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The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Small octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.111; [1]. Attractively bound in half deep red oasis morocco, titled and ruled in gilt to the spine, raised bands, matching cloth sides, original gold endpapers bound in at the rear. A fine copy. An..... More
The First Saint Omnibus [together with] The Second Saint Omnibus. An Anthology of Saintly Adventures.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1939, 1952. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITIONS, two volumes. Octavos (19 x 13cm), pp.1008 (printed on thin wartime paper); 636. Elegantly hand-bound in half navy blue calf over blue cloth sides, spines gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands, publisher's original titled cloth spine bound..... More
The Fly.
New York: Farrer, Straus & Giroux, 1965. [Modern literature/60s culture] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.291; [1], blank. Publisher's hardcover in pictorial dust-wrapper, designed by the author. No inscriptions, contents clean, top edges dusty/spotted, some foxing to jacket. Very good indeed. A satirical melodrama in an office setting..... More
'Ian Fleming' contained within 'The Evening Colonnade'.
London: David Bruce and Watson, 1973. [Literary anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.519; [1], blank. Publisher's blue cloth binding in dust-jacket designed by Cecil Beaton priced £4.50. A clean, near fine copy. Cyril Connolly was a good friend of Ian Fleming and wrote one of the earliest James..... More
Billion Dollar Brain.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Cold War thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.312. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and white braille design to upper. With the metallic-effect dust-jacket designed by Raymond Hawkey priced at 21s. Book shows light handling only. Lightweight fragile jacket shows..... More
The James Bond Archives.
Koln: Taschen GmbH, 2012. [James Bond Film Reference] FIRST EDITION. Oblong folio (42 x 31cm), text in English, pp.600. Art book format, illustrated throughout with film stills, set photos, posters, books, stunt stills, and more. With a preface by 007 film producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli and a...... More
'The Case of Mr. Fleming' by Bernard Bergonzi, contained within Twentieth Century magazine, March 1958.
London: Printed at the Whitefriars Press, [1958]. [Literary Critique] FIRST APPEARANCE of this famous, controversial essay on the morality of Ian Fleming's novels. Magazine format. Pp.193-288. Original price 2s 6d. Some handling and toning; near fine. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy, with his pencilled ownership signature. Professor Bergonzi's landmark piece concerned..... More
Devil May Care. The Bentley Special Series Edition.
Penguin 007 in association with Bentley Motors, 2008. Large octavo. Original brown leather covers with red stitching, spine and front board lettered and blocked in silver, edges red, red leather doublures, black endpapers, black silk bookmarker. With pewter car model housed within contents. Housed in clear Perspex slipcase. A fine..... More
Casino Royale.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1960. [Spy Thriller] Sixth printing, Bibliographer's copy. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles to spine and 'Heart' design to upper. With the pictorial green 'playing card' dust-jacket illustrated by Pat Marriott, priced at 15s. A near fine copy..... More
Clamshell Box for The Spy Who Loved Me.
[London: Jonathan Cape] Tunbridge Wells: Adrian Harrington Rare Books, [1962-1980, to fit]. A brand new protective clamshell box for Cape (UK) printings of the novel The Spy Who Loved Me, part of a uniform series of James Bond boxes produced by Adrian Harrington. With black cloth covering, rounded spine blocked..... More
Dr. No
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [James Bond novel] FIRST EDITION, sixth printing, binding 'B'. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's brown cloth with 'Dancing Lady' design, illustrated dust-wrapper by Pat Marriott priced at 16s. No inscriptions, contents clean. Edges of text block a little tanned, raised circle/pimple on cover which appears..... More
For Your Eyes Only.
London: Foyles' Book Club, n.d. [1961]. UK BOOK CLUB EDITION. ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo, pp.192. Publisher's green cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Cuthill. With presentation note to the flyleaf 'The sixth will have / to wait. / x / Ian. (underlined). A fine copy in a...... More
'How I Wrote Diamonds Are Forever' in the Daily Express. 11th April 1956.
London: Express Newspapers [1956]. [Journalism] Folio newspaper. Bibliographer's copy. Some browning as expected to cheap newsprint paper stock, some brittle areas, minor chips, archival repair strip along fold. A very good copy of a scarce item. Apart from the publisher's file copy (Cape also retained the typescript), this is the..... More
Octopussy. In 'Playboy' Magazine. March-April 1966.
Chicago, Illinois: Playboy Incorporated, 1966. [Spy novel serialisation] Original Price 75 cents per issue; 2 issues. Magazine format, illustrated. Housed in an elegant protective gilt-titled black buckram case. Overall size 30 x 23cm. Light toning and handling. Near fine copies. Contains the first US appearance of Octopussy, the complete serial..... More
'Monte Carlo' contained within 'Cavalier' Magazine. Vol 13, No.120, June, 1963.
USA: Fawcett Publications, 1963. [Travel/adventure] PERIODICAL APPEARANCE. Pp.94. Magazine format, colour covers, stapled. Illustrated throughout. original price price 50 cents. Subscription label to upper else near fine, some light soiling else fine. Housed in an elegant gilt-titled black cloth hardcover case. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy (pencilled ownership within). Contains a...... More
To Catch A Spy. An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories Edited and Introduced by Eric Ambler.
New York: Atheneum, 1964. [Anthology] FIRST U.S. EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's hardcovers, gilt titles to spine, black endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey priced at $4.50. With autograph of Eric Ambler to half-title. A clean, near fine copy in similar jacket. Contains Ian..... More
[LOBBY CARDS] Live and Let Die.
Eon Productions / United Artists, 1973. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of eight numbered U.S. lobby cards, regular size, from the film 'Live and Let Die', directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Roger Moore, Jane Seymour, and Yaphet Kotto. Stated 'Litho in U.S.A.', displaying the LPIU Cleveland logo. Colour..... More
[LOBBY CARDS] Tomorrow Never Dies.
[United International Pictures] 1997. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of eight U.S. lobby cards, for the film 'Tomorrow Never Dies' starring Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh and Teri Hatcher. Colour lithographic images on medium stock measuring approximately 11 x 14 inches, housed in a collector's gilt-titled protective..... More
The Life of Ian Fleming [2 volumes with variant jackets]. Creator of James Bond.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Literary Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.352, with sixteen pages of photographic plates, red top-stain, pictorial dust-wrappers. The earliest jacket has silver lettering to spine with turquoise author's name and imprint; later versions feature gold lettering and a darker blue blocking. A publisher's sample..... More
Collection of Uncorrected Proofs [James Bond series]. Licence Renewed; For Special Services; Role of Honour; Nobody Lives Forever [For Ever]; No Deals, Mr. Bond; Scorpius.
Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1981-88. 6 works, octavo. In original publisher's red and blue wrappers. 2 copies with dust jackets (Licence Renewed and Role of Honour). Near-fine copies, slight rubbing, minor creasing to spines, otherwise in excellent condition for proof copies, in like dust jackets. First editions..... More
James Bond in Brokenclaw.
New York: G. P. Putman's Sons, 1990. [Thriller] FIRST US EDITION, AUTHOR'S PERSONAL COPY, signed. Octavo, pp.304. Publisher's hardcover in pictorial dust-wrapper showing the original price of $14.95. Autographed by John Gardner to the title page with his manuscript note 'Author's Copy'. Jacket sunned to spine else fine. An original..... More
The Man from Barbarossa [James Bond series].
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1991. Octavo. Original blue paper-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, blue endpapers. With dust jacket. A fine copy. First US edition, first printing, presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author on the title page: "To my very dear friends. / Carolyn & Otto. / With..... More
SilverFin (Young James Bond series).
London: Puffin Books, 2005. [James Bond Spin-Off] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[10]; 372; [2]. Publisher's hardback in dust-wrapper, housed in an illustrated slipcase. One of 999 copies thus, SIGNED by the author. A fine, as new copy. With an additional promotional card announcing BloodFever, to be published..... More
James Bond 007 Licence To Kill [Press Pack].
USA: United Artists 1989. [Film promotion] An original press kit for the movie "Licence to Kill" (1989) directed by John Glen and starring Timothy Dalton as 'James Bond 007', Cari Lowell, Robert Davi and David Hedison. The pack comprises a 42-page book of notes, A4 style, stapled, including cast and..... More