James Bond First Editions

Dr. No.

FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964).

London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. [James Bond novel] FIRST EDITION, third printing, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth with 'Dancing Lady' design in brown, illustrated dust-wrapper by Pat Marriott, clipped and repriced by the publisher at 15s. Contents and edges are clean, jacket is lightly handled, slighty toned to the spine. A fine copy. Jon Gilbert's file copy, with his pencilled notes and ownership signature. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. The third impression print run was much lower than the first (less than half the amount were printed). Item #73985

Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A6a (3).

Price: £485.00