The Complete Works

Lot 125
25.04.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 26 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 743782
Lot 125 | The Complete Works
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$ 25 000 – 35 000
FLEMING, Ian (1908-1964). [The Complete Works]. London: Queen Anne Press, 2008.The complete works of Ian Fleming, published to mark the centenary of the author’s birth: one of 56 deluxe sets lettered according to the English and Russian alphabets, this being set T. The set comprises the twelve James Bond novels, Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, From Russia With Love etc. 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). Each volume in a special pictorial binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in dark blue morocco onlaid with various thematic coloured designs (e.g. Casino Royale with playing cards, Goldfinger with putting green and Rolls Royce, On Her Majesty's Secret Service with ski tracks, the spine of Diamonds are Forever incorporating a diamond), all edges gilt; each volume in blue cloth slipcase lettered in gilt, the set preserved in black cloth presentation box with the Fleming crest in gilt on the lid.
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