James Bond First Editions

Diamonds are Forever.

FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964).

London: Jonathan Cape, 1956. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE BINDING. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.257; [1], blank. Original blue cloth, top edge red, lettered in silver, with Jonathan Cape imprint and 'Greek urn' device blocked to spine. Collector's blue and grey cloth clamshell box. Moderately used with a few institutional markings within, tape marks to cloth and endpapers where jacket was once affixed. Very good. A significant Ian Fleming rarity. The fourth of fourteen James Bond books by Ian Fleming, basis for the 1971 film starring Sean Connery as agent 007. This is one of 300 copies in a certified library binding. Item #67997

Gilbert A4a, 'Blue cloth variant'.

Price: £1,450.00