James Bond First Editions

Double O Seven. James Bond. A Report. [4 copies].

[Ian Fleming / Bondiana] SNELLING, O.F.

London: Panther Books, 1965. [Reference/ Literary criticism] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, first printing, together with the second, third printings and fourth printings. Each pp.192. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 3/6. Usual/expected toning to textblocks, softcovers very lightly handled. All four are virtually fine, believed to be all that were published in this format. This unique group comes from the Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled ownership to endpapers. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. A former book illustrator and intelligence operative in Russia, Oswald Frederick [Fred] Snelling was a highly-regarded member of the antiquarian book trade, serving as the Chief Clerk for London's Hodgson's (and then Sotheby's) Rare Book Department where he befriended the book collector Ian Fleming and assisted him in research for the James Bond novels. Snelling is best known for his 1964 analysis of the James Bond books, 'Double O Seven, James Bond, A Report', the earliest serious study of the James Bond phenomena. Item #67207

GILBERT, Jon. Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, p.610.

Price: £135.00