James Bond First Editions

Dollar Mystery Guild Uniform edition of the James Bond novels. A complete set, with multiple variant copies. Comprising Casino Royale, Moonraker, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, You Only Live Twice and The Man with the Golden Gun (all that were published).

FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964).

New York, NY: MacMillan, Viking & The New American Library, 1965. [Spy novels] The FIRST AMERICAN BOOK CLUB EDITION, bibliographer's set. Octavo (22 x 15cm). Twenty-three volumes. Publisher's black or leatherette with gilt titles to spine and various coloured leatherette strips to fore-edges, various coloured topstains, 'girl and gun' jacket design against backgrounds of grey, blue, purple, pink and yellow. Contents clean and fresh, ink name to just one book (Spy), rubber stamp to another (also Spy), jackets with light wear only. Overall a fine, fresh set. This is the standard U.S. series, issued in the mid-1960s onwards. Alternate colours of binding trim and/or jacket exist for all titles, and a total of nine James Bond books were released in this set. Complete as published, together with all the variants collected by bibliographer Jon Gilbert. A comprehensive collection comprising; Casino Royale [3 copies]; (1) Black cloth/grey trim, purple d/j and top edge. (2) Black cloth/blue trim, grey d/j, orange top edge. (3) Grey cloth, grey d/j, blue-green top edge. Moonraker [2 copies]; (1) Black cloth/pink trim, pink d/j and black top edge. (2) Black cloth/yellow trim, grey d/j, black top edge. From Russia, With Love [2 copies]; (1) Black cloth/blue trim, pink d/j and blue top edge. (2) Black cloth/red trim, yellow d/j, red top edge. Dr. No [2 copies]; (1) Black cloth/yellow trim, blue d/j, white gun, red top edge. (2) Black cloth/yellow trim, blue d/j, blue gun, yellow top edge. Goldfinger [2 copies]; (1) Black cloth/blue trim, grey d/j, blue titles, red top edge. (2) Black cloth/green trim, grey d/j, green titles, yellow top edge. Thunderball [2 copies]; (1) Black cloth/blue trim, yellow d/j, blue top edge. (2) Black cloth/blue trim, blue d/j, blue top edge. The Spy Who Loved Me [3 copies]; (1) Black cloth/red trim, yellow d/j, yellow gun, blue top edge. (2) Black cloth/red trim, yellow d/j, yellow gun, red top edge. (3) Black cloth/red trim, yellow d/j, white gun, red top edge. You Only Live Twice [4 copies]; (1) Black cloth/grey trim, light grey d/j, grey gun, red top edge. (2) Black cloth/grey trim, dark grey d/j, grey gun, red top edge. (3) Black cloth/yellow trim, blue d/j, white gun, yellow top edge. (4) Blue cloth/no trim, blue d/j, white gun, yellow top edge. The Man With The Golden Gun [3 copies]; (1) Blue cloth/no trim, grey d/j, white gun, blue top edge. (2) Black cloth/blue trim, grey d/j, white gun, blue top edge. (3) (2) Black cloth/blue trim, blue d/j, white gun, blue top edge. Item #72161

See Gilbert, Jon. Ian Fleming The Bibliography A1b(3).

Price: £2,500.00