Published by MacMillan / Viking / NAL, 1965
Language: English
Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. NOTE THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGE SINCE THIS IS A SET OF 9 BOOKS (AND NOT JUST 1 BOOK). COMPLETE SET OF ALL 9 IAN FLEMING JAMES BOND UNIFORM BOOK CLUB HARDCOVERS STARTING LATE 1965/EARLY 1966: CASINO ROYALE, MOONRAKER, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, DOCTOR NO, GOLDFINGER, THUNDERBALL, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (the other 5 James Bond books - Live & Let Die, Diamonds Are Forever, For Your Eyes Only, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Octopussy were never published in this uniform book club format - liking because those books had/expected to have upcoming movies which likely restricted a hardcover book release of that title), published all in association with MacMillan/Viking/NAL per DJ spines, white endpapers, black boards with various colored stripes to right board edges with gold gilt lettering to spines. Books are in very nice condition - all of the books appear unread without creased page corners, colored top stains are nice without drop spots or fading, no missing pages or endpapers, clean endpapers free of discoloration or scotch tape marks, no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps inside, slight foxing/dust soiling/age darkening to outer page edges on a few books, no soiling or staining to boards, just a couple of books have a bumped board corner. Original Dust Jackets: no significant chipping, tearing or creasing of note, just a couple of of dust jackets have hint of wear to spine tips and/or a bit of edge wear, some sun darkening to DJ spines, some of the DJs have light moisture staining to spines otherwise no soiling or staining of note to DJs, none of the DJs have significant color rubbing to panels/spine. Overall a nice FINE-/N-FINE books in VG/N-FINE dust jackets of a now difficult to find Ian Fleming James Bond complete 1960s uniform book club hardcovers. I have a number of other U.S. and U.K. Ian Fleming James Bond 1st printing hardcover appearances up for sale.
Published by Penguin (U.K.), 2002
Language: English
Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. NOTE - THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGE SINCE THIS IS A SET OF 14 BOOKS (AND NOT JUST 1 BOOK). IAN FLEMING - COMPLETE MATCHING SET OF ALL 14 JAMES BOND BOOKS "The James Bond Penguin Collection" (includes Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only, Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, Man With The Golden Gun, Octopussy & The Living Daylights, published by UK publisher Penguin in 2002 in matching slipcase. This is the variant Past Times limited edition (limited to 2000 sets COMPLETE WITH THE NUMBERED BOOKMARK #1395/2000 - usually found missing with this limited edition set). This set is long since out of print. Books are in very nice condition - no vertical spine creasing and all of the pages are tight and flat without creased page corners, no former owner's name/price inside or used bookstore stamps inside, no foxing to pages, endpapers or outer page edges, no internal spine splits, no front cover creases, no spine lean of note, no soiling to covers, no chipping or tears to covers, no spine sun fading, no color rubbing/edge wear to spines. Slipcase has no tearing at edge creases and hardly any color rubbing/edge wear to slipcase (common defect), NO bumped rear corner to slipcase (common defect causing by distance/time mailing from the U.K.), issue price was 99.97p (about $160-$170 U.S.). I have a number of other U.S. and U.K. Ian Fleming James Bond 1st printing hardcover/paperback appearances up for sale.
Published by Vintage (U.K.), 2014
Language: English
Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: As New. IAN FLEMING - COMPLETE MATCHING SET OF ALL 14 JAMES BOND BOOKS "Complete James Bond Collection" (includes Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only, Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, Man With The Golden Gun, Octopussy & The Living Daylights, published by UK publisher Vintage in 2014 in matching slipcase. This set is long since out of print (this is also the last time the complete "set" of James Bond books was published together before their text was subsequently "updated" for modern sensibilities). NOTE - UNLIKE THE EARLIER 2002 (BLACK) OR 2008 (RED) PENGUIN SETS, THESE PAPERBACKS ARE A BIT LARGER IN FORMAT (I.E. THEY WOULD BE CALLED "TRADE PAPERBACK" FORMAT). Books/slipcase are still sealed in the publisher's original shrinkwrap - no spine sun fading to book spines, and no dented corners to slipcase, issue price was 111.86p (about $160-$170 U.S.). I have a number of other U.S. and U.K. Ian Fleming James Bond 1st printing hardcover/paperback appearances up for sale.
Published by Penguin (U.K.), 2002
Language: English
Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: As New. NOTE - THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGE SINCE THIS IS A SET OF 14 BOOKS (AND NOT JUST 1 BOOK). IAN FLEMING - COMPLETE MATCHING SET OF ALL 14 JAMES BOND BOOKS "The James Bond Penguin Collection" (includes Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only, Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, Man With The Golden Gun, Octopussy & The Living Daylights, published by UK publisher Penguin in 2002 in matching slipcase. This set is long since out of print. Books/slipcase are still sealed in the publisher's original shrinkwrap - no spine sun fading to book spines, and no dented corners to slipcase, issue price was 99.97p (about $160-$170 U.S.). I have a number of other U.S. and U.K. Ian Fleming James Bond 1st printing hardcover/paperback appearances up for sale.
Published by Coronet, 1988
Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. NOTE - THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGE SINCE THIS IS A SET OF 14 BOOKS (AND NOTE JUST 1 BOOK). IAN FLEMING - COMPLETE MATCHING SET OF ALL 14 JAMES BOND BOOKS published by UK/Canadian publisher Coronet in 1988 & 1989 with new preface by Anthony Burgess (includes Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only, Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, Man With The Golden Gun, Octopussy & The Living Daylights. Embossed covers with "tuxedo" cover art. Coronet (Hodder & Stoughton imprint) got the pb reprinting rights after Panther/Triad who had them in the 1970s and early 1980s; Coronet kept these rights for about a decade into the late 1990s (this white boarder format was used for the first few years and then was changed to the black background various illustrated edition around 1992). THIS SET OF BOOKS IS QUITE DIFFICULT TO FIND (AND MUCH HARDER TO PUT TOGETHER SINCE THE ISBN # REMAINED THE SAME ON BOTH THE WHITE AND BLACK BACKGROUND BOOKS SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET WHEN YOU BUY THIS BOOK FROM THE VARIOUS WAREHOUSE SELLERS). Books are in very nice condition - no vertical spine creasing to any of the books, all of the pages are tight and flat with no creased page corners, a few books have slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no former owner's name/price inside or used bookstore stamps inside, no foxing to pages, endpapers or outer page edges of note, no internal spine splits, no front cover creases, no spine lean, no soiling to covers, no chipping or tears to covers, besides a tiny color rub to a couple of covers no color cover rubbing/wear, no spine sun fading, no edge wear. I have a number of other U.S. and U.K. Ian Fleming James Bond 1st printing hardcover/paperback appearances up for sale.
Published by Penguin (U.K.), 2002
Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. IAN FLEMING - COMPLETE MATCHING SET OF ALL 14 JAMES BOND BOOKS "The James Bond Penguin Collection" (includes Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only, Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, Man With The Golden Gun, Octopussy & The Living Daylights, published by UK publisher Penguin in 2002 in matching slipcase. This is the variant Past Times limited edition (limited to 2000 sets COMPLETE WITH THE NUMBERED BOOKMARK #209/2000 - usually found missing with this limited edition set). This set is long since out of print. I KNOW OF NO OTHER SEALED SET OF THE NUMBERED EDITION SET ANYWEAR FOR SALE ON THE NET. Books/slipcase are still sealed in the publisher's original shrinkwrap - no spine sun fading to book spines, and no dented corners to slipcase, issue price was 99.97p (about $160-$170 U.S.). I have a number of other U.S. and U.K. Ian Fleming James Bond 1st printing hardcover/paperback appearances up for sale.