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The Missing Diplomats.
London: The Queen Anne Press, 1952. [Espionage] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.50; [1], blank; [1], imprint. Bound in stiff white card covers with title label to upper, yellow dust-wrapper printed in red and black. Jacket a little toned to spine, panels spotted. Very good. Contemporary account of the..... More
James Bond Encyclopaedia.
London: Dorling Kindersley Ltd., 2015. [Film Reference] Illustrated quarto (26 x 22cm), pp.320. Revised edition. Includes a foreword by the James Bond film producers Michael G.Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. With photographs throughout. Hand-bound in half blue oasis morocco with raised bands to spine, gilt titles, matching cloth sides, publisher's original..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time.
London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2012. [Childrens adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[6]; 234. Illustrated by Joe Berger. Publisher's purple cloth hardcover blocked in gilt to the spine, endpapers illustrated in colour, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £10.99. A fine/as new, unread copy. A new adventure featuring Ian Fleming's..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time. Illustrated by Joe Berger.
London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2012. [Childrens adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author with his usual car doodle motif, additionally SIGNED by the illustrator Joe Berber, with an ORIGINAL DRAWING of Count Zborowski. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[6]; 234. Publisher's purple cloth hardcover blocked in gilt to the spine..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again.
London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2011. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[6]; 216; [2], blank. Illustrated by Joe Berger. Publisher's red cloth hardcover blocked in silver to the spine, endpapers illustrated in colour, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £10.99. A fine, as new copy. Commissioned by Ian Fleming..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again.
Somerville, Ma: Candlewick Press, 2011. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[6]; 216; [2], blank. Illustrated by Joe Berger. Publisher's pictorial hardcovers, red endpapers, dust-wrapper priced at $15.99. A fine, as new copy. Commissioned by Ian Fleming Publications, this is the first in a series of..... More
The Letters of Noel Coward.
London: Methuen, 2007. [Literary correspondence] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.786. Illustrated with photographs. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt, photographic jacket priced £25. Carefully used; a near fine copy. Letters of the flamboyant English playwright. Noel Coward was a close friend and neighbour of James Bond creator Ian..... More
Roald Dahl. A Biography.
London: Faber & Faber, 1994. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION, with strike-line ending '1'. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xiv; 307; [1], blank. Illustrated with two suites of eight photographic plates. Publisher's black cloth, photographic jacket priced £17.50. Minor toning to text block else fine. Biography of the award-winning children's author and..... More
Carte Blanche. 'Bentley Edition' with engraved bullet.
London: Bentley 007 / Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. [Spy novel] LIMITED EDITION by Bentley Motors, number 24 of 500 numbered copies of their 'White' edition, issued with a chrome box in the shape of a Bentley GT as featured in the novel (a 'Red' edition was also issued, without the..... More
Carte Blanche. 'Bentley Edition' with engraved bullet and paper wrapper.
London: Bentley 007 / Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. [Spy thriller] LIMITED EDITION by Bentley Motors, No.228 of 500 copies of their 'Red' edition (A 'white' binding was also issued, in a similar style but with a chrome box in the shape of a Bentley GT). Text printed in two colours..... More
Carte Blanche. A James Bond Novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xiv]; 436. Publisher's red cloth blocked with metallic red foil, metallic 'smoke effect' endpapers, illustrated white dust-jacket priced at £19.99. An as-new copy, carefully dark stored by ourselves since publication. A James Bond adventure set in Afghanistan and..... More
Carte Blanche. A James Bond Novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. FIRST TRADE EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xiv]; 436. Publisher's red cloth blocked with metallic red foil, metallic 'smoke effect' endpapers, illustrated white dust-jacket priced at £19.99. A fine copy. A James Bond adventure set in Afghanistan and Dubai, written by..... More
Carte Blanche. A James Bond Novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. [James Bond Continuation] 'INDIES' SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xiv]; 436. Number 1025 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page, and hand-numbered. Publisher's red cloth blocked with metallic red foil to spine and upper, and grey metallic..... More
Carte Blanche. A James Bond Novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. [Spy novel] FIRST TRADE EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xiv]; 436. Publisher's red cloth blocked with metallic red foil, metallic 'smoke effect' endpapers, illustrated white dust-jacket priced at £19.99. This copy has the publisher's original packing label and 'title embargo' notice..... More
Garden of Beasts. A Novel of Berlin 1936.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 404 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket priced at £16.99. Low grade paper somewhat toned, with a little..... More
Garden of Beasts. A Novel of Berlin 1936.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 404 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket priced at £16.99. Low grade paper somewhat toned, with a little..... 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
Bomber.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. [Wartime Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.494; [2], blank. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers lettered to the spine in silver, plain black endpapers, top edge red. Textured dust-wrapper designed by Raymond Hawkey, based on a painting by J.M.W. Turner. A very good copy in price-clipped..... More
City of Gold.
London: Century, 1992. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 15cm), pp.[viii]; 323; [5], blank. Publisher's sand-coloured hardcover cloth blocked in black to the backstrip, cartographic endpapers, illustrated dust-jacket priced at £14.99. Lightly handled; near fine. A novel of conflict, espionage and love, set in Wartime Cairo, 1942. In the 60's..... More
An Expensive Place to Die.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.254. Publisher's black cloth in original pictorial dust-jacket, priced at 21 shillings, with the original loose 'In Transit Docket', designed by Raymond Hawkey. A crisp, fine copy of the book in a near fine, slightly sunned jacket (as..... More
An Expensive Place to Die.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.254. Publisher's black cloth in original pictorial dust-jacket, priced at 21 shillings, with the original loose 'In Transit Docket', designed by Raymond Hawkey. Minor creases to half title else a crisp, fine copy of the book in a...... More
Funeral in Berlin. Secret File Number 3.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Cold-war spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[1] 319 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with blue rubber-stamp motif and blind 'downgraded to unclassified' box blocked to upper board, gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Raymond Hawkey priced at..... More
Funeral in Berlin. Secret File Number 3.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Cold-war spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[1] 319 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with blue rubber-stamp motif and blind 'downgraded to unclassified' box blocked to upper board, gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Raymond Hawkey priced at 18s..... More
Funeral in Berlin. Secret File Number 3.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Cold-war spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[1] 319 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with blue rubber-stamp motif and blind 'downgraded to unclassified' box blocked to upper board, gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Raymond Hawkey. Contents clean, jacket..... More
Horse Under Water.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, and decoration stamped in black and blind to upper. Crossword puzzles to endpapers, with the original competition sheet loose at rear. With the dust-jacket designed by Raymond..... More