James Bond First Editions

Goldfinger.

FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964).

New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Co. [Book Club], no date [circa 1970]. [James Bond] U.S. BOOK CLUB EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.x; 214. Publisher's grey paper-covered boards with blue titles to spine. With the pictorial blue dust-jacket. Whole lower edge of book tinted purple (other copies are similarly noted so this was the publisher's practice, in error). A clean, fine copy in a near fine wrapper with light wear to spine ends and lower edge of rear panel. Somewhat rarer than the uniform Book Club Edition of 1965. From the comprehensive 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 #68080

Gilbert A7b (4).

Price: £95.00