Fleming, Ian

8vo, 18 volumes, special edition  marking the centenary of the author's birth limited to 406 sets of 18 titles, OF WHICH THIS IS COPY 'A' OF 26 SETS SPECIALLY BOUND BY SHEPHERDS, SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, the first volume Casino Royale signed by the publisher (the author's nephew) Fergus Fleming, designed and typeset by the Libanus Press, illustrations for Thrilling Cities, EACH VOLUME BOUND IN FULL ONLAID BLUE MOROCCO HAND-BOUND TO AN ORIGINAL PATTERN BY WEBB & WEBB DESIGN, including diamonds, crystals and pieces of eight set within the covers, gold and silver leaf tooling, feathered morocco onlays, watermarked endpapers, all edges gilt, original leather-trimmed, fleece-lined slipcases lettered in gilt

Gilbert F10

A DELUXE CENTENARY SET OF FLEMING'S 'JAMES BOND' NOVELS AND STORIES, together with his travel and other writings (some previously unpublished), and his children's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. "Introductory comments are taken from annotations in Ian's personal copies, currently held by the Lilly Library, Indiana University" (publisher's preface).

"The definitive edition of the works of Ian Fleming...no such edition had been published before" (Gilbert)