Lot 218
Spy Fiction - Fleming , Ian
Auction: 10 June 2009 at 12:00 BST
Description
On Her Majesty's secret service. London, 1963. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth, dustwrapper, price clipped, torn at head, ink notes on rear wrapper, ink marks on volume list and another second impression copy; [Idem] The man with the golden gun. London, 1965. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth, dustwrapper, price clipped, chipped at head and tail, previous owner's ink inscription on front endpaper and another second impression copy; Amis, Kingsley The James Bond dossier. London, 1965. First edition, 8vo, original blind stamped cloth, dustwrapper, not price clipped, some slight rubbing to edges; Markham, Robert Colonel sun. London, 1968. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, price clipped; Gardner, John Licence renewed. London, 1981. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, not price clipped, ink stamp on front endpaper; Ambler, Eric The night-comers. London, 1956. FIrst edition, 8vo, original orange cloth,dustwrapper, not price clipped; [Idem] The Schirmer inheritance. New York, 1953. First American edition, 8vo, original patterned boards, dustwrapper by Jean Carlu, rubbed at edges, previous owner's ink inscription on front endpaper; [Idem] Passage of arms. London, 1959. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, price clipped, previous owner's ink inscription on front endpaper; [Idem] The ability to kill. London, 1963. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, not price clipped, protective film; Mackenzie, Compton The three couriers. London, 1929. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper [torn]; Carre, John le Call for the dead. New York, 1962. 8vo, original orange & blue cloth, blue & beige wrapper; Greene, Graham The human factor. London, 1978. First edition, first issue with Bodley Head device in oval on title, 8vo, original green cloth, dustwrapper, not price clipped, fading to backstrip; Williams, Valentine The knife behind the curtain. London, [no date]. 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, torn at edges, stain to cloth on upper board; and 32 others (48)