FLEMING | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 1964, first American edition and first single volume edition

IAN FLEMING

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG. NEW YORK: RANDOM HOUSE, 1964

8vo, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION AND FIRST SINGLE VOLUME EDITION, illustrations by John Burningham, original red cloth, lettered in gilt, top edge stained in black, illustrated endpapers, DUST-JACKET

As noted by Gilbert, "...the Random House edition is an important printing, marking the earliest published appearance of the entire text; the British Jonathan Cape edition was originally issued in three volumes, with the last instalment released in January 1965, after this US printing."

LITERATURE:

Gilbert A17b (1)