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The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner).
New York: Viking, 1965. [Bondiana] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 14cm). Publisher's white glossy hardcovers, red endpapers. Illustrated throughout. With Raymond Hawkey-designed book-jacket priced at $2.50. A fine copy in clean, bright jacket. An unusual piece of Bondiana. Bill Tanner is a fictional character in the James Bond novel..... More
The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Small octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.111; [1]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt endpapers. Illustrated throughout. With Raymond Hawkey-designed 'reversible' book-jacket for work in the field; the pictorial dust-wrapper can be rapidly disguised as a bible. Price clipped, else a clean, fine..... More
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]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt endpapers. Illustrated throughout. With Raymond Hawkey-designed 'reversible' book-jacket for work in the field; the pictorial dust-wrapper can be rapidly disguised as a bible. Ink ownership to endpaper, small patch..... More
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 Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 14cm). Publisher's black cloth, gilt endpapers. Illustrated throughout. With Raymond Hawkey-designed 'reversible' book-jacket for work in the field; the pictorial dust-wrapper can be rapidly disguised as a bible. A fine copy in clean, bright jacket, with a couple of faint..... 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
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
Solo.
Jonathan Cape, 2013. Octavo. Original black goatskin with debossed bullet holes, marbled endpapers, edges red, silk bookmarker. Housed in original matching screen-printed black cloth slipcase. In original paper wrapping with limitation label applied. A fine copy. First edition, signed limited issue, number 70 of 100 copies signed by the author..... More
Solo.
Jonathan Cape, 2013. Octavo. Original red boards, spine lettered in black, front cover blocked in white, black and yellow, red edges, red endpapers. With dust jacket. Waterstones bookmarker loosely inserted. A fine copy. First edition, first impression, special issue for Waterstones, distinguished from the regular first edition by its red..... More
'Ian Fleming Remembered' appearing in 'Encounter' magazine, January 1965.
London: 25 Haymarket, 1965. [Literary journal] Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.96. Original issue magazine format, perfect bound with pictorial covers, priced at 4 shillings / 75 cents. Spine sunned else a particularly clean, fresh copy. Includes a tribute to Ian Fleming, written by his friend and literary advisor William Plomer..... More
The Hard Sell.
London: Cassell, 1965. [International airline mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.188. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt, with illustrated dust-jacket priced at 18s. Some spotting, owner's surname to f.e.p., jacket is near fine. The rear panel carries reviews for the author's previous thriller, likened to James Bond; "the..... More
The Telemann Touch.
London: Cassell, 1958. [International intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.206; [2], blank. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt, with photographic dust-jacket priced at 13/6. Slightly dusty, in similar wrapper showing a little edge wear. Near fine. The rear panel carries reviews for the author's previous thriller, likened to..... More
Twentieth-Century British Book Collectors and Bibliographers. Dictionary of Literary Biography Volume 201.
Detroit, Washington DC, London: A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book, Gale Research, 1999. FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp.393 [21]. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's pale blue cloth covers blocked in navy and gilt. A clean, fine copy. Uncommon to find a privately-owned copy as most went to libraries. Includes a lengthy portrait of Ian..... More
The Eiger Sanction.
London: Heinemann, 1973. [Suspense] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp229; [1], blank. Publisher's red cloth hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine, photographic dust-jacket priced at £2.10. Contents clean, no ink names. A fine copy in a near fine wrapper. The British first is rather scarce. A secret..... More
Bloody River Blues. A Location Scout Mystery.
New York: Avon Books, 1993. [Crime novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author. A paperback original. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.267; [1]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers, priced at $4.50. Autograph of Jeffery Deaver to the title page, also signing his nom-de-plume. Cheap paper gently toned as expected else fine. The second..... More
Shallow Graves. A Location Scout Mystery.
New York: Avon Books, 1992. [Crime novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author. A paperback original. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.261; [7]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers, priced at $4.50. Autograph of Jeffery Deaver to title page, also signing his nom-de-plume. Cheap paper gently toned as expected else fine. The first John..... More
The Stretton Street Affair.
London: Cassell and Co., 1924. [Spy fiction] ASSOCIATION COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's burgundy cloth titled and decorated in black to spine and front board. Gift inscription to title page: "To Enid Agabeg | from Uncle | William Le Queux ". Internally clean, very light spoting to page..... More
Ashenden. Or The British Agent.
London: William Heinemann, 1928. [Thriller collection] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.196; [12], blank. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in black and gilt, striking illustrated dust-jacket. Some gentle toning, jacket with a tiny amount of wear at crown, spine toned as usual, 'The Times Book Club' small label to lower..... More
Ian Fleming 28th May 1908 - 12th August 1964. An Address Given at the Memorial Service.
Westerham Press, Privately Printed, 1964. [Tribute] FIRST EDITION, the limited hardcover copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.10 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with printed title label to upper. With the original glassine jacket. A fine copy of the book, with a very good example of the fragile wrapper (some nicks and..... More
The Autobiography of William Plomer.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.[ii]; 455; [1], blank. Illustrated with photographic plates. Publisher's grey cloth, tan endpapers, top edge red, typographic dust-jacket priced £7.50. Sunned to top edge, some minor handling; very good indeed. William Plomer CBE, was a close friend of..... More
The Case is Altered.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1932. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.341; [3]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the grey dust-jacket illustrated by John Banting, priced at 7/6. Spotting to edges and sporadically to the textblock. Jacket spine toned, with some chips to edges..... More
William Plomer At Home. Memoirs.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1989. [Literary autobiography] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.253; [3], blank. Publisher's grey cloth blocked in purple, typographic dust-jacket priced 16s. Contents clean, vintage bookplate with wood cut illustration to pastedown, jacket sunned to spine else near fine. William Plomer CBE, was a close..... More
William Plomer A Biography.
Oxford: OUP, 1989. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION, second impression. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.397; [1], blank. Publisher's blue cloth, illustrated dust-jacket priced £25. A clean, fine copy. William Plomer CBE, was a close friend of Ian Fleming, his trusted Editor-in-chief, the dedicatee of the novel Goldfinger, and the very first..... More
Ian Fleming 28th May 1908 - 12th August 1964. An Address Given at the Memorial Service.
Westerham Press, Privately Printed 1964. [Tribute] Slim octavo. 2 volumes; one in black cloth, one in black card wraps, with printed title label to upper. Each in original semi-transparent paper jacket. The hardcover copy coming from the library of Jonathan Cape publisher Tom Maschler with a bookplate to that effect..... More
A Man Called Intrepid. The Secret War 1939-1945.
London: Macmillan, 1976. [Espionage] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xii; 486. Illustrated with a suit of black and white photographic plates. Publisher's blue cloth, pictorial dust-wrapper priced £4.95. Contents clean, text block toned in gatherings, ink ownership to flyleaf, jacket a little edge worn. A very good copy. Basis..... More