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Auction archive: Lot number 70

Ian Fleming | Goldfinger, 1959, Fleming's literary agent's presentation copy

James Bond on Bond Street
8 Sep 2023 - 22 Sep 2023
Estimate
£1,800 - £2,200
ca. US$2,247 - US$2,746
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 70

Ian Fleming | Goldfinger, 1959, Fleming's literary agent's presentation copy

James Bond on Bond Street
8 Sep 2023 - 22 Sep 2023
Estimate
£1,800 - £2,200
ca. US$2,247 - US$2,746
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Ian FlemingGoldfinger. London: Jonathan Cape, 1959
8vo, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, second state, PRESENTATION COPY with slip from Fleming's literary agent on behalf of the author, with manuscript note, DUST-JACKET, collector's black cloth clamshell box
[with:]
Ian Fleming centenary postage stamps (2008), Royal Mail commemorative set INSCRIBED by Peter Janson-Smith and Peter Janson-Smith, A Tribute, 2016
Peter Janson-Smith initially negotiated Fleming's foreign translation rights and by 1960 would handle the James Bond short stories and serialisations, rising to chairman of Glidrose and managing Fleming's literary affairs for 45 years. He worked closely with Eon, and was involved in the sale of Harry Saltzman's share of Danjaq S.A. (the holding company of Eon Productions), to United Artists.

Auction archive: Lot number 70
Auction:
Datum:
8 Sep 2023 - 22 Sep 2023
Auction house:
Sotheby's
34-35 New Bond St.
London, W1A 2AA
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7293 5000
+44 (0)20 7293 5989
Beschreibung:

Ian FlemingGoldfinger. London: Jonathan Cape, 1959
8vo, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, second state, PRESENTATION COPY with slip from Fleming's literary agent on behalf of the author, with manuscript note, DUST-JACKET, collector's black cloth clamshell box
[with:]
Ian Fleming centenary postage stamps (2008), Royal Mail commemorative set INSCRIBED by Peter Janson-Smith and Peter Janson-Smith, A Tribute, 2016
Peter Janson-Smith initially negotiated Fleming's foreign translation rights and by 1960 would handle the James Bond short stories and serialisations, rising to chairman of Glidrose and managing Fleming's literary affairs for 45 years. He worked closely with Eon, and was involved in the sale of Harry Saltzman's share of Danjaq S.A. (the holding company of Eon Productions), to United Artists.

Auction archive: Lot number 70
Auction:
Datum:
8 Sep 2023 - 22 Sep 2023
Auction house:
Sotheby's
34-35 New Bond St.
London, W1A 2AA
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7293 5000
+44 (0)20 7293 5989
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