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VERY GOOD hardcover in VERY GOOD dust jacket, no marks in text, very clean dust jacket.

[James Bond omnibus] 1984 Reissue, sold through St. Michael / Marks & Spencer. Large octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.862; [2]. Publisher's black hardcovers, photographic dust-wrapper featuring a colour still of Sean Connery as James Bond. Pages toned as usual, jacket a trifle sunned to spine. Near fine. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy (pencil ownership within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert E5a(2).

Dust jacket in very good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. 1985 printing; An excellent copy, gently worn; Pages free of markings; Jacket housed in protective mylar; Secure packaging for safe delivery.

[Spy novel omnibus] FIRST EDITION THUS. Large octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.847; [1]. blank. Publisher's pictorial hardcovers in illustrated dust-wrapper, illustrative dust-jacket in the same design. Contents clean, pages a little toned as usual otherwise fine. An attractive omnibus edition with action-packed movie-style illustrated artwork. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy (pencil ownership within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert E12.

[James Bond omnibus] FIRST EDITION THUS, bibliographer's copy, with scarce wraparound band. Large octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.862; [2]. Publisher's burgundy cloth, red and orange 'Ian Fleming' printed endpapers, photographic dust-wrapper featuring colour stills from the 1962 film 'Dr. No'. Contents clean, minor shelf wear, jacket with one small nick at crown. Near fine. American version of E5a(1), with statement on c.p. 'Printed in the United States of America /by R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company'. The ISBN remains the same, although this version does not include the individual illustrated title pages. Employs a UK wrapper priced at £4.95 but often clipped or priced in $ via label). Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy (pencil ownership within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. See Gilbert E5a(1).

[Spy Fiction] Nine volumes, octavo (18 x 12cm). A group of vintage paperbacks in the collectable 'Anniversary' series with wraparound photographic cover art. Mixed printings ('Spy' and 'Live Twice' are first printings). Cheap paper toned as expected, discreet library label to 'Dr. No', Goldfinger is ex-library with laminated covers, all others are free from names or stamps, some with occasional reading/spine creases, overall very good to fine. See Gilbert, Jon. Ian Fleming The Bibliography.

[Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'A'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine, in original jacket designed by Richard Chopping. A well used copy; inside cloth joint showing, tape marks to paste-downs, contents thumbed, jacket rather poor, with some loss to spine, old taped repair to front, price clipped.

[Thriller collection] FIRST EDITION thus. Volume Two (of two), containing Ian Fleming's 1963 James Bond novel. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.512. With colour plate illustrations. Bound in publisher's illustrated glazed covers. No jacket was issued. Cheap paper toned, spine gently sunned. Very good. From the comprehensive Ian Fleming bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled ownership. Now rather scarce (no other copy is listed at the time of writing). Gilbert A11a, 'Anthology Appearances', p.377.

[James Bond Novels] COMPLETE FILM TIE-IN SERIES as published by Signet Books, in their standard paperback format. Eight volumes, mixed printings. Octavo (19 x 11), each in the publisher's soft covers printed with a design or notice celebrating the recent filming of the title, edges coloured red or yellow. No ink names or writing, Dr.No has a bookstore stamp and price in pesetas (likely Mexican), cheap paper toned as expected, some general wear to spines and covers. A very good set. Difficult to assembkle; includes the scarce version of 'You Only Live Twice' with the neon pink film label applied. A full set (as published) of the Signet movie tie-ins; the remaining Fleming books were either not issued as tie-ins [e.g. Moonraker, The Spy Who Loved Me] or were released as tie-ins by other publishers [Bantam, Jove and Berkley/Charter]. Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography (2012).