James Bond First Editions

Moonraker.

FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964).

New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, [1966]. [Spy novel] SECOND U.S. EDITION, REVIEW COPY. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's black vinyl-style cloth-covered boards, pink trim to edges, top edge tinted black, lettered in gilt to the spine, in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Jerome Kuhl, priced at $3.95. No inscriptions. Gentle toning to paperstock else a clean, fine copy in fine jacket. 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. This copy is from the comprehensive bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencil signature within. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Item #69137

Ian Fleming: The Bibliography A2b (2).

Price: £375.00