NOTE - THIS WAS THE FIRST JAMES BOND BOOK WRITTEN AFTER FLEMING'S DEATH (THERE WOULDN'T BE ANOTHER UNTIL FLEMING'S ESTATE AUTHORIZED CHRISTOPHER WOOD TO CONTINUE JAMES BOND'S ADVENTURES IN 1977 BY WRITING ADAPTIONS OF HIS TWO MOVIE SCRIPTS).

ROBERT MARKHAM (penname for KINGSLEY AMIS who wrote the The James Bond Dossier and whom also performed the final writing edit on Man with the Golden Gun (uncredited)) - COLONEL SUN, published by UK publisher Jonathan Cape, copyright 1968, First Printing ('First Published 1968' at top of copyright page with no reference to subsequent printings or a month of printing), VARIANT 1ST STATE WITH QUAD SPACER MARK ON COPYRIGHT PAGE, map illustrated endpapers, black board with gold gilt lettering on spine, 21s net price on DJ front flap. Ian Fleming James Bond 1st printing hardcover appearances up for sale. Overall a nice set of 4 Ian Fleming/James Bond UK Pan 1st printing pb books. Books are all in very nice condition - 2 have vertical spine creasing, no spine lean, hint of wear to spine tips to a couple of books,s small crease to bottom right corner on covers of 2 books (otherwise no front cover creasing), no edge wear to any of the books, tight flat white pages with just a couple of creased page corners to a couple of books, pages starting to age yellow at page edges, no foxing to pages or endpapers, slight age darkening/dust soiling/foxing to outer page edges, no former owner's markings or used book store stamps inside, back rear covers and spine are nice with no tearing or chipping.

IAN FLEMING - THUNDERBALL, published by UK publisher Pan X201, copyright 1961, First Printing ('This edition published 1963 by Pan Books' with no references to subsequent printings on the copyright page) THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, published by UK publisher Pan X653, copyright 1962, First Printing ('This edition published 1967 by Pan Books' with no references to subsequent printings on the copyright page - the James Bond books were published slightly out of order in pb form - likely due to the unconventional story structure of this book) YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, published by UK publisher Pan X434, copyright 1964, First Printing ('This edition published 1965 by Pan Books' & 'First Printing 1965' with no references to subsequent printings on the copyright page) COLONEL SUN (by ROBERT MARKHAM - who wrote 'The James Bond Dossier' & 'The Book of Bond' and was rumored to have made editing changes to 'The Man With The Golden Gun' as the book was still apparently in draft form at the time of Fleming's death), published by UK publisher Pan, copyright 1968, First Printing ('This edition published 1970 by Pan Books' with no references to subsequent printings on the copyright page). N0TE - THERE MAY BE A SMALL ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGE SINCE THIS IS A GROUP OF 4 BOOKS (AND NOT JUST 1 BOOK).

Colonel Sun by Robert Markham