James Bond First Editions

The Spy Who Loved Me.

FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964).

London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. [Espionage novel] FIRST EDITION, State A, British export/colonial copy. Crown Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.221. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards with scarlet endpapers in a pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping. Bookplate of Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert. A lovely fine copy in like jacket. This copy was exported to the Far East (seller ticket of City Book Store Ltd., Singapore - Kuala Lumpar), price clipped accordingly. Shows extremely well. Housed in an elegant leather-spined clamshell box. UK Cape editions of Fleming's best-selling James Bond series were imported by British overseas territories across the globe [Gilbert], as demonstrated by the present copy. Item #72333

Gilbert A10a (1.1).

Price: £985.00