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'Ian Fleming' contained within 'The Evening Colonnade'.
London: David Bruce and Watson, 1973. [Literary anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.519; [1], blank. Publisher's blue cloth binding in dust-jacket designed by Cecil Beaton priced £4.50. A clean, near fine copy. Cyril Connolly was a good friend of Ian Fleming and wrote one of the earliest James..... More
'Ian Fleming' contained within 'The Evening Colonnade'.
London: David Bruce and Watson, 1973. [Literary anthology] FIRST EDITION, Uncorrected proof copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.519; [1], blank. Publisher's printed buff wrappers. A production-used copy, with loose notes inserted, heavily copy-edited throughout. With associated wear, spine rolled. Scarce. Cyril Connolly was a good friend of Ian Fleming and..... More
The Missing Diplomats.
London: The Queen Anne Press, 1952. [Espionage] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.50; [1], blank; [1], imprint. Bound in stiff white card covers with title label to upper, yellow dust-wrapper printed in red and black. Jacket a little toned to spine, panels spotted. Very good. Contemporary account of the..... More
Bond Strikes Camp. An Extravaganza by Cyril Connolly.
The London Magazine; Shenval Press; Hamish Hamilton, 3 volumes; magazine, softcover and hardback formats. Original green and white wrappers, lettered in black and white; original green wrappers, paper label to front panel; original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge blue, with dust jacket. A near-fine set. Magazine in..... More
Contributes 'My Monte Carlo System' to Encore; The Sunday Times Book.
London: Michael Joseph, 1962. [Literary Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Large Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.488. Publisher's blue cloth with original pictorial dust-jacket priced at 25s. Contents clean, edges toned, no inscriptions, jacket chipped to crown and rear but without the heavy sunning to the red spine often encountered. Very good. Uncommon..... More
Contributes 'My Monte Carlo System' to Encore; The Sunday Times Book.
London: Michael Joseph, 1962. [Literary Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Large Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.488. Publisher's blue cloth with original pictorial dust-jacket priced at 25s. Contents clean, edges slightly toned, no inscriptions. The jacket is simply exceptional having been protected by a custom-made red cloth outer cover, with gilt titles to..... More
[James Bond short story] 'Bond Strikes Camp' contained within 'Previous Convictions'.
London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1963. [Literature] FIRST HARDCOVER EDITION, following the magazine appearance and a Limited Edition printing in wraps. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.414. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in dust-jacket. Small mark to fore edge else a clean, fine copy in near fine p/c jacket. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy..... More
[James Bond short story] 'Bond Strikes Camp' contained within 'Previous Convictions'.
New York: Harper & Row, 1963. [Literature] FIRST AMERICAN HARDCOVER EDITION, following the UK magazine appearance and a Limited Edition printing in wraps. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.414. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in dust-jacket, priced at $5.95. Very near fine. This copy has an interesting provenance, having belonged initially to..... More
'Bond Strikes Camp' contained within 'The London Magazine'. New Series, edited by Alan Ross. Vol.3, No1, April 1963.
London: Frith Street, 1963. [Literature] FIRST APPEARANCE. Paper wraps (22 x 16cm), pp.88. Price 3s 6d. Magazine format, printed covers. Uncommon. Contains the first appearance of this amusing James Bond short story by Connolly, subtitled 'an Extravaganza'. Also contains pieces by Simon Raven, Sylvia Plath and Brigid Brophy. Some gentle..... More
Cyril Connolly. A Memoir. Limited Edition hardback [together with] Proof copy.
Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1978. [Literature] LIMITED FIRST EDITION in book form, having appeared in the TLS on 6th Dec. 1974. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.18; [2], blank; [1], limitation; [5], blank. Original black cloth-backed green paper-covered boards, with paper title label to the spine. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece. No..... More