James Bond First Editions

From Russia, With Love.

FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964).

New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, [1966]. [Spy novel] SECOND U.S. EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.191; [1], blank. Publisher's black vinyl-style cloth-covered boards, top edge blue, lettered in gilt to the spine, in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Jerome Kuhl, priced at $3.95. Minor toning to edges else a crisp, fine copy. A full-price hardback reissue, published 17th January 1966. These editions appeared briefly in the mid 1960s and were easily outsold by the uniform Book Club editions. Second American Edition. This copy is from the comprehensive bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his loose bookplate. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Item #66330

Gilbert, Jon. Ian Fleming: The Bibliography A2b (2).

Price: £395.00