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Ian Fleming Obituary in The Book Collector, Winter 1964.
London: The Shenval Press, [1961]. [Literary Journal] A bibliographic magazine. Contributors include John Carter and Nicholas Barker. Publisher's printed softcovers Spine slightly age-toned. Near fine. Contains a tribute to Ian Fleming (Commentary, pp.431-3) by his friend and colleague John Hayward. Ian Fleming ran The Book Collector journal from its inception..... More
The Making of a Publisher. A Life in the 20th Century Book Revolution.
New York: Reynal / Morrow, 1967. [Publishing] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.360. With a frontispiece portrait. Linen-backed brown cloth, patterned endpapers, typographic dust-wrapper priced at $6.95. Contents clean, top edge dusty/spotted, jacket rubbed, worn to spine ends. Very good. Autobiography of Victor Weybright, the American author and publisher..... More
'The James Bond Books of Ian Fleming: A Descriptive Bibliography' appearing in 'Firsts magazine' Volume 8, Number 11.
Firsts Magazine, Inc., Tuscson, Arizona November 1998. [Bibliographic journal] Magazine format, pp.76, pictorial covers. This illustrated article appears on pp.38–51, SIGNED by James M. Pickard. A fine copy. A most readable essay which contains much previously undocumented information; although some technical detail has since been expanded, this remains essential reading..... More
Honor Blackman's Book of Self-defence.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. [James Bond Association] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.128. Liberally illustrated with black and white photographs by Worth. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Cameron Poulterl, priced at 18s. Jacket toned to spine, with rubbing, closed tears and..... More
The Night and The Music. The Matthew Scudder Stories.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop / Telemachus Press, 2011. [Crime novel] DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Limited to 100 copies. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[viii]; 237; [1], blank. Publisher's gilt-stamped blue leather-cloth over marbled paper covered sides, light grey endpapers. Fine / as new. A collection of cases..... More
Birds of the West Indies.
London: Collins, 1960. [Ornithology] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256; [1], blank. With colour plate illustrations and line drawings. Publisher's red cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine, cartographic endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 35s. A few related ink notes to half title else contents clean. Used..... More
Nobody Lives Forever.
Cleveland & New York: The World Publishing Company, 1945. [Crime thriller] FIRST MOTION PICTURE EDITION. Octavo (21x 15cm), pp.243; [3], blank. Two black and white photos as frontis plate. Publisher's red cloth blocked in grey, endpapers feature ten b & w stills from the movie, photographic dust-wrapper. Cheap paper toned..... More
The Shotgun History & Development.
London: A & C Black, 1985. [Firearms] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240. With photographic illustrations throughout. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, original pictorial dust-jacket priced at £15. Some light handling, near fine. Geoffrey Boothroyd was a British expert on firearms who wrote several standard reference..... More
The Life of Samuel Johnson, including a Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides. By the Right Hon. John Wilson Crocker. A New Edition, Thoroughly Revised, With Much Additional Matter. With Portraits.
London: John Murray, 1900. [Literary biography] FINELY BOUND. Large octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.874. Illustrated with engravings. Contemporary full red morocco by R. Grant & Son, Edinburgh, with raised bands, full gilt backs, seal of Fettes College stamped in gilt to upper, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate of William John..... More
The Art of Bond.
London: Boxtree/Pan Macmillan, 2006. [Film design] FIRST EDITION. Square quarto (26 x 26cm), pp.240. Colour photographs throughout. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver, black endpapers photographic dust-wrapper priced at £30rrp. Some trivial handling to jacket else a fine copy. Sub-titled 'From the storyboard to screen: the creative process behind the..... More
The Devil With James Bond.
London: Fontana Books, 1967. [Bond reference] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.126; [2], endmatter. Bound in pictorial card covers priced at 5s. to front. No owner names or writing. Usual toning to cheap paper. A near fine copy, with some inevitable sunning to the spine panel. A paperback..... More
The Devil With James Bond.
Richmond, Virginia: John Knox Press, 1967. [Bond reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.123; [5], blank. Bound in pictorial card covers priced at $1.75 Light handling and age-related toning. A near fine copy. A paperback original. An unusual piece of vintage Bondiana, 'for Bond lovers and Bond loathers'. This..... More
Solo [Waterstones Special Edition].
London: Jonathan Cape, 2013. [James Bond Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.326. Publisher's red screen-printed hardcovers, red endpapers, embossed and die-cut dust-jacket, featuring bullet-holes in the style of the original US printing of Ian Fleming's The Man With The Golden Gun (this adventure being set in 1969, a...... More
James Bond in the Cinema.
London: Tantivy Press, 1972. [James Bond Films] FIRST EDITION (UK version- the US Barnes edition is in a larger format). Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.176. Liberally illustrated with black and white photographs. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Stephan Dreja, publisher's label obscuring..... More
James Bond in the Cinema.
London: Tantivy Press, 1972. [James Bond Films] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED COPY (UK version - the US Barnes edition is in a larger format). Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.176. Liberally illustrated with black and white photographs. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Stephan Dreja..... More
Robert Brownjohn. Sex and Typography.
London: Laurence King Publishing, 2005. [art/design] FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp.240. With colour photographs throughout. Publisher's metallic-effect photographic hardcovers priced at £25 R.R.P. Some inevitable light marks and scratches to the unprotected glossy covers otherwise a near fine copy. Rather scarce. A comprehensive narrative-catalogue of works from the influential pop artist..... More
You Only Live Once. Memories of Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.142. With a suite of eight black and white illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth binding with original dust-wrapper, priced at £3.50. A used, ex-library copy, marked as such and with expected faults. Jacket has a shelf label to spine..... More
You Only Live Once. Memories of Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984. [Biography] Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.142. With a suite of 8 black and white illustrations. Publisher's pale blue cloth binding with original dust-wrapper. A lightly used, ex-library copy, with a few institutional markings. Despite the faults, a very good copy. This is the revised version..... More
You Only Live Once. Memories of Ian Fleming.
Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1984. [Biography] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.142. With a suite of 8 black and white photographs. Publisher's blue cloth binding with original dust-wrapper. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Jacket with minor edge wear and one chip to front panel. Near fine. The..... More
You Only Live Once. Memories of Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975. [Biography] FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE REVIEW COPY. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.142. With a suite of eight black and white illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £3.50. A crisp, fine copy (many went to libraries). To..... More
You Only Live Once. Memories of Ian Fleming.
Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1984. [Biography] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.142. With a suite of 8 black and white photographs. Publisher's blue cloth binding with original dust-wrapper. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A crisp, bright, fine copy in similar jacket. The first American Edition, following the..... More
You Only Live Once. Memories of Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984. [Biography] REVISED EDITION, scarce. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.142. With a suite of 8 black and white illustrations. Publisher's pale blue cloth binding with original dust-wrapper priced £8.95. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A particularly crisp, fine copy in similar jacket with deep red lettering to..... More
The Thirty-Nine Steps and The Power-House.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1922. [Espionage classic] SIGNED COPY, the First Combined Edition. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.304. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine with gilt tooling to front board. Top edge of textblock gilt. SIGNED by the author in pencil to the title page and a...... More
The Courts of the Morning. A Richard Hannay novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1929. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo, pp.405 [8]. Publisher's light blue cloth (also issued in green cloth) with title and trim printed in black, map endpapers. In original pictorial dust-jacket. Some very light offset to flyleaves, minor toning to spine; a gently handled copy..... More
The Thirty-Nine [39] Steps.
London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1915. [Espionage classic] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253; [1]; [2], publisher's advertisements. Elegantly hand-bound in full dark blue calf, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, gilt titles to upper cover, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. A few light marks..... More