James Bond First Editions

Solo.

BOYD, William (born 1952).

London: Jonathan Cape, 2013. [James Bond Novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.326. Publisher's red screen-printed hardcovers, red endpapers, embossed and die-cut dust-jacket, featuring bullet-holes in the style of the original US printing of Ian Fleming's The Man With The Golden Gun (this adventure being set in 1969, a little after the events of the Scaramanga episode). SIGNED in black ink to the title page. Fine. An original Bond adventure commissioned by Ian Fleming Publications. 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 #68055

Gilbert, p.613.

Price: £95.00