Ian Notes by Pearson John Introduction Fergus Fleming (4 results)

1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, 375pp, limited edition, this copy not numbered, marked o/s, from the author's own library, but unmarked. clean and tight, Very Good condittion, dustwrapper has two small tears on top edges.

dj. First Edition. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION, limited issue (this copy no. 63 of 100 copies). Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.375; [1], blank. Bound in dark-blue Plike paper-covered boards, red endpapers, blocked in gilt to spine and front cover, semi-opaque dust jacket with printed titles. As new. Upon publication, this edition sold out within a matter of weeks. Never before published, these are the notes that John Pearson made in 1965 while researching The Life of Ian Fleming, which chart not only Fleming's life - with details that never made it into the finished biography - but John's own journey while investigating his subject. As such they form less a series of aides memoires than a book about writing a book. Compelling, insightful, irreverent and written in John's inimitable style, they make an outstanding read. …

dj. First Edition. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION, limited issue, one of only 100 copies. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.375; [1], blank. Bound in dark-blue Plike paper-covered boards, red endpapers, blocked in gilt to spine and front cover, semi-opaque dust jacket with printed titles. As new. Upon publication, this edition sold out within a matter of weeks. Never before published, these are the notes that John Pearson made in 1965 while researching The Life of Ian Fleming, which chart not only Fleming's life - with details that never made it into the finished biography - but John's own journey while investigating his subject. As such they form less a series of aides memoires than a book about writing a book. Compelling, insightful, irreverent and written in John's inimitable style, they make an outstanding read.…

dj. First Edition. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION, limited issue (this copy no. 55 of 100 copies). SIGNED by the editor Fergus Fleming, to his introduction, p.9 (not called for). With publisher's erratum slip. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.375; [1], blank. Bound in dark-blue Plike paper-covered boards, red endpapers, blocked in gilt to spine and front cover, semi-opaque dust jacket with printed titles. As new. This edition sold out within a matter of weeks from publication. Signature obtained at Firsts London, where Fergus Fleming's Queen Anne Press were exhibiting. Never before published, these are the notes that John Pearson made in 1965 while researching The Life of Ian Fleming, which chart not only Fleming's life - with details that never made it into the finished biography - but John's own journey while investigating his subject. As such they form less a series of aides memoires than a book about writing a book. Compelling, insightful, irreverent and written in John's inimitable style, they make an outstanding read. Signed. …