ID 797352
Lot 26 | A COMPLETE SET OF IAN FLEMING WORKS
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
The complete works of Ian Fleming, published to mark the centenary of the author’s birth: one of 250 sets numbered in Roman numerals, this being number LI. The set comprises the twelve James Bond novels, Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man With The Golden Gun and the two volumes of Bond short stories, For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy, as well as a non-fictional account of the diamond trade, The Diamond Smugglers, a book of travel journalism, Thrilling Cities, and the children's book, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. This collected edition – the first to bring all Fleming's published books together – also adds Talk of the Devil, a book of Fleming’s journalism and short stories
18 vols, octavo (215 x 135mm). Bound by Shepherd’s for the publisher in dark blue cloth, publisher’s stamp in gilt to lower board, green morocco spine label lettered in gilt and with gilt border based on Fleming’s insignia as Commander in the Royal Navy, top edge gilt, printed endpapers based on the author’s bookplate; housed in presentation black card box
Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
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Auction house category: | Printed books |
Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
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Auction house category: | Printed books |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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