Ian Fleming Sale Results from Bloomsbury 4th September Sale

There were two sections of Ian Fleming books the first were lost 308-314. Lots 308-311 sold for the estimate or above estimate, but the remaning lots 312-314 were unsold. Goldfinger made £500 and For Your Eyes Only made £260, over £100 of the estimate.

308. Fleming (Ian) Goldfinger, first edition , ink name on front free endpaper, original boards, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, slight browning to spine with small repair to inside head, some other light marking, but overall an unusually good example, 8vo, 1959.
est. £500 – £600
Sold for £500

309. Fleming (Ian) For Your Eyes Only, first edition , ink name on front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, spine faded, light staining to edges of lower panel, rubbed at corners, 8vo, 1960.
est. £100 – £150
Sold for £260

310. Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, first edition , ink name on front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, slightly browned and chipped at spine, otherwise very good, 8vo, 1961.
est. £120 – £180
Sold for £160

311. Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition , original boards, shelf lean, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned, otherwise a fine copy, 8vo, 1962.
est. £180 – £220
Sold for £260

There were eight Ian Fleming James Bond lots in the second section of the auction (lots 346-353). Four were sold and four remainded unsold. Lot 346 Casino Royale was sold above the estimate, Lot 347 a series of 1st paperbacks made £170 with an estimate of £150-£200. Lot 348 a copy of Dr No was sold for just under estimate and Lot 350 Thunderball was sold for just £25 with an estimate of £50-£75. So a mixed bag of results.

346. [Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale], first edition , impression unknown, lacking title, some foxing, new endpapers, original Kenneth Lewis jacket laminated onto boards, 8vo, 1953.
est. £75 – £100
Sold for £140

347. Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale, 1955; Moonraker, 1956; Live and Let Die, 1957; Diamonds are Forever, 1958, first paperback editions , browning, original pictorial wrappers, 8vo, Pan (4)
est. £150 – £200
Sold for £170

348. Fleming (Ian) Dr No, first edition , 1 p. creased at corner, ink name on front free endpaper, original second state boards with silhouette, dust-jacket, tears to corners and spine ends with some loss, rubbed at fore-edges, circular mark on upper panel, light soiling visible on lower panel, 8vo, 1958.
est. £150 – £200
Sold for £120

350. Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, first edition , original boards, dust-jacket, rubbed at corners and spine ends, tear with loss descending into closed tear from head of spine into upper panel, 8vo, 1961.
est. £50 – £75
Sold for £25