Thrilling Cities
by Fleming, Ian
Thrilling Cities is the title of a collection of non-fiction travel articles by James Bond creator Ian Fleming. The book was published by Glidrose Productions first in Great Britain in 1963, followed by an American edition in 1964. The book is a collection of articles Fleming wrote for the London Sunday Times, based on two trips he took between 1959 and 1960 at the behest of Times travel editor Leonard Russell. The book version includes material edited out of the original articles.
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Thrilling Cities
by Ian Fleming
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- 1963
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9" by 6.5". None. A first edition, first impression of Ian Fleming's travelogue regarding a five-week all expenses paid trip to thirteen cities around the globe. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the price unclipped first state dust wrapper. Featuring all of… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Fleming, Ian
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- 1963
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London, Greater London, GBR
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A$184.86
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London: Jonathan Cape 1963. Large 8vo. First Edition. 223 pp. White cloth spine over grey boards in pictorial jacket, not price clipped. With errata slip tipped in at rear. 82 black and white photographic illustrations. Jacket edgeworn and spine slightly faded. Light spotting to cloth spine and edges. Internally clean. . Good. Cloth Spine. First Edition. 1963. Item Price
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Thrilling Cities
by FLEMING Ian
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- 1963
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Christchurch, Canterbury, NZL
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A$69.59
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1963 unclipped dust jacket has a very sunned spine, the red has almost faded completely to white, short tears at corners, gift inscription to verso of fep facing half title, small rubber name stamp top corner of half title, otherwise tidy used copy, some faint foxing to the spine cloth, 223pp + plates, Ian Fleming on some… Read more about this item Item Price
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Thrilling Cities - Uncorrected Proof Copy in original proof wrapper
by Fleming, Ian
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, GBR
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London: Cape, 1963. An uncorrected proof copy published by Cape in 1963. Light edgewear and some creasing to the corners of the first twenty pages, spine a little sunned, but a near fine copy. The Paul Davis-designed dust wrapper is uncut, with square corners (the published book has square corners) and the publication date is stamped at the foot… Read more about this item Item Price
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New American Library, 1964. Octavo. Original ochre cloth, top edge orange. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom blue morocco-backed folding box. Corners slightly bumped, browning to first and final leaves, a near-fine copy. Some staining to dust jacket with extremities worn and tears to spine, a good copy. First US edition, first printing, presentation copy inscribed by the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Thrilling Cities - SIGNED and INSCRIBED to Una Trueblood, Fleming's Secretary in custom-made clamshell box
by Fleming, Ian
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, GBR
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A$29,188.50
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London: Cape, 1963. A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1963. A very good/near fine book in like wrapper which is not clipped and has the usual fading to the spine and wear to the spine tips. Edges browned. Now housed in custom-made solander box mirroring the boards of the book itself. Inscribed on the front… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jonathan Cape, 1963. Octavo. Original white cloth-backed grey paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, black endpapers. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom black morocco-backed folding box. 48 pages of illustrations from black and white photos. Corners slightly bumped, some browning to edges, a near-fine copy. Minor creases to price-clipped dust jacket with extremities slightly rubbed, a bright and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Thrilling Cities - In dust wrapper and with erratum slip to page 223
by Fleming, Ian
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, GBR
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Cape, 1963. A first edition, first printing published by Jonathan Cape in 1963. A very good book with one small name to the rear of the front free end paper. Some bumping and staining to the spine tips. Black top stain remains bright. Some spotting to the text block. Erratum slip to page 223. In a very good unclipped… Read more about this item Item Price
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Thrilling Cities
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, GBR
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Jonathan Cape, 1963. Octavo. Original green wrappers with the publisher's device repeated in white, spine and front wrapper lettered in black, half-title present (omitted from some proof copies). Housed in a custom grey cloth box. Slightly rubbed at extremities, some minor staining, minor creasing to spine, some folds to corners; a very good copy. Uncorrected proof and one of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Thrilling Cities
by Fleming, Ian
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- 1963
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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First edition first printing of this around the world tour with the creator of the James Bond series. A touch of shelf wear. Not price clipped. In near fine / near fine condition. BRColl. Item Price
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Thrilling Cities
by Fleming, Ian
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- Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
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- 1963
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North Tonawanda, New York, USA
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A$235.32
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London: Jonathan Cape. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. White and gray boards with mild soil and browning to edges. DJ protected in mylar has light edgewear, browning and creasing, a few closed tears of less than 1", and original 30s price intact. Pink lettering and spine are bright and not faded.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Thrilling Cities
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, GBR
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A$14,594.25
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Jonathan Cape, 1963. Octavo. Original green wrappers with the publisher's device repeated in white, spine and front wrapper lettered in black. With proof dust jacket. Housed in a custom blue morocco-backed folding box. 48 pages of illustrations from black and white photos. Minor rubbing to edges; a fine copy. Extremities of the very good jacket worn with minor loss,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Thrilling Cities
by Ian Fleming
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- 1963
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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Jonathan Cape, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1963. First Edition. 223 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey paper covered boards with white cloth to spine. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Errata slip to p223. Includes black front endpapers and pastedowns. Laminated rear flap. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear… Read more about this item Item Price
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Thrilling Cities
by Fleming, Ian
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- First American Edition
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- 1964
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Decatur, Illinois, USA
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New York: New American Library. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1964. First American Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate. Half-title page is slightly yellowed. Jacket shows light rubbing on the folds. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 246 pages . Item Price
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Thrilling Cities
by Fleming, Ian
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- 1963
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Woodstock, Illinois, USA
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A$478.48
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped (30s. net), lightly rubbed at the edges, tape repair at the head and foot of the spine. Quarter white buckram with grey paper on the boards, bumped and toned at the edges. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A work… Read more about this item Item Price
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Thrilling Cities - UNCORRECTED PROOF
by FLEMING, Ian
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Somerville, New Jersey, USA
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1963, 1963. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, UNCORRECTED PROOF. 1 vol., only 175 copies printed, illustrated. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial printed wrappers, without the exceedingly scarce proof dustjacket, general light handling, hinges fine, overall a GOOD+/VG copy. The proof book contains several differences to the hardback, mostly of a typographical nature; some… Read more about this item Item Price
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Thrilling Cities
by Fleming, Ian
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- 1st
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- 1965
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- Paperback
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$8.63
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Signet / New Am. Library. 1st. 1965. good-. Paperback. mass market paperback P2694. 207pp; b/w decorations; slight twist to spine; heavy soiling to white cover; expected browning to pages . Item Price
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Thrilling Cities
by Fleming, Ian
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- Used - Fair
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- No Jacket
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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- 9780224602099
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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A$25.10
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Jonathan Cape, 1964. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 2nd edition. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, scuffing on the front end page. Clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*08/09/2022. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Item Price
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Thrilling Cities - Part 2
by FLEMING IAN
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- First Edition
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- 1965
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Leicester, GBR
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A$58.38
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London: Pan, 1965. First Edition. (London: Pan Books 1965). First UK Paperback Edition. A softcover. A near fine copy that would be fine if it weren't for just the faintest crease to the bottom left hand corner of the back cover and toning/foxing to the page block due to the poor quality of paper used. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Thrilling Cities.
by FLEMING, Ian.
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- 1963
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London, GBR
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London: Jonathan Cape,, 1963. Presentation copy to a mistress First edition, first impression, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page "For Sari, her Christmas present! [kiss] Ian." This copy was given from the author's own batch of copies for presentation in December 1963 (the book having been published in November 1963). The recipient is Sarah Dugdale,… Read more about this item Item Price
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