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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1971. [Children's classic] FIRST CAPE SINGLE VOLUME IN HARDCOVEr, originally published in three volumes. Bibliographer's copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.128. Illustrated by John Burningham. Hand-bound in half mid-green oasis morocco with raised bands to spine, gilt rules and titles, matching cloth sides, publisher's sudt-wrapper preserved at..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964-5. [Children's classic] 3 volumes, octavos (24 x 17cm), pp.48, 48, 48. ALL FIRST IMPRESSIONS. Complete. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's white hardcovers in glossy pictorial dust-wrappers. Contents clean, no inscriptions or bookplates. Some light shelfwear, spotting to top edge of last volume, jackets lightly used only..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1971. [Children's classic] FIRST CAPE SINGLE VOLUME IN HARDCOVEr, originally published in three volumes. Bibliographer's copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.128. Illustrated by John Burningham. Gilt-titled orange cloth with green endpapers. With the dust-jacket, also illustrated by Burningham, priced at £1.75 via publisher's label. Contents clean. A...... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1977. [Children's classic] CAPE SINGLE VOLUME IN HARDCOVEr, the second printing, originally published in three volumes. Bibliographer's copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.128. Illustrated by John Burningham. Gilt-titled orange cloth with green illustrated endpapers. With the dust-jacket, also illustrated by Burningham, priced at £3.95 via publisher's label..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1981. [Children's classic] CAPE SINGLE VOLUME IN HARDCOVEr, the third printing, originally published in three volumes. Bibliographer's copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.128. Illustrated by John Burningham. Gilt-titled orange cloth with plain green endpapers. With the dust-jacket, also illustrated by Burningham, priced at £4.95. As new. A...... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1981. [Children's classic] CAPE SINGLE VOLUME IN HARDCOVEr, the third printing, originally published in three volumes. Bibliographer's copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.128. Illustrated by John Burningham. Gilt-titled orange cloth with plain green endpapers. With the dust-jacket, also illustrated by Burningham, priced at £6.95 via publisher's label..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1981. [Children's classic] CAPE SINGLE VOLUME IN HARDCOVEr, the third printing, originally published in three volumes. Bibliographer's copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.128. Illustrated by John Burningham. Gilt-titled orange cloth with plain green endpapers. With the dust-jacket, also illustrated by Burningham, clipped and priced at £7.50 via..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Three signed Lithographs.
London: Jonathan Cape and Queen Anne Press, 2014. [Artwork] Three lithographs signed and numbered by illustrator John Burningham, each being number 3 of 15. Three lithograph prints on art paper (297 x 420 mm), with publisher's off-white mounts. The prints show the gangsters being apprehended, Chitty flying over the Goodwin..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. [Children's classic] Vintage hardback in a single volume; originally published in three volumes. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.128. Illustrated by John Burningham. Gilt-titled orange cloth with green endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper. Clean ex-library copy with a neat stamp to the copyright page, 'withdrawn' stamp on endpapers, library..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Pan / Piccolo Books, 1968. [Childrens classic] Oversize trade paperback, handsomely rebound. Octavo (22 x 18cm), pp.123; [3], blank. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. All three adventures in one volume. Illustrated by John Burningham. Hand-bound in half mid-green oasis morocco with raised bands to spine, gilt rules and titles, matching..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Pan / Piccolo Books, 1968. [Childrens classic] All three adventures in one volume. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, SIGNED by the illustrator. Oversize trade paperback, handsomely rebound, bibliographer's copy with his pencilled ownership. Octavo (22 x 18cm), pp.123; [3], blank. Illustrated by John Burningham. Hand-bound in half mid-green oasis morocco..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
New York, NY: Random House / Columbus, OH: Weekly Reader Children's Book Club, 1964 [1965]. [Childrens classic] Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.116. Dated 1964 but issued in 1965. Publisher's illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers in black and white, no jacket was issued. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Covers show some use with..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
New York, NY: Random House, 1964 [1965]. [Childrens classic] Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.118. Dated 1964 but issued in 1965. Publisher's hardcover, top edge coloured black, in pictorial jacket. This is the Book Club issue (often mistaken as the first US edition). Exhibits some minor toning and handling; price-clipped as..... More
To Catch A Spy [3 copies]. An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories Edited and Introduced by Eric Ambler.
London: Four Square & Fontana, New York: Bantam, 1966, 1974, 1966. [Spy Anthology] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITIONS; first UK, first Fontana edition and first U.S printings. Bibliographer's copies. Octavos, publisher's pictorial softcovers. No inscriptions, book store stamp inside cover of Bantam edition, contents toned as expected, very light wear to covers..... More
To Catch A Spy. An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories Edited and Introduced by Eric Ambler.
London: The Bodley Head, 1964. [Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey, priced at 16s. Contents and edge of text block clean. Book is lacking free endpaper else fine, in a near fine, price-clipped jacket with a...... More
To Catch A Spy. An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories Edited and Introduced by Eric Ambler.
London: The Bodley Head, 1964. [Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey. Contents clean, jacket with a little of the usual laminate shrinkage to joints, rich red lettering to spine, price clipped else a fine copy. Contains..... More
To Catch A Spy. An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories Edited and Introduced by Eric Ambler.
London: The Bodley Head, 1964. [Anthology] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the first edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.224. Publisher's printed buff wraps. Contents clean, covers slightly spotted, sunned to spine. Near fine. A rare proof; no other copies are currently listed online. Contains Ian Fleming's James Bond novella 'From 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
[James Bond] A group of four Comic Book volumes comprising [1] Casino Royale, Live & Let Die; [2], The Spy Who Loved Me; [3] Octopussy, The Hildebrand Rarity; [4] The Man With The Golden Gun, The Living Daylights.
US/UK: Titan Books, 1987-90. [Comic strip anthologies] Tall paperbacks in illustrated glossy covers. Strips written by Ian Fleming, Henry Gammidge, Anthony Hern and Jim Lawrence, illustrated by John McLusky and Yaroslav Horak. All first printings. Fine copies. Comic-strip adaptations of Ian Fleming's James Bond stories, as serialised in the Daily..... More
[James Bond] A group of seven Comic Book volumes comprising [1] Casino Royale, Live & Let Die, Moonraker (and other stories); [2] Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No; [3] Goldfinger, Risico, From A View To A Kill, For Your Eyes Only, Thunderball; [4] OHMSS, You Only Live Twice; [5] The Man With The Golden Gun, The Living Daylights; [6] Octopussy, The Hildebrand Rarity; [7] The Spy Who Loved Me, The Harpies.
US/UK: Titan Books, 2004-5. [Comic strip anthologies, series 1-3] Tall paperbacks in illustrated glossy covers. Strips written by Ian Fleming, Henry Gammidge, Anthony Hern and Jim Lawrence, illustrated by John McLusky and Yaroslav Horak. Mixed printings. With introductions by Roger Moore, Eunice Gayson, Shirley Eaton, George Lazenby, Lucy Fleming, Maud..... More
Brokenclaw. A James Bond novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1990. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.218. 'Lancastria' brand binding by Askews of Preston [library suppliers], being plain burgundy cloth with sewn cloth-strengthened inside joints for heavy use, binders label to rear, illustrated dust-jacket, flap is priced at £12.95 for the UK market..... More
Brokenclaw. A James Bond novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1990. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp. 218. Publisher's red cloth in pictorial dustwrapper; flap is priced at £12.95 for the UK market (non-priced export copies were also produced). Contents clean, no inscriptions. Very lightly handled. Near fine. An original novel starring Ian..... More
Cold [James Bond series].
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1996. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm) Pp.213. Publisher's hardback cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper Unpriced copy (for export). Top edge dusty/toned else fine in near fine jacket, a little sunned to spine. John Gardner's final James Bond title, published as 'Cold Fall' in America..... More
Cold [James Bond series].
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1996. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE COPY. Octavo (24 x 16cm) Pp.213. Publisher's hardback cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £16.99. This is a pre-publication review copy, with Hodder's press release tucked in. A fine copy which appears unread (press release folded once, slightly worn at..... More
Cold [James Bond series].
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1996. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm) Pp.213. Publisher's hardback cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £16.99 (many were unpriced for export). A fine, unread copy. Seemingly printed in small numbers, this is a particularly scarce James Bond title. Published as 'Cold..... More