy thriller] FIRST U.S. ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Collector's Edition, 'bound in genuine leather'. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.253; [1]. Printed on acid-neutral archival paper, with colour frontispiece illustration. Publisher's full dark red hide, decoratively blocked in gilt, illustrated endpapers, ribbon marker, all edges gilt. Absolutely fine. With publisher's loose decorative bookplate as called for. The bibliographer's copy, signed on plate ('Jack' bulldog paperweight not included). A stand-alone volume, not to be confused with the later Easton Press collected works (2005). Books were sold exclusively through the Easton Press via subscription and are long-since sold out. Copies on the used market are genuinely scarce. Item #65197

Gilbert A5b (6).

Price: £295.00