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59 FLEMING, Ian. The Spy Who Loved Me. London: Jonathan Cape, 1962 “as few as one in ten copies” from the original print run First edition, variant issue, with the printer’s quad mark (a spacer between the type) on the title page: “no priority between the two variants has been established . . . as few as one in ten copies exist in this state” (Gilbert). From the Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b. 1940), with his bookplate. Octavo. Original brown boards, spine lettered in silver, dagger motif blocked to front board in silver and blind. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom black quarter morocco folding box. A very good copy, spine cocked, boards slightly bowed, couple of pale spots to head of front cover, minor foxing to edges, in like dust jacket, edges nicked and rubbed, short closed tear to head of spine, small tape repair to verso, foxing to rear panel, otherwise bright. ¶ Gilbert A10a (1.2); The Schøyen Collection No. 77. £1,850 [155925] 60 FLEMING, Ian. Thrilling Cities. London: Jonathan Cape, 1963 presentation copy to a mistress
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57 FLEMING, Ian. Live and Let Die. London: Jonathan Cape, 1954 inscribed to one of the author’s sources of research First edition in the first issue jacket, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: “To Donald Crowther, Who helped with the Coin! from the author. 1954”. At the time Ian Fleming was writing his second James Bond adventure, the numismatist Donald Crowther worked at the specialist London auction house Spink & Son. He later became head of rare coins at Sotheby’s. Crowther advised the novelist on the 17th-century gold coins being sold by Mr Big as part of the plot. The earliest dust jackets issued omitted to credit Kenneth Lewis with the design. Once this was realized, existing jackets were overstamped beneath the blurb on the front flap, and then the jacket was reset and reprinted to include the Lewis credit. Copies of the first impression exist with all three states. Copies of the first issue jacket in such
publisher, Jonathan Cape. A clergyman and amateur botanist, Young made himself known as a poet of the British countryside; his circle of friends included poets such as Christopher Fry, Ted Walker, John Arlott, and his literary executor, Leonard Clark. In the same year From Russia, With Love was published, Clark edited the collection of essay tributes, Andrew Young: Prospect of a Poet . From the Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b. 1940), with his bookplate. Octavo. Original black boards (Gilbert’s A binding, no priority), red and silver lettering on spine and revolver and rose motif on front cover. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom black quarter morocco solander box. A near-fine, clean copy, in very good dust jacket, not price-clipped, shallow chips at ends of spine and folds, light rubbing and spotting, otherwise bright. ¶ Gilbert A5a(1.1); The Schøyen Collection No. 41. £45,000 [155898]
condition as the present example are increasingly hard to find. From the Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b. 1940), with his bookplate. Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in gilt, coin design to front cover in gilt. With dust jacket. Gilt slightly dull; else a fine copy. Head and foot of dust jacket spine and corners slightly nicked, minor browning; else a near- fine, bright and vibrant dust jacket. ¶ Gilbert A2a(1.1); The Schøyen Collection No. 14. £75,000 [155882] 58 FLEMING, Ian. From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957 scarce inscribed copy First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “And from Ian, with shame! For Andrew”. From Russia, With Love, along with For Your Eyes Only , is one of the most difficult James Bond first editions to find inscribed. The recipient is the poet Andrew Young (1885– 1971), a friend of Ian Fleming who shared the same
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First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title-page “For Sari, her Christmas present! [kiss] Ian.” This copy was given from the author’s own batch of copies for presentation in December 1963 (the book having been published the previous month). The recipient is Sarah Dugdale, part of the Ivor Bryce set, who was a close friend of Ian Fleming during the last 12 years of his life. Accompanying the book is a note regarding the nature of their relationship, from the previous owner, Sari’s housemaid and confidante, who had inherited the book in July 2003. The note states that Fleming and Dugdale “met in 1952 when Sarah Dugdale went to the dock in New York, with a mutual friend, to meet Ian Fleming off the Queen Mary”. This is a most personal copy, with an intimate and close association. Originally published in 1960 as two series of articles for the Sunday Times , the book was the product
of a five-week, all-expenses-paid trip. Travelling to 13 cities, from Hong Kong to Monte Carlo, Fleming gathered material that would furnish much of the backdrop and research for the five Bond novels and seven short stories that would follow. From the Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b. 1940), with his bookplate. Octavo. Original white cloth-backed grey paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, black endpapers. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom black morocco-backed folding box. 48 pages of illustrations from black and white photos. Corners slightly bumped, some browning to edges, a near- fine copy. Minor creases to price-clipped dust jacket with extremities slightly rubbed, a bright and near-fine copy. ¶ Gilbert A16a(1.1). The Schøyen Collection No. 191. £12,500 [155988]
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