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James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 17 March 1999
(Ohio: Popular Publications December 1961). A softcover. An abridged version of Thunderball with illustrations by Gil Cohen (only shown in this issue). A partial subscription label to the front cover, light chipping to the head of the spine and mild wear to the covers. A softcover magazine (issued without a D/W). A solid VG copy. This issue is important in that it is the first US periodical appearance of Thunderball. Rare. Photographs/scans available upon request. Seller Inventory # 355490719188
Title: Thunderball in Argosy Magazine
Publication Date: 1961
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
[Men's Magazine] FIRST US PERIODICAL APPEARANCE, bibliographer's copy. Magazine format (28 x 22cm), pp.144. In pictorial paper wraps. Original price: 50 cents. The novel 'Thunderball' is advertised on the front cover as an 'extra book bonus' and appears on pages 12844, with a sepia-toned frontispiece illustration by Gil Cohen. Lightly handled, minor wear to spine, subscription label to upper. Near fine. An abridged version published shortly after the book-form edition. This is the first American periodical appearance and the first US illustrated edition. This copy is from the comprehensive bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with pencil ownership. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert A9b, 'Periodical Appearances'. p.319. Seller Inventory # 68997
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
[Men's Magazine] FIRST US PERIODICAL APPEARANCE. Magazine format (28 x 22cm), pp.144. In pictorial paper wraps. Original price: 50 cents. The novel 'Thunderball' is advertised on the front cover as an 'extra book bonus' and appears on pages 12844, with a sepia-toned frontispiece illustration by Gil Cohen. A fine copy without the usual postal label to upper. Uncommon thus. An abridged version published shortly after the book-form edition. This is the first American periodical appearance and the first US illustrated edition. Scarce. Gilbert A9b, 'Periodical Appearances'. Seller Inventory # 66316
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
[Men's Magazine] FIRST US PERIODICAL APPEARANCE. Magazine format (28 x 22cm), pp.144. In pictorial paper wraps. Original price: 50 cents. The novel 'Thunderball' is advertised on the front cover as an 'extra book bonus' and appears on pages 12844, with a sepia-toned frontispiece illustration by Gil Cohen. Postal label to upper, chip to corner of rear cover else a fine copy, housed in a custom-made gilt-titled protective hardback cloth case. An abridged version published shortly after the book-form edition. This is the first American periodical appearance and the first US illustrated edition. Scarce. GILBERT, Jon, 'Ian Fleming: The Bibliography', A9b, p.319. Seller Inventory # 64292
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Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
[Men's Magazine] FIRST US APPEARANCES of these two James Bond adventures. Bound volume collecting twelve issues (the complete year, 1961). Large Octavo (28 x 22cm). Brown buckram, lettered in gilt to spine, with publisher's photographic covers bound in, white endpapers. Contents clean. Robust binding in near fine condition with a few minor marks to boards. An excellent copy, inside and out. An unusual publication to find in bound form. Scarce thus. A monthly literary journal featuring fiction from Ian Fleming, Rex Stout, Geoffrey Household, Hammond Innes, Ed McBain, Berkely Mather, John D. MacDonald, Erle Stanley Gardner, Dashiell Hammett and Winston Churchill. This is is the first American illustrated edition of these two James Bond stories. From the comprehensive bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with pencil ownership. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert, A8b, A9b. Seller Inventory # 67107
Quantity: 1 available