95 “You See, We’ve Got All The Time In The World” 148FLEMING, Ian. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. London, 1963. Octavo, original brown paper boards, dust jacket. $2400 First trade edition of the eleventh Bond novel, in which 007 takes a bride, only to have his happiness cut short by the schemes of his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld. Published simultaneously with the signed limited edition of 250 copies, the 11th James Bond novel—the first published after the debut of the Bond film series—became “an immediate bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic” (Biondi & Pickard, 53). Very nearly fine. “If Anyone Can Bring It Off, You Can. Care To Have A Try, James?” 149FLEMING, Ian. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. Octavo, original black paper boards, dust jacket. $2500 First edition, first state, of the 12th James Bond novel—the last published in Fleming’s lifetime. The third Bond adventure featuring Ernst Blofeld as villain “was set in Japan, a novelty for Bond, but one that reflected Fleming’s visits in 1959 and 1962… [The novel] reflected Fleming’s increasing melancholia, with Bond mirroring the author’s moods” (Black, 60-61). Near-fine. “I Would Remember Him Forever As My Image Of A Man” 147FLEMING, Ian. The Spy Who Loved Me. London, 1962. Octavo, original silver-stamped brown paper boards, dust jacket, custom clamshell box. $3000 First edition of Fleming’s tenth Bond thriller—the author’s unusual examination of his super-spy “from the other end of the gun barrel.” “Although the title page lists the book as being written by Ian Fleming with Vivienne Michel, the “coauthorship credit is a hoax: Vivienne Michel was the name of the wife of one of Fleming’s golfing companions in Jamaica” (Biondi & Pickard, 47) Very nearly fine. “And All This Because Of A Man Called Bond…” 150FLEMING, Ian. Octopussy and The Living Daylights. London, 1966. Octavo, original brown paper boards, dust jacket. $750 First edition of these two James Bond short stories. Consists of two stories, the title piece and “The Living Daylights,” each destined to become its own Bond film. Intended for a never-completed collection, and published posthumously. Fine.
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