Casino Royale by Fleming Ian: Books (395 results)

First editions of each volume in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Octavo, 14 volumes, original publisher's cloth-covered boards. Each volume in a first-issue dust jacket. Casino Royale is near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with chipping to the extremities including the crown of the spine and upper right corner of the front panel, light toning to the rear panel. Jacket design by Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die is near fine in a very good dust jacket (first state without printed acknowledgement to the author or the artist Kenneth Lewis) with light wear to the crown of the spine Signed on the front free endpaper, "Cubby Broccoli, Regards." Albert R. Broccoli ('Cubby') (1909-96) produced many of the James Bond films including Live and Let Die. Bookplate of Christian Heuer to the pastedown. Diamonds are Forever is near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the extremities, bookplate of Christian Heuer to the front pastedown. Moonraker is near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket devised by the author and executed by Kenneth Lewis. From Russia With Love is fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to the crown of the spine. Dr. No is fine in a first state publisher's cloth binding without the âHoneychileâ silhouette and fine first state dust jacket. Jacket design by Pat Marriot. Goldfinger is fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. For Your Eyes Only is near fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. Thunderball is near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. The Spy Who Love Me is fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. On Her Majesty's Secret Service is near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. You Only Live Twice is fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. The Man with the Golden Gun is fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. Octopussy and the Living Daylights is fine in a fine dust jacket. Each volume is housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional collection of first editions, most rare in this condition and signed by Cubby Broccoli. British Secret Service agent James Bond, often referred to by his code name 007, first appeared in 1953 with the debut of Ian Flemingâs Casino Royale, the first of twelve novels composing the series. Fleming completed a new novel annually at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica, two of which were published posthumously in 1964. James Bond has been portrayed on film by actors Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, in twenty-six productions.

[Bond] FIRST U.S. EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.176. Bound in original dark green cloth boards in the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Leo Manso. Priced to the front flap ($2.75) but with both corners clipped, as was the publisher's method. Decorative bookplate, SIGNED by Amherst Villiers, also SIGNED by his daughter Janie Villers in our presence. A near fine copy of the book with a few light marks to covers, jacket with some chips, rubs and tears, some minor sunning to the spine, a few old tape repairs to reverse side. Author's first novel. Engineer Charles Amherst Villiers (1900-1991) designed a supercharger for the 4½ litre 'Blower' Bentley, the gearing for which was made by David Brown & Son [D.B.S.], prior to their acquisition of Aston Martin, a struggling motor company previously funded by Count Louis Zborowski. His friend Ian Fleming chose the 'blower' as James Bond's own vehicle in Casino Royale, plus a company Aston Martin D.B.3 for the Goldfinger assignment, and later consulted Villiers while writing Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, an adventure book about a vintage car based on Zborowski's 1920 Zeppelin-powered Mercedes. Gilbert A2b (1.2).

First edition of the first novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by the author âfrom Ian Flemingâ on a card mounted to the front free endpaper. Casino Royale was written by Ian Fleming in Jamaica over a period of around two months, largely from his own experiences and imagination; he also devised the artwork for the cover. "Within the first few pages Fleming had introduced most of Bond's idiosyncrasies and trademarks," which included his looks, his Bentley and his smoking and drinking habits. The full details of Bond's martini were kept until chapter seven of the book and Bond eventually named it "The Vesper", after Vesper Lynd" (Andrew Lycett). It has been filmed twice as a feature film, the first being the 1967 spoof starring David Niven, and later as the twenty-first official Bond film starring Daniel Craig as James Bond. Near fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket without the Sunday Times review printed on the front flap, priced at â10s. 6d. net". with some restoration along upper and lower edges. Housed in a custom clamshell box.

A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1953. A near fine book without inscriptions. A little light pushing to the spine tips. No foxing. A lovely copy. SIGNED and INSCRIBED to the front endpaper by the Author - 'To Lisl/Despite whose loving/care this book was/written/X/Ian/ In a very good+ unclipped first issue wrapper with no overprinting to the front flap of the wrapper. Some light chipping to the head of the spine. A little light handling marks to the rear panel. Ian Fleming first met Lisl Popper (then Lisa Jokl) at age nineteen during the "golden time" at Kitzbuhel in Austria in 1926. She was eight years older than Fleming, and worked a local cafe. Described as a "plain-looking Jewish girl", she and her friends first spotted young Fleming when he walked into their cafe and ordered coffee. As was usual for Fleming, he sat and read a book by himself. Lisl recalled his appearance "with sleepy blue eyes and a romantic face" - but his good looks were not the only factor attracting the girls. He wore a navy blue knitted shirt of a kind which had never been seen in Kutzbhel before. Fleming soon became acquainted with Lisl and her friends at the cafe and her simple outdoor lifestyle appealed to Fleming immensely - skiing in winter, and swimming and tennis in the summer. Another physical activity - sex - kept Fleming and Lisl very active as lovers, and some years later he commented that despite the air of sexual liberation, he did show some reservation about the manner in which Austrian girls threw themselves at his young English body. Lisl and Fleming became lifelong friends, and in 1960, Fleming signed a copy of his latest James Bond instalment "For Your Eyes Only" (a collection of five short stories) to Lisl with the personal inscription "noch ein paar Eier fr Ostern!" ("yet another pair of eggs for Easter"). It is perhaps no coincidence that the female character in the fifth short story in the collection is named Lisl Baum. Upon Fleming's death in 1964, he left Lisl £500 in his will. Lisl later said that "all the things said about Ian -- his gloom, his melancholy, his solitariness -- frankly amaze. To all of us who knew him in Kitzbuhel he was exactly the opposite -- gay, care-free, terribly happy, the most exciting and vital sort of person. Not like an Englishman at all". Lisl Popper makes a brief appearance in archive footage used in the documentary "Ian Fleming - 007's Creator" on "The Living Daylights" Special Edition DVD. This is perhaps the most important signed copy of the first installment of the James Bond series ever to come on to the market. The book had been in a private family collection until 1992, then to a prominent collector and on to another collector. An extremely important association copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First title in the Bond series. (First American book club issue) , first thus ed. Circa mid 60s. Book is very good+, free of former owner writing or bookplates. Minor shelf rub and light tone to endpapers. Lacks DJ. * (THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) *; 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated first printing. Fleming's first Bond novel. Navy cloth-covered boards with red lettering to the front panel and spine. This copy was wrapped in an older mylar jacket that left stains to the boards and jacket - so there are thin 4" stains to the pastedowns and free endpapers. It also appears that the jacket has been trimmed nearly 1/4", in all likelihood to remove the damage from the old jacket protector. The good news is that the jacket is not -price-clipped, and the spine is unfaded. Inked initials to the top of the front free endpaper and to the top of the rear endpaper. Still, an acceptable copy of a rare book.

[Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles and 'Heart' design to upper, tail edge untrimmed, in pictorial second issue (overprinted) dust-jacket, designed by the author, showing the correct price of 10/6 to both flaps. Publisher's 'Now & Then' subscription card tucked in (as issued), together with vintage purchase receipt (1970). Contents clean and fresh, no inscriptions. An unquestionably fine copy in like, crisp dust-wrapper. A remarkable survival, housed in an elegant custom-made leather-spined clamshell case. The first James Bond novel; only 4728 copies of the first edition were published. Gilbert A1a (1.2).

Original Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Ninth printing 1965. 4¾ x 7¼" pp. 218. There is an extra full point misplaced on p.9 line 2. P. 96 line 13 spaces corrected to spades but the letters are squashed togethe. Near fine in black cloth (Type C) with a heart stamped in red to the front board and red lettering to spine. Firm and tight with no stains, foxing or marks. Ink signature to ffep. In very good laminated dust wrapper which is price clipped but also has a printed price (18s). Some rubbing, especially to spine and an ?" loss to bottom. Print run 6,055. Gilbert A1a (9).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1963-1966, 15 Pan editions. Various printings. Includes 13 James Bond books, 1 non-fiction book by Fleming, and 1 biography of Ian Fleming. Casino Royale X232 1963 13th printing; Live and Let Die X233 1963 10th printing; Moonraker X234 1963 12th printing; Diamonds Are Forever X235 1963 12th printing; From Russia, With Love X236 1963 12th printing; Dr. No X237 1963 10th printing; Goldfinger X238 1963 9th printing; For Your Eyes Only X239 1963 6th printing; Thunderball X201 1965 13th printing; The Spy Who Loved Me X653 1962 1st printing; On Her Majesty s Secret Service X350 1965 4th printing; You Only Live Twice X434 1966 3rd printing; The Man with the Golden Gun X527 1967 2nd printing; The Diamond Smugglers G328 1964 3rd printing; The Life of Ian Fleming by John Pearson 1966 1st printing. [The last two books with b/w photographs.]. Pictorial wrappers. Condition: Fair-Very Good. Light edgewear. Dr No has tape repair to spine. A couple with owner s name inside. Some have staining or age toning to pages. Overall, acceptable or better reading copies. See pictures. Size: 7x4.5in/18x11cm. Combined weight: 1.8kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HARDBACK - A very good or better book, bound in the publisher's black cloth boards with bright unfaded red lettering to the spine and with the red heart motif present to the front panel. The boards are clean and fresh with no pushing to the spine tips and with no bumping to any of the corners. Internally the inner text is clean with sporadic foxing spots to the first and rear end-papers, also to the front and rear paste downs. No other foxing present to the inner text. Free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. The dust wrapper is in very good condition with shallow chipping to the spine tip, also with small chips to the corners of the front and rear flap folds. There is a one centimeter closed tear with some faint associated creasing to the top left hand corner of the front panel. No further loss or tears. There is light toning to the rear panel, also with light dustiness to the top few millimeters of the front and rear flap. The publisher's printed price of 10s.6d.net is present to both the front and rear flaps. The book is the correct UK first edition with no Sunday Times review present to the lower front flap.

Condition: Very Good. First edition, first printing. Paperback. Small octavo. 159pp. Original illustrated paperback. Covers with some wear and marks, slight nick at fore-edge of front cover and endpaper, some chipping and splitting to backstrip with lower third of lower spine hinge splitting, tanning to pages as usual, otherwise about very good. 1st paperback edition, first impression, 1955.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. About Near Fine in a Very Good second-issue jacket, corners clipped but priced ($2.75), rubbed and with some short tears, chips, and creases, soiled at the back panel. Dark green cloth, lightly bumped at the head and foot of the spine, red ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, former owner's signature on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. The first U.S. printing of the first James Bond novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This 1st edition, 1st issue copy of one of the most iconic books ever published, this example with the original dust jacket in near fine condition. The 1st James bond novel, with the striking heat motif design. Black boards with the heart motif present, a really sharp example, and with the new James bond film pending, this is a chance to purchase before prices start to increase. Housed in a a custom black slipcase. This copy without the times review, a small nick to the spine without any restoration, this is the 1st novel and that went on to a total of 14 novels.

frühe Auflage [die deutsche Erstausgabe erschien 1960 mit anderer Covergestaltung], 8°, 172 S., illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), Einband mit vereinzelten winzigen Knickspuren, die vordere Rückenkante unten etwas angeplatzt, die Einbankanten stellenweise mit Abrieb und winzigen Randblessuren, sonst ein gutes, sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen, ohne Vorbesitzvermerke, ohne Eckknicke etc. Casino Royale ist der erste Roman der James-Bond-Reihe des britischen Autors Ian Fleming und wurde erstmals 1953 veröffentlicht. Hier eine original Paperback-Ausgabe aus den Sechzigern, im Anhang mit verlagsseitigen Kurzvorstellungen mitsamt s/w-Porträts von James Hadley Chase, Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner, Mickey Spillane, Alfred Hitchcock, Ed McBain und Ian Fleming. Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main möglich - spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main is possible and saves the shipping costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming First Edition Third Impression Jonathan Cape 1954. No previous owner's inscriptions or marks and no foxing to contents or edges. Clean and unblemished throughout. Covers are near fine and without fraying or bumping to corners. In like original dust jacket. Spine completely unfaded and not price clipped. No restoration or repairs. The smallest print run of the Fleming series with only 986 copies published by Cape. In Ian Fleming's captivating novel, "Casino Royale," we are introduced to James Bond, the world's most renowned secret agent, as he embarks on a perilous mission to bankrupt Le Chiffre, a ruthless Soviet agent and financier for SMERSH, the Soviet Union's intelligence organization. Bond's assignment leads him to the glamorous French resort town of Royale-les-Eaux, where he joins high-stakes baccarat games, utilizing his exceptional gambling skills to deplete Le Chiffre's financial resources. As the stakes rise and the tension mounts, Bond faces formidable adversaries, including Le Chiffre's henchmen and the seductive Vesper Lynd, a mysterious British Treasury agent with a hidden agenda. Bond's journey takes him to the depths of betrayal and the heights of danger, testing his limits and shaping his character as he navigates the intricate world of espionage. The novel delivers thrills, suspense, and a captivating glimpse into the life of the iconic agent 007.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming First Edition Second Impression Jonathan Cape 1953. No previous owner's inscriptions or marks. Contents and edges clean and unblemished. A near fine copy in like bright, original dust jacket. Not price clipped and with no darkening or toning to spine. "Casino Royale" by Ian Fleming introduces James Bond, agent 007, on his first mission in this iconic spy series. Bond is sent to Royale-les-Eaux to bankrupt Le Chiffre, a Soviet agent and paymaster for SMERSH, at the baccarat tables. The mission intertwines with romance as Bond falls for Vesper Lynd, his Treasury liaison. However, the game of wits and cards quickly escalates into a battle of survival when Le Chiffre's desperation leads to betrayal and violence. This novel sets the tone for Bond's world of espionage, luxury, and danger, exploring themes of loyalty, love, and the cost of duty.

Hardcover. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 176 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good minus condition dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price cut. Front flap with both corners additionally clipped, as usual. Chips missing to head and tail of spine, corners, some closed tears to extremities, single knife slice along rear cover, light damp-staining along lower edge. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Ink name to front free endpaper. Shelved Case 6. Gilbert A2b (1.2). First published in 1953 in the UK, Casino Royale was the first James Bond book and spawned the entire franchise. 1387941. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. First Edition; Second Printing. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Owner nameplate and name on FEP. Tear on spine heel repaired and held with tape. Closed tear held with tape on rear gutter. Very small open tears on panel corners.

[James Bond] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS, first printing. Octavo (24 x 17cm). With seven colour plates by Dalton, including a frontispiece. SIGNED by the acclaimed illustrator in black ink to title page. Publisher's metallic grey cloth, with silver and bronze titles to spine and upper. Grey endpapers. With the illustrated paper-covered slipcase. A fine, as-new copy. Autograph obtained for this firm by Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert. First published in 1953, being the first of Fleming's James Bond novels, in a striking new illustrated edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SOFTCOVER - PAN 334 - SECOND PRINTING - A near fine example with very clean paper boards, with just light rubbing to the base of the spine but no loss. A few light marks to the rear cover but with no fading to the front and rear panels or to the spine. There is a very faint crease to the front cover but this is barely visible. Internally, the text block is toned, but less than what is normally encountered. There is a little light foxing to the page blocks. No previous owner names or inscriptions are present. A correct UK paperback reprint dated from 1955, the same month as the first edition. The publisher's printed price of 2s present to the front board. A very nice example.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, Third Printing:ÂFine crisp clean book with a beautiful original fine/near fine unclipped dust jacket. Considered the RAREST CAPE PUBLISHING IMPRESSION, with less than 1,000 copies printed. This copy is a clean example with the original unclipped dust jacket having the same artwork as the first edition. After the third printing, the artwork for the dust jacket changed. Very scarce title and a wonderful alternative to the first edition, first printing in a first state jacket which is priced at over $80,000 in the same condition as this book. Original fine crisp black covered boards with bright unfaded red titles to the spine, and a red heart to the front. The boards are in clean, beautiful condition with sharp corners, and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean, bright and flat with NO owner names, No inscriptions, No book plates. The internal pages are clean, with no stains, no handling marks, no writing, and no foxing. A handsome copy of this elusive first edition, third impression title. Please see images for details. The original dust jacket has benefited from some slight restoration to the very outer spine tips and as such presents in near fine/fine condition. The dust jacket has strong vibrant colors still maintaining the brilliant red to the hearts in the front panel and bright yellow titles to the spine (which more typically fade). The dust jacket has No edgewear, No chips, No rips, No tears, No stains, No fading and No foxing. The jacket is NOT price clipped and has the stated price of 10s 6d net to both the front and rear flaps. The dust jacket is protected in a new clear removeable archival cover. Please see the many detailed images. A very striking handsome example of this Fleming title in extremely scarce condition with the stunning dust jacket! Outstanding presentation on the shelf. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our store for other James Bond/Ian Fleming titles. .

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The complete Pan Paperback First Editions of Ian Fleming's James Bond Novels. All 14 volumes, complete. A rare collection of all the first printings, comprising of, Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories inc. From A View To A Kill, Quantum of Solace), Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man With the Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Living Daylights (short stories). Condition is very good to all titles, with some being near fine. There is light and general wear to corners and edges with some small marks to some of the covers, but no inscriptions on any title. Tight binding, bright covers and spines. All are first editions, first printings. All U.K editions apart from OHMSS, (being the import edition with 60c to front cover). Housed in a quality, custom made smart black (maroon inside) slip case. A collector's set of these scarce James Bond paperbacks, becoming increasingly difficult to come by. Please see pictures, more on request. Please don't hesitate to contact me for further details.

[Spy fiction] All paperback First Editions, all are export copies with no price on front cover [OHMSS being the exception priced at 60c]. Fourteen volumes, octavo (18 x 12 x 19cm). Publisher's illustrated softcovers. LLD priced in Lira within, FRWL has UK price blanked out by publisher's label, YOLT states 'Not For Sale In UK' to rear, SPY priced at 6.50 to rear obsucring four other currencies, Octopussy priced in Pesetas within. No ink writing within, expected toning to cheap paperstock, tape ghosts to YOLT eps, occasional spine roll, some light rubbing, discreet price 3/3 to cover of DAF. Overall a near fine set. The British Pan paperbacks were price for sale in UK at 2s, 2/6 or 3/6, but a smaller number of copies such as those gathered here were unpriced for export to other territories. Now extremely difficult to assemble, this rare set is from the comprehensive Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencilled signature within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. See Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography.

[Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, second Impression, Jacket B, export copy, also bibliographer's copy. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, decorated with heart motif to upper, lettered in red to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. This copy was originally sold in Johannesburg, SA (bookseller ticket to pastedown). No inscriptions, some spotting/toning (likely from climate), jacket with some nicks and tears, chipped at crown. Very good. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's file copy (printed bookplate and pencil notes within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. This printing is twice as scarce as the first. Gilbert A1a (2.2).

[Spy Thriller] Reissue (First Edition thus, fourth printing overall), bibliographer's copy. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218 [2]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles to spine and 'Heart' design to upper. With the pictorial green 'playing card' dust-jacket illustrated by Pat Marriott (uncredited on this impression), priced at 13s 6d. Contents and edges clean, ink date to free endpaper, jacket with a few small nicks, some abrasion to top of rear panel, closed triangular tear to front fold/flap. Very good. Jon Gilbert's file copy, with his pencilled notes, bookplate and ownership signature. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. An important edition, designated 'new edition' by the publisher; this is the first appearance of this striking and long-lived dust-wrapper design, which was in print until the 1980s. Gilbert A1a (4).

[Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Second Impression, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, decorated with heart motif to upper, lettered in red to spine, lower edge untrimmed, housed in a leather-spined clamshell box. A working copy showing much use and associated handling, some copy editing and marking, soiling to lower portion of some leaves, browning to edges of text block, recased in publisher's boards, secondary title has been washed (presumably when recased). Text is complete. Provided with a later plain brown paper jacket with printed labels, made for ready-reference purposes. Jon Gilbert's file copy, with his pencilled notes, bookplate and ownership signature. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. The novel which introduced the world to British secret agent James Bond 007. Gilbert, Jon. Ian Fleming: The Bibliography A1a (2).

[Spy thriller] FIRST IMPRESSION, EXPORT COPY. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles and 'Heart' design to upper, tail edge untrimmed. Housed in a bespoke leather-spine clamshell box. Contents clean, edges toned, endpapers with identity marks of U.S.A.F., library pocket at rear with 'withdrawn' as final entry, a couple of neat stamps (not on title page or copyright), covers are near fine. Provided with a later plain brown paper jacket with printed labels, made for ready-reference purposes. This copy was later part of the comprehensive James Bond collection of bibliographer Jon Gilbert, with his pencil notes and ownership to front endpaper. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. The first James Bond novel; this copy, with typically thrilling content for the intended readership, was imported by an American Air Force base in Germany. Only 4728 copies of the first edition were published. An inexpensive copy of this highspot of modern fiction, housed in an attractive leather-spined clamshell box. Gilbert A1a (1.1).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text in swedish. Name on front-free endpage. Some small wear low down. Nice condition. Binding sturdy. Extremely rare first swedish edition and early translation.

First edition of the first novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Casino Royale was written by Ian Fleming in Jamaica over a period of around two months, largely from his own experiences and imagination; he also devised the artwork for the cover. "Within the first few pages Fleming had introduced most of Bond's idiosyncrasies and trademarks," which included his looks, his Bentley and his smoking and drinking habits. The full details of Bond's martini were kept until chapter seven of the book and Bond eventually named it "The Vesper", after Vesper Lynd" (Andrew Lycett). It has been filmed twice as a feature film, the first being the 1967 spoof starring David Niven, and later as the twenty-first official Bond film starring Daniel Craig as James Bond.

[Spy thrillers] COMPLETE AS ISSUED. Seven volumes [all that were issued in this series], octavos (16 x 10 x 9cm). A vintage set of the 'Great Pan' paperbacks with the multi-coloured 'banded' covers and inset head-and-shoulders portrait of James Bond. Each volume correctly priced at 2/6 (all UK copies- unpriced export issues were also produced). Early printings with Goldfinger being a first paperback edition. Discreet owner name to inside cover of first title else no other ink inscriptions. Used copies with some expected toning and general wear, joints rubbed, spines aged and rolled. Very good overall. Increasingly difficult to assemble. These are unofficially referred to as the 'director' series, because the model for James Bond appearing on the banner was apparently Pan Books' managing director Ralph Vernon-Hunt. See Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography.