1950s Ian Fleming James Bond Hard Cover Books- Set of 5

Description

A set of 5 of Ian Fleming Hardcover Books-James Bond
Book Cub Editions-American

Book Club Editions are only printed in … more A set of 5 of Ian Fleming Hardcover Books-James Bond
Book Cub Editions-American

Book Club Editions are only printed in nine of the original James Bond novels. All are bound in similar black and colored cloth boards with gold gilt lettered spines and top page edges are stained in color.


Dimensions
8.5ʺW × 5.75ʺD × 0.3ʺH

Casino Royale-First title in the Bond series.
Copyright 1953 Glidrose Productions Ltd
Publisher Macmillan

Moonraker
Copyright 1955 Glidrose Productions Ltd
Publisher Macmillan

From Russia With Love
Copyright 1957 Glidrose Productions Ltd
Publisher Viking 1957

Thunderball
Copyright 1961 Glidrose Productions Ltd
Publisher Viking 1961

You Only Live Once
Copyright 1964 Glidrose Productions Ltd
Publisher New American Library of World Literature


Condition:

Good vintage hardcover condition with minimal shelf wear on corners, minor marks or smudging. Pages are clean with no bent corners, tears, or pencil/pen marks.

*Dust Cover Jackets are included -in very poor condition


About the First in Series:
Casino Royale is the first novel by the British author Ian Fleming. Published in 1953, it is the first James Bond book.

Casino Royale was first released on 13 April 1953 in the UK as a hardback edition by publishers Jonathan Cape. Cape printed 4,728 copies of Casino Royale, which sold out in less than a month;a second print run the same month also sold out,as did a third run of more than 8,000 books published in May 1954.


Author Bio:
Ian Fleming was a British author and journalist. His first novel, Casino Royale (1953), introduced spy hero, James Bond, agent 007, to the world. It was the first of fourteen James Bond books which have gone on to sell over 60 million copies worldwide and be translated into 20 languages. Beginning with the movie adaptation of Dr No in 1961, the series also sparked the longest-running film franchise in history. Both Fleming and his fictional counterpart have become synonymous with style, glamour and thrilling adventures, as well as universally recognised phrases such as “My name’s Bond, James Bond” and “shaken and not stirred”.

Fleming was born in London in 1908. In the 1930s he worked at Reuters news agency before joining Naval Intelligence as an officer during the Second World War. His talent for writing fast and engaging prose, along with his knowledge of espionage and his fertile imagination led to the creation of James Bond, arguably one of the most-famous fictional characters of all time. He also wrote children’s classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Fleming was married to Ann Rothermere with whom he had a son, Caspar. He died in 1964. less less