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"What do you intend to do with those diamonds": First Edition of Diamonds Are Forever; inscribed by Ian Fleming to friend and colleague Lionel Berry
FLEMING, Ian .
Diamonds Are Forever.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1956.
First edition of the fourth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Lionel from Ian with affection." The recipient is most likely British Conservative politician and newspaper proprietor Lionel Berry, 2nd Viscount Kemsley, was professionally and socially connected to Ian Fleming through their shared involvement in the British press in the immediate postwar period. They likely met at Kemsley Newspapers, the media group owned by Berry’s father, William Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, which was a major force in mid-twentieth-century British journalism. Fleming’s appointment as Foreign Manager in 1945, drawing on his wartime naval intelligence experience, placed him in senior managerial circles where he would have worked with Berry. Their professional association subsequently developed into a personal friendship. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Light toning to the first and last few leaves and text block edges. Three small, neat repairs to the verso of the jacket. Jacket design by Pat Marriott. Diamonds Are Forever was the first of the Bond novels to feature a pictorial dust jacket, and the first to be illustrated by Pat Marriott. The three previous jackets, all execut...
Price: $60,000.00 Item Number: 150781
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“Danger, like a third man, was standing in the room": First edition of From Russia, With Love; inscribed by Ian Fleming
FLEMING, Ian.
From Russia, With Love.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1957.
First edition, first state of the fifth James Bond novel and what Fleming considered one of his best books and listed in Life magazine as one of US President John F. Kennedy's top ten favorite books. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt rose and gun emblem to the front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Dan from Ian Fleming." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped first issue dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Uncommon signed.
Price: $48,000.00 Item Number: 131400
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Rare Original Goldfinger Dust Jacket Design Printing Proof; signed by Dust Jacket Designer Richard Chopping and from his personal collection
CHOPPING, Richard. [Ian Fleming].
Goldfinger. [Original Richard Chopping Signed Printing Proof].
Rare original progressive color printing proof for the iconic dust jacket design of Ian Fleming's Goldfinger, designed by Richard Chopping. Chopping's copy, retained for his personal collection and signed by him in the lower right corner. One page on archival printer's paper, this is a yellow and magenta ink progressive plate proof (printed using two of four plates combined to create the final full color image). The seventh novel in Fleming's bond series, Goldfinger was the second book with a dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping, the first being From Russia, With Love. Chopping would design all subsequent James Bond dust jackets (with the exception of Dr. No). In fine condition. The proof measures 22.25 inches by 17.5 inches. Matted and framed, the entire piece measures 32.75 inches by 27.5 inches. A rare and attractive piece of Bond history and an important original working component in the artistic design of one of the most iconic dust jackets in modern literature.
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 124288
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Rare Original Goldfinger Dust Jacket Design Printing Proof; signed by Dust Jacket Designer Richard Chopping and from his personal collection
CHOPPING, Richard. [Ian Fleming].
Goldfinger. [Original Richard Chopping Signed Printing Proof].
Rare original progressive color printing proof for the iconic dust jacket design of Ian Fleming's Goldfinger, designed by Richard Chopping. Chopping's copy, retained for his personal collection and signed by him in the lower right corner. One page on archival printer's paper, this is the magenta ink progressive plate proof (printed using one of four plates combined to create the final full color image). The seventh novel in Fleming's bond series, Goldfinger was the second book with a dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping, the first being From Russia, With Love. Chopping would design all subsequent James Bond dust jackets (with the exception of Dr. No). In fine condition. The proof measures 22.25 inches by 17.5 inches. Matted and framed, the entire piece measures 32.75 inches by 27.5 inches. A rare and attractive piece of Bond history and an important original working component in the artistic design of one of the most iconic dust jackets in modern literature.
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 124559
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"You only live twice: Once when you're born And once when you look death in the face": First Edition of You Only Live Twice; Inscribed by Ian Fleming
FLEMING, Ian.
You Only Live Twice.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.
First edition, first state with "First published 1964" on the copyright page of the last James Bond novel published in Fleming's lifetime and the eleventh in the series. Octavo, original black cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For James You have my best wishes from Ian Fleming." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Uncommon signed and inscribed as Fleming passed away in the year of publication.
Price: $24,000.00 Item Number: 19060
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Rare Original Goldfinger Dust Jacket Design Printing Proof; signed by Dust Jacket Designer Richard Chopping and from his personal collection
CHOPPING, Richard. [Ian Fleming].
Goldfinger. [Original Richard Chopping Signed Printing Proof].
Rare original progressive color printing proof for the iconic dust jacket design of Ian Fleming's Goldfinger, designed by Richard Chopping. Chopping's copy, retained for his personal collection and signed by him in the lower right corner. One page on archival printer's paper, this is the black ink progressive plate proof (one of four plates combined to create the final full color image). The seventh novel in Fleming's bond series, Goldfinger was the second book with a dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping, the first being From Russia, With Love. Chopping would design all subsequent James Bond dust jackets (with the exception of Dr. No). In fine condition. The proof measures 22.25 inches by 17.5 inches. Matted and framed, the entire piece measures 32.75 inches by 27.5 inches. A rare and attractive piece of Bond history and an important original working component in the artistic design of one of the most iconic dust jackets in modern literature.
Price: $18,000.00 Item Number: 124391
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First edition of From Russia, With Love; Signed by Sean Connery
FLEMING, Ian. [Sean Connery].
From Russia, With Love.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1957.
First edition, first state of the fifth James Bond novel and what Fleming considered one of his best books and listed in Life magazine as one of US President John F. Kennedy's top ten favorite books. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt rose and gun emblem to the front panel. Boldly signed by Sean Connery, who starred as 007 in the film on the front free endpaper. From Russia With Love was the second film starring Connery and established him as the definitive Bond. Near fine in a near fine issue dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 150986
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“Never send a man where you can send a bullet": First Edition of Ian Fleming's For Your Eyes Only; Signed by the Cast Members of the 1981 Film For Your Eyes Only and the 1985 Film A View To A Kill, Including Roger Moore and Legendary Director John Glen
FLEMING, Ian [Roger Moore; Julian Glover; Eva Rueber-Staier; John Wyman; John Moreno; Alkis Kritikos; Jack Klaff; Stefan Kalipha; Charles Dance; John Glen; et al.].
For Your Eyes Only.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1960.
First edition of the eighth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed and inscribed by fourteen cast members of the 1981 film adaptation of For Your Eyes Only on the title page and facing page, including: Roger Moore, director John Glen, Julian Glover, Eva Rueber-Staier, John Wyman, John Moreno, Alkis Kritikos, Jack Klaff, Stefan Kalipha, Charles Dance, Maureen Bennett, Lizzie Warville, Alison Worth, and Jeremy Bulloch. Additionally signed and inscribed by nine cast members of the 1985 film adaptation of A View To A Kill, including: Mary Stavin, Papillon Soo Soo, Dolph Lundgren, Bogdan Kominowski, Caroline Hallett, Nike Clark, Gloria Douse, Maud Adams, and Tina Simmons. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. A unique example.
Price: $16,000.00 Item Number: 151450
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First Edition of Ian Fleming's Octopussy and The Living Daylights; Signed by the Cast Members of the 1983 Film Octopussy and the 1987 Film The Living Daylights, Including Roger Moore and Legendary Director John Glen
FLEMING, Ian [Roger Moore; John Glen; Maryam D'Abo; Maud Adams; Virginia Hey; et al.].
Octopussy and the Living Daylights.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966.
First edition of the fourteenth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original brown cloth with silver titles. Signed by eighteen cast members of the 1983 film adaptation of Octopussy on the half-title page and facing page, including: Roger Moore, director John Glen, Maud Adams, Kristina Wayborn, Vijay Armitraj, Eva Rueber-Staier, Andy Bradford, Jeremy Bulloch, Steven Berkoff, Carole Ashby, Alison Worth, Mary Stavin, Joni Flynn, Safira Afzal, Janine Andrews, Helene Hunt, Tina Simmons, and Peter Lamont. Additionally signed and inscribed by thirteen cast members of the 1987 film adaptation of The Living Daylights, including: Maryam D'Abo, Virginia Hey, Caroline Bliss, Catherine Rabett, Frederick Warder, Julie T Wallace, Andreas Wisniewski, John Bowe, Thomas Wheatley, Glyn Baker, Antony Carrick, Femi Gardner and Karen Seeberg. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. Accompanied by magazine clippings of the cast, postcards, newspaper clippings, and a bookmark of a film frame from The Living Daylights laid in. Housed in a custom embossed black cloth clamshell box. A unique example.
Price: $14,000.00 Item Number: 151451
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"You only live twice: Once when you're born And once when you look death in the face": First Edition of Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice; Signed by British Author Roald Dahl
FLEMING, Ian .
You Only Live Twice.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964.
First edition of the final James Bond novel published during Fleming's lifetime and the eleventh in the series. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the front free endpaper. Roald Dahl was a British writer whose darkly comic imagination reshaped twentieth-century children’s literature through classics such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, and Matilda. In 1967, he wrote the screenplay for You Only Live Twice when regular Bond screenwriter Richard Maibaum was unavailable, drawing on his experience with intelligence work and as a fighter pilot. Producers turned to Dahl partly because he was a close friend of Ian Fleming despite having little prior screenwriting experience. Dahl's script significantly deviated from the original novel, inventing much of the film’s plot and several key characters (including Aki and Helga Brandt) while retaining only a handful of elements from the book, a process that helped define the movie’s distinctive blend of Cold War spectacle and serial-style adventure. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 149807
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First Edition of Ian Fleming's On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Signed by the Cast Members of the 1969 Film Including George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, and Legendary Director John Glen
FLEMING, Ian [George Lazenby; Diana Rigg; Jenny Hanley; Sylvana Henriques; Helena Ronee; Zaheera; Catherine Schell; Terrence Mountain; John Glen].
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963.
First edition of the eleventh novel in the Bond series. Octavo, original brown cloth with silver titles to the spine. Signed and inscribed by nine cast members of the 1969 film adaptation on the front free endpaper, including: George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Jenny Hanley, Sylvana Henriques, Helena Ronee, Zaheera, Catherine Schell, Terrence Mountain, and director John Glen. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 151449
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First Edition of The Seven Deadly Sins; Inscribed by Ian Fleming
FLEMING, Ian; Angus Wilson; Edith Sitwell; Cyril Connolly; Patrick Leigh Fermor; Evelyn Waugh; Christopher Sykes; W.H. Auden [Larry Hughes].
The Seven Deadly Sins.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1962.
First edition of this anthology introduced by Ian Fleming. Octavo, bound in three quarters green morocco over green cloth covered boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, title page vignette, illustrated decorations for each chapter. Presentation copy, inscribed by Ian Fleming to Margaret Hughes on the second free endpaper, "To Mrs John Hughes Whose son Larry Is certainly innocent of all of them! from Ian Fleming." Additionally signed by Larry Hughes beneath Fleming's inscription. The recipient, Margaret Hughes, is the mother of Larry Hughes, President of the publishing company William Morrow (and son-in-law of Hugo Pitman, Fleming's lifelong friend). From the collection of Larry Hughes with a small circular orange sticker at bottom of the rear panel, applied by Hughes denoting importance. In near fine condition. Special foreword by Ian Fleming. Introduction by Raymond Mortimer. We have never seen another example signed and inscribed by Fleming.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 149775
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"You only live twice: Once when you're born And once when you look death in the face": First Edition of You Only Live Twice; Signed by Sean Connery
FLEMING, Ian [Sean Connery].
You Only Live Twice.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.
First edition of the final James Bond novel published during Fleming's lifetime and the eleventh in the series. Octavo, original black cloth lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers. Boldly signed by Sean Connery on the front free endpaper, who played 007 in the film bearing the same name. During the filming in Japan, it was announced that Sean Connery would retire from the role of Bond, but after one film's absence, he returned in 1971's Diamonds Are Forever and later 1983's non-Eon Bond film Never Say Never Again. You Only Live Twice was a great success, receiving positive reviews and grossing over $111 million in worldwide box office. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Founded over a century ago in 1900, the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 125469
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H.A. Rey's Zebrology; inscribed by Ian Fleming
REY, H.A. [Ian Fleming].
Zebrology.
London: Chatto & Windus, [n.d.].
First edition, fourth impression of this charming children's book by the author of Curious George, inscribed by Ian Fleming to his lover Clare Blanshard. Oblong octavo, original illustrated wrappers, tied gold thread binding, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Ian Fleming on the verso of the front wrapper, "Clare, A Christmas thought from Ian." The recipient, Clare Blanshard was a significant figure in Ian Fleming’s wartime and postwar life, connected to him through British naval intelligence during the Second World War. Fleming met Blanshard while she was serving as a WREN assistant to Alan Hillgarth, Churchill’s personal intelligence representative in Lisbon, a central hub of Allied diplomatic and intelligence activity. Their relationship developed quickly, and Blanshard became one of Fleming’s long-term lovers, remaining closely connected to him for years after the war. Blanshard also provided practical assistance during the early phase of Fleming’s literary career, including helping with arrangements related to the American publication of his first novel. With a typed letter of provenance and several newspaper clippings related to provenance. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom felt-lined clamshell box.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 150484
