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FLEMING | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 1964, first American edition and first single volume edition

Lot Closed

November 11, 04:33 PM GMT

Estimate

150 - 200 GBP

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IAN FLEMING

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG. NEW YORK: RANDOM HOUSE, 1964


8vo, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION AND FIRST SINGLE VOLUME EDITION, illustrations by John Burningham, original red cloth, lettered in gilt, top edge staine♕d in black, illustrated endpapers, DUST-𓆏JACKET


As noted by Gilbert, "...the Random House edition is an important printing, marking the earliest published appearance of the entire text; the British Jonathan Cape edition was originall๊y issued in three volumes, with the last instalment released in January 1965, after this US printing."


LITERATURE:

Gilbert A17b (1)