Description: London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. First edition, first impression, of the first James Bond continuation novel following Ian Fleming's death, published by Kingsley Amis using his Robert Markham pseudonym. Octavo. Publisher's black boards, lettered in gilt to the spine, with cartographic endpapers printed in brown, in a pictorial dust jacket priced at 21s., with wraparound art by Tom Adams. A fine copy in like dust jacket, not price-clipped. This copy is from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), with his bookplate. Schøyen's private collection of manuscripts, which span all cultures and all time periods, is one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. FFEP contains inscription by Jon Gilbert, Ian Fleming's bibliographer and cataloguer of the Schøyen Collection in pencil: "Ex Nigel Williams, London" and "First Edition 1968" Haining, Crime Fiction, p. 206; Book & Magazine Collector, Number 1, pp. 4-13, James Bond Revivals; Hubin Crime Fiction IV; Gilbert, p. 612; The Schøyen Collection No. 278.
Price: 200 USD
Location: New York, New York
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: London
Signed: No
Publisher: London: Jonathan Cape, 1968
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1968
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Author: MARKHAM, Robert [pseudonym of AMIS, [Sir] Kingsley] (1922-1995
Region: Europe
Topic: Action, Adventure
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Character Family: James Bond 007
