Casino Confusion Ian Fleming Casino Royale
A first edition of Casino Royale by Ian Fleming is theoretically a rare book, especialy so signed
As they say, you wait for one then three come along at once 
We know what’s going on guys but surely someone is actually organizing it !
The first three matches for a search on a book site
CASINO ROYALE
Fleming, Ian
Bookseller: Joe Bloggs (ABA, ILAB, PBFA)
( United Kingdom) Price: £ 39562.50
Book Description: London: Jonathan Cape., 1953. First edition, first printing. Original cloth in dustwrapper. INSCRIBED presentation copy. A FINE copy with only very light spotting to the edge of front free endpaper in a superb very near FINE dustwrapper with a tiny amount of rubbing to the tip of the spine. INSCRIBED by Ian Fleming on the front free endpaper ‘Ian Munro / from / the Author’. Ian Munro was a colleague of Fleming’s at the Kemsley News. The book is housed in a later decorated folding box. A superb copy of the author’s first book and very scarce in this inscribed state. This price includes 5.5% added to cover a compulsory credit card processing fee now imposed by ABE. We are happy to provide IMAGES for any of our books upon request. Bookseller Inventory # 2455
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2. Casino Royale.
FLEMING, Ian.
Bookseller: Joe Soap Antiquarian Bookseller
(London, , United Kingdom) Price: £ 37500.00
Book Description: London, Jonathan Cape, 1953, 1953. First Edition, First Impression. With the author’s presentation inscription on the front free endpaper, “Ian Munro from the Author”. Munro was a colleague of Fleming’s at Kemsley News. Inscribed copies of Bond’s debut are very scarce. 8vo. Original black boards, titles to spine and heart device to upper board in red. With the dustjacket. Housed in a red quarter morocco solander box. Bookplate of Richard Manney to front pastedown. Traces of a very small bookplate removed from the front pastedown, touch of foxing to endpapers. Dustjacket slightly rubbed, minute tanning to lower panel, actually an extremely attractive copy. Bookseller Inventory # 28567
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3. Casino Royale
FLEMING, IAN.
Bookseller: Joe Ninety., A.B.A.A.
(, U.S.A.) Price: £ 36417.85
Book Description: London: Jonathan Cape, 1953, 1953. First Edition of the first James Bond novel. A bit of foxing to both the book and the dust jacket; small erasure inside the front cover; bookplate of Richard Manney (and sold at the dispersal of his library at Sotheby’s in 1991). In a custom clamshell box. Presentation copy; inscribed by Fleming to a colleague at the Kemsley papers, “Ian Munro from the Author.” A collector of antiquarian books himself, Fleming, at least this early in his career as a novelist, preferred the nearly-archaic convention of inscribing books as “The Author.” Perhaps this was an affectation
Craig said,
July 18, 2006 @ 12:46 am
How much would they have been worth if they hadn’t decided to release Casino Royale as a new movie starring Daniel Craig?
On a seperate note the 5.5% credit-card processing fee is surely usury? Purchasing the first example would cost an extra £2175.94 if you were to pay by credit card. It would actually be cheaper to take the weekend off, and fly to collect it, wherever you lived in the world!!!!
And there was I moaning about Paypal fees.
Rod said,
July 18, 2006 @ 8:42 am
Craig,
signed copies have, and do, sell for roughly this price. All depends on condition of course and how interesting the inscription is.
As to the 5.5%, this seller is rightly annoyed by the imposition of the sites own card system and no longer being able to use your own facilities.
The site in question will be charged about 1.5% to process the card, they then add an extra 4% in what they charge the bookseller - a gouge.
Also let’s not forget the 8% commission as well !
Don’t buy through the site - contact the professional seller direct
Michael , said,
July 19, 2006 @ 2:41 pm
Hi ,
Ref :
Book Description: London: Jonathan Cape., 1953. First edition, first printing. Original cloth in dustwrapper. INSCRIBED presentation copy. A FINE copy with only near FINE dustwrapper spine. INSCRIBED by Ian Fleming, etc ,,
Perhaps if three sellers are struggleing to sell the same book
they might want to consider putting it on ebay !
I will keep look out for this one ,
Regards,
Michael ,
Patrick said,
July 19, 2006 @ 2:48 pm
Hi there,
Perhaps you can throw a bit more light on this one ,
How can three people own the same book !
The way i see it is …….
1 - Buys the Book ,
2 - Gets in on the act - for vanity or unable to fund such an item
and then
3 - Gets stuck with it !
Either way , it looks very silly, and has got to have ruined the sale of what has got to be a fantastic item ,
Pat ,
Patrick said,
July 19, 2006 @ 2:51 pm
Perhaps they might want to consider putting it on ebay !
Rod said,
July 19, 2006 @ 6:07 pm
Good idea, one could photograph it, another could list it then the third could parcel it up, seems like a fair division of labour.