1936, ISBN: d39749ef286a0e2d7604de3c05362cae

Erstausgabe

Near Fine, [SC: 56.08], [PU: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, [Philadelphia]], IAN FLEMING, JAMES BOND, 007, SPY, ORNITHOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGIST, BIRDWATCHING, First edition. … Mehr…

Near Fine, [SC: 56.08], [PU: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, [Philadelphia]], IAN FLEMING, JAMES BOND, 007, SPY, ORNITHOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGIST, BIRDWATCHING, First edition. Signed on the dedication page by James Bond, the American ornithologist whose name Ian Fleming took for his iconic spy protagonist. Fleming, a keen birdwatcher himself, had a copy of Bond's guide and he later explained to the ornithologist's wife that "It struck me that this brief, unromantic, Anglo-Saxon and yet very masculine name was just what I needed, and so a second James Bond was born." In a Reader's Digest interview, Fleming noted, "I wanted the simplest, dullest, plainest sounding name I could find, and James Bond, was something more interesting, like Peregrine Carruthers. Exotic things would happen to and around him, but he would be a neutral anonymous, blunt instrument wielded by a government department." Bound in publisher's grayish-blue cloth lettered in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good or better with light worming to cloth at edges, cloth lightly soiled and worn. Pages toned, with owner name and foxing to preliminary sheets, several light pencil check marks to margins throughout. Hinge at rear index slightly exposed. A very scarce book in the first edition, and more so signed.<

1947, ISBN: d39749ef286a0e2d7604de3c05362cae

Gebundene Ausgabe

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 17.47], [PU: New York: The MacMillan Company], Jacket, First edition thus (originally published in 1936 as 'Birds of the West Indies' and substantially revi… Mehr…

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 17.47], [PU: New York: The MacMillan Company], Jacket, First edition thus (originally published in 1936 as 'Birds of the West Indies' and substantially revised for this edition). Octavo, pp ix, [3], 257. Bound in brown cloth covered hard boards, black lettering to the spine and upper board; in the original dust jacket which has been clipped to both corners of the front flap (as usually found) and has a printed price of $3.75 to the upper corner. Endpaper maps, colour plate frontispiece, illustrated throughout with line drawings of birds. Neat previous owner's name to the half title dated 1951. A copy of this book was on Ian Fleming's shelves at Goldeneye in Jamaica when he began planning and writing Casino Royale and he lifted the author's name for his nascent British secret agent. Bond and Fleming met once only, at Goldeneye in 1964. Fine condition book in an almost Near Fine jacket which has some minor rubbing at the extremities., Books<

1947, ISBN: d39749ef286a0e2d7604de3c05362cae

Near Fine, [SC: 56.08], [PU: The Macmillan Company, New York], IAN FLEMING, JAMES BOND, 007, SPY, ORNITHOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGIST, BIRDWATCHING, Jacket, First printing of the second edition; t… Mehr…

Near Fine, [SC: 56.08], [PU: The Macmillan Company, New York], IAN FLEMING, JAMES BOND, 007, SPY, ORNITHOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGIST, BIRDWATCHING, Jacket, First printing of the second edition; the first edition was published in 1936 by The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Bound in publisher's brown cloth lettered in black. Near fine with very slight lean to binding, former owner inscription to verso of front free endpaper. In a Near Fine dust jacket with top and bottom corners of the front flap machine clipped and with publisher's price of $3.75 present at the top; light sunning to the spine, with light rubbing and light soiling, light edge wear, a tear to the crown of the rear spine joint mended from the verso. A lovely copy of the book from which Ian Fleming lifted the author's name to utilize for his iconic spy character.<

1947, ISBN: d39749ef286a0e2d7604de3c05362cae

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing of the second edition; the first edition was published in 1936 by The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelp… Mehr…

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing of the second edition; the first edition was published in 1936 by The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Bound in publisher's brown cloth lettered in black. Near fine with very slight lean to binding, former owner inscription to verso of front free endpaper. In a Near Fine dust jacket with top and bottom corners of the front flap machine clipped and with publisher's price of $3.75 present at the top; light sunning to the spine, with light rubbing and light soiling, light edge wear, a tear to the crown of the rear spine joint mended from the verso. A lovely copy of the book from which Ian Fleming lifted the author's name to utilize for his iconic spy character., The Macmillan Company, 1947, 4<