Biographies and Reference
Ian Fleming's Commandos. The Story of 30 Assault Unit in WWII [group of three copies].
London: Faber and Faber, 2011, 2012. [Military History] Proof copy, together with FIRST EDITION FOR REVIEW and FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavos, with monochrome photograph illustrations. Proof bound in printed card covers marked 'Unedited' and 'Not for Sale'. Hardcover with original press release and contemporary review from The Guardian, softcover edition..... More
Ian Fleming [2 copies: PROOF/ADVANCE copy and regular paperback].
London: Phoenix / Orion, 1996, 2008. [Literary biography] UK PAPERBACK REISSUE, being a stand-in PROOF COPY for the US paperback reissue. Bibliographer's copies. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Publisher's photographic softcovcers, priced at £10.99, with printed label to upper from the American publisher stating "In lieu..... More
Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995. [Literary Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Elegantly hand-bound in half black oasis morocco leather, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, red endpapers, original cloth spine bound in at rear. A crisp fine copy in an attractive..... More
Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Publisher's brown cloth blocked in gilt to spine, beige endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper. A crisp, fine copy. 'The most comprehensive biography of Ian Fleming' - Gilbert. Ian Fleming The Bibliography, p.592... More
Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Publisher's brown cloth blocked in gilt to spine, beige endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £20. A clean, fine copy. 'The most comprehensive biography of Ian Fleming' - Gilbert. From the collection of..... More
Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995. [Literary Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Elegantly hand-bound in half black oasis morocco leather, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, red endpapers, original cloth spine bound in at rear, top edge gilt. A few thumb marks..... More
Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Publisher's brown cloth blocked in gilt to spine, beige endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £20. A fine copy. Extensively yet carefully used by Gilbert while writing the bibliography. 'The most..... More
Ian Fleming.
London: Phoenix / Orion, 1996. [Literary biography] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Publisher's photographic softcovcers, priced at £8.99. Carefully read, covers show minor handling. Near fine. This copy is from the comprehensive collection of Jon Gilbert (pencilled signature within). His encyclopaedic..... More
Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Publisher's brown cloth blocked in gilt to spine, beige endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £20 net. With author's signature to the title page. A clean, fine copy. Signed..... More
Ian Fleming. The Man Behind James Bond.
Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing, 1995. [Literary biography] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Publisher's two-tone hardcovers cloth blocked in gilt to spine, black endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at $24.95. A clean, near fine copy. 'The most comprehensive biography of Ian Fleming' - Gilbert. Ian..... More
Ian Fleming. The Man Behind James Bond.
Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing, 1995. [Literary biography] FIRST US EDITION. REVIEW COPY, with extensive notes and ephemera including an AUTOGRAPH POSTCARD. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Publisher's two-tone hardcovers cloth blocked in gilt to spine, black endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at $24.95. Near fine (read for..... More
Ian Fleming. The Complete Man.
London: Secker Harvill, 2023. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.821; [11], endmatter. With black & white photographic plates. Publisher's black cloth blocked in silver to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £20. Fine / as new. A comprehensively detailed biography of Ian Fleming, packed with new information... More