James Bond First Editions

These Horned Islands. A Journal of Japan.

[FLEMING, Ian / BONDIANA], KIRKUP, James.

London: Collins, 1962. FIRST EDITION, and PROOF COPY of the First Edition. 2 vols. Original publisher's red cloth in pictorial jacket, proof in red soft covers with printed label to upper. Both in very good condition (jacket a little spotted, neat inscription). Contents clean, no inscriptions, fleyleaf as pastedown (a production fault). A very good copy in a chipped jacket. A James Bond source book, singled out by Ian Fleming as a research volume for his novel 'You Only Live Twice'. Item #64390

Gilbert, page 624.

Price: £35.00