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Qwerty View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 002175 | Posts: 85228 Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York	12 March 2005 - 17:19 Post #2
	Wow! To own that book would be beyond outstanding. Very cool that alot of Fleming items show up at that event, the signed On Her Majesty’s Secret Service seems like a great collectible as well. -------------------ɹooןɟǝɔuɐp --------------------------------ǝɥʇ oʇ ---------------------------------------dn uo -----------------------------------------------ǝɯoɔ

zencat View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 00392 | Posts: 22640 Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras	12 March 2005 - 17:55 | Post #3
	BTW, in this same auction a first edition of the first Harry Potter sold for Visit The Young Bond Dossier, now the OFFICIAL site for Young Bond news "How do you kill five hours in Rio if you don't samba?"

zencat View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 00392 | Posts: 22640 Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras	12 March 2005 - 19:19 | Post #4
	Putting these books together in one pic might be sacrilege, but here's a Casino first next to the ultra rare SilverFin first. Visit The Young Bond Dossier, now the OFFICIAL site for Young Bond news "How do you kill five hours in Rio if you don't samba?"

Qwerty View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 002175 | Posts: 85228 Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York	12 March 2005 - 19:43 Post #5
	I'd call Casino Royale the ultra-rare one. -------------------ɹooןɟǝɔuɐp --------------------------------ǝɥʇ oʇ ---------------------------------------dn uo -----------------------------------------------ǝɯoɔ

SecretAgent007 View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 003667 | Posts: 632 Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 27 February 2005 From: Central Pennsylvania	18 March 2005 - 01:55 Post #6
	I got my CR first edition a few years ago. I found it through ABC?, something like that, I think. It came in a leather bound slip case. Very cool. It was in remarkably good shape too. It was the last first edition to complete my collection. I think they had a signed first for $75 thousand. Too rich for me. I found all of the US and UK firsts from Fleming, Amis, Gardner, and Benson. All of the Gardner and Benson books are signed. Now you can tell about the one that got away

zencat View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 00392 | Posts: 22640 Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras	18 March 2005 - 01:57 | Post #7
	Nice. Visit The Young Bond Dossier, now the OFFICIAL site for Young Bond news "How do you kill five hours in Rio if you don't samba?"

Bondian View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 00123 | Posts: 7953 Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 12 August 2001 From: Soufend-On-Sea, Mate. England. UK.	18 March 2005 - 02:11 Post #8
	This is excellent news for owners of these books. But I feel the nostalgic and sentimental value out weights the financial value. I wish my father was heavily into James Bond and bought ALL the first editions. I suspect you have a few first editions tucked away zencat my friend?. James Bond and Beyond is back under the new name 'Grow-Up OO7' Please pop in and say hello.

Blofeld's Cat View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 00101 | Posts: 16958 Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 30 August 2001 From: A secret hollowed out volcano in Sydney (33.79294� South, 150.93805� East)	18 March 2005 - 02:31 Post #9
	I got my CR first edition a few years ago.  I found it through ABC?, something like that, I think. ABE Books, was it, SA007? A great site for finding the book you want. You're born, you take [censored], get out in the world, you take more [censored]. Climb a little higher, take less [censored]. 'Till one day you're in the rarified atmosphere, and you've forgotten what [censored] even looks like. Welcome to MI6 007. James Bond - a "citizen of eternity"

zencat View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 00392 | Posts: 22640 Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras	18 March 2005 - 02:32 | Post #10
	I suspect you have a few first editions tucked away zencat my friend?.  Just a few. Visit The Young Bond Dossier, now the OFFICIAL site for Young Bond news "How do you kill five hours in Rio if you don't samba?"

SecretAgent007 View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 003667 | Posts: 632 Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 27 February 2005 From: Central Pennsylvania	18 March 2005 - 03:31 Post #11
	Blofeld's Cat, thanks, yeah that's it. I think I found about six of the books on there. I had to send one back. It was not in as good of shape as advertised. Some of the Fleming firsts I have, do not appear to have ever been open (Octopussy, TMWGG, and OHMSS). A customer of mine, who has also become a friend, is best friends with Raymond Benson. I sent him all of those books and he signed them. I had a harder time getting Gardner to sign his books. A business associate (who suggested most of the guns Gardner used) helped me out on that score. All the books are signed to me, which makes them less valuable than if they just signed their names, but I have no plans on selling any of them. I have a room that is a safe 12'X 12' that I keep all of my 007 stuff in. Now you can tell about the one that got away

Qwerty View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 002175 | Posts: 85228 Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York	18 March 2005 - 03:36 Post #12
	I got my CR first edition a few years ago.  I found it through ABC?, something like that, I think.  It came in a leather bound slip case.  Very cool. It was in remarkably good shape too.  It was the last first edition to complete my collection.  I think they had a signed first for $75 thousand.  Too rich for me. I found all of the US and UK firsts from Fleming, Amis, Gardner, and Benson.  All of the Gardner and Benson books are signed. -------------------ɹooןɟǝɔuɐp --------------------------------ǝɥʇ oʇ ---------------------------------------dn uo -----------------------------------------------ǝɯoɔ

Bondian View Member Dossier Find Member's Posts Agent No.: 00123 | Posts: 7953 Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 12 August 2001 From: Soufend-On-Sea, Mate. England. UK.	18 March 2005 - 05:47 Post #13
	I suspect you have a few first editions tucked away zencat my friend?. James Bond and Beyond is back under the new name 'Grow-Up OO7' Please pop in and say hello.

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[Qwerty]

Wow! To own that book would be beyond outstanding.

Very cool that alot of Fleming items show up at that event, the signed On Her Majesty’s Secret Service seems like a great collectible as well.

[zencat]

BTW, in this same auction a first edition of the first Harry Potter sold for

[zencat]

Putting these books together in one pic might be sacrilege, but here's a Casino first next to the ultra rare SilverFin first.

[Qwerty]

I'd call Casino Royale the ultra-rare one.

[SecretAgent007]

I got my CR first edition a few years ago. I found it through ABC?, something like that, I think. It came in a leather bound slip case. Very cool. It was in remarkably good shape too. It was the last first edition to complete my collection. I think they had a signed first for $75 thousand. Too rich for me. I found all of the US and UK firsts from Fleming, Amis, Gardner, and Benson. All of the Gardner and Benson books are signed.

[zencat]

Nice.

[Bondian]

This is excellent news for owners of these books. But I feel the nostalgic and sentimental value out weights the financial value.

I wish my father was heavily into James Bond and bought ALL the first editions.

I suspect you have a few first editions tucked away zencat my friend?.

[Blofeld's Cat]

I got my CR first edition a few years ago.  I found it through ABC?, something like that, I think.

ABE Books, was it, SA007? A great site for finding the book you want.

[zencat]

I suspect you have a few first editions tucked away zencat my friend?. 

Just a few.

[SecretAgent007]

Blofeld's Cat, thanks, yeah that's it. I think I found about six of the books on there. I had to send one back. It was not in as good of shape as advertised. Some of the Fleming firsts I have, do not appear to have ever been open (Octopussy, TMWGG, and OHMSS).

A customer of mine, who has also become a friend, is best friends with Raymond Benson. I sent him all of those books and he signed them. I had a harder time getting Gardner to sign his books. A business associate (who suggested most of the guns Gardner used) helped me out on that score. All the books are signed to me, which makes them less valuable than if they just signed their names, but I have no plans on selling any of them. I have a room that is a safe 12'X 12' that I keep all of my 007 stuff in.

[Qwerty]

I got my CR first edition a few years ago.  I found it through ABC?, something like that, I think.  It came in a leather bound slip case.  Very cool. It was in remarkably good shape too.  It was the last first edition to complete my collection.  I think they had a signed first for $75 thousand.  Too rich for me. I found all of the US and UK firsts from Fleming, Amis, Gardner, and Benson.  All of the Gardner and Benson books are signed.

[Bondian]

I suspect you have a few first editions tucked away zencat my friend?.

James Bond and Beyond is back under the new name 'Grow-Up OO7' Please pop in and say hello.