I guess it's a sad fact that these editions will start coming onto the market as their original owners downsize or die off. Great for us collectors but tinged with sadness - on a wider note we need to capture the memories of those who are old enough to remember the 1965-68 period when Bond was absolutely the biggest thing on the planet. The original audiences for classic films can be a valuable historical resource and once those memories are gone, they're gone.
A couple of nice condition Pan movie edition paperbacks found today in a market bookstall. Any tips for getting the remnants of price stickers off?
Great finds! Re: stickers, gently experiment with a hair dryer (or clothes iron), but have a plastic spoon or knife handy to gently scrape off the sticker while blowing the hot air on it.
"...the purposeful slant of his striding figure looked dangerous, as if he was making quickly for something bad that was happening further down the street." -SMERSH on 007 dossier photo, Ch. 6 FRWL.....
I recently enjoyed reading Forever and a Day (My first non-Fleming Bond novel), so ordered a used copy of Trigger Mortis to read next - I've been sent a signed manuscript proof copy!
At Bath in basement of George Bayntun bookshop I found a 1965 US version of TMWTGGun published by New American Library.
It was a fiver and the shop is in Manvers Street but only open Monday to Friday (not weekends.)
Hardback cover is black with a one inch yellow edge.
Also in same shop found 3 more Quiller hardbacks from the mid-1980s.
In Bath in Bayntuns bookshop found a 1958 paperback of Diamonds are Forever.
The one with illustration of blonde and dead body on red background.
A nice illustration.
the BookBond blog has the front covers for all the messy desk editions posted, and if you check the comments, someone called WearySloth created a fan-art version of the missing Live and Let Die … unfortunately that link seems to be dead...
Hope you don't mind me linking to your art, if you're out there Weary Sloth. I guarantee there's a bunch of Fleming book collectors who'll be interested, so your effort should be seen and appreciated.
I might just pick up an extra copy of the film tie-in edition, and paste a printout of this art on top!
That said, the colours are a bit bright for a PAN messy desk composition, especially for the book about voodoo. I would have expected more voodoo arifacts, and proper tarot cards ... those may in fact be authentic tarot cards, but don't really look like the ones I'm familiar with. (Rider deck, Crowley deck) Did Fleming specify which deck Solitaire used?
Wow that's a beautiful cover -{ I've collected the Fleming novels with these covers and have always regretted the omission of LALD with a matching cover. I'll also pick up an old paperback version of the novel and paste it over the top.
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A couple of nice condition Pan movie edition paperbacks found today in a market bookstall. Any tips for getting the remnants of price stickers off?
Great finds! Re: stickers, gently experiment with a hair dryer (or clothes iron), but have a plastic spoon or knife handy to gently scrape off the sticker while blowing the hot air on it.
It was a fiver and the shop is in Manvers Street but only open Monday to Friday (not weekends.)
Hardback cover is black with a one inch yellow edge.
Also in same shop found 3 more Quiller hardbacks from the mid-1980s.
So that was good. Bleuville.
The one with illustration of blonde and dead body on red background.
A nice illustration.
Bleuville.
http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/Stills/f11306-9.jpg
Hope you don't mind me linking to your art, if you're out there Weary Sloth. I guarantee there's a bunch of Fleming book collectors who'll be interested, so your effort should be seen and appreciated.
I might just pick up an extra copy of the film tie-in edition, and paste a printout of this art on top!
That said, the colours are a bit bright for a PAN messy desk composition, especially for the book about voodoo. I would have expected more voodoo arifacts, and proper tarot cards ... those may in fact be authentic tarot cards, but don't really look like the ones I'm familiar with. (Rider deck, Crowley deck) Did Fleming specify which deck Solitaire used?
"She had a pack of cards in her hands and she started to shuffle them."