Biographies and Reference
'Diamonds Are Forever' reviews contained within 'Now and Then' magazine, Number 97, Summer 1956.
London: Jonathan Cape. [1956]. [Journal] Pp.16. Price sixpence. Magazine format, illustrated. A fine copy. Publisher Jonathan Cape's literary magazine for the publishing industry, booksellers and the public alike. Contains two quotes from reviews of the latest James Bond novel 'Diamonds are Forever' (p.13), from the Birmingham Post and the Sunday..... More
'From Russia With Love' announcement contained within 'Now & Then' magazine, Winter 1956-7.
London: Jonathan Cape. [1956]. [Journal] (25 x 17 cm) pp.24. Price sixpence. Magazine format, illustrated. With folio colour advertisement for 'Books and Bookmen' tucked in. Near fine. Publisher Jonathan Cape's literary magazine for the publishing industry, booksellers and the public alike. Contains a paragraph in the 'News' section (p.21) which..... More
'Moonraker' review contained within 'Now and Then' magazine, Number 94, Spring 1955.
London: Jonathan Cape. [1955]. [Journal] Pp.24. Price sixpence. Magazine format, illustrated. Fine. Publisher Jonathan Cape's literary magazine for the publishing industry, booksellers and the public alike. Contains Charles Fortescue's review of the latest James Bond novel 'Moonraker' (p.5). There is also an advertisement for the forthcoming book printed on the..... More
'Casino Royale' advert within 'Now and Then' Magazine. No. 88, Spring 1953.
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd. [1953]. [Journal] Pp.24. Price 6d. Magazine format, illustrated. Staples rusted, two small ink 'x' marks to final page of ads. Near fine. This issue contains a portrait sketch of Ian Fleming (p.8) as used on the jacket of Casino Royale, also features an advert for the..... More
'Live & Let Die' announcement within 'Now and Then' Magazine. No. 90, Autumn 1953.
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd. [1953]. [Journal] Pp.24. Price 6d. Magazine format, illustrated. Fine. This issue contains an advance notice of Ian Fleming's second novel Live & Let Die, "which will be published next year, James Bond of the British Secret Service is again the hero" Gilbert A2a 'Advertising', p.63... More
Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Issue 1, March 1976.
USA: Banana Bread Publications, 1976. [James Bond fan magazine] Pp.52. Magazine format, stapled, with sketches and photographs throughout. Includes a James Bond magazine bibliography. A rare piece of 'Bondiana'. Minor toning. Fine. A particularly early and scarce James Bond fanzine, published and edited by Michael France (credited as' Mike France')..... More
[contribute to] The Story of James Bond. A Tribute to Ian Fleming.
[London] 2008. An illustrated colour programe for the gala event celebrating the Ian Fleming Centenary held at the London Palladium on 5th October 2008. Pp.28, magazine format, illustrated. A fine copy. Includes an extract text 'From Russia With love (1957), articles from Lucy Fleming & Kate Grimond (Ian Fleming's nieces)..... More
Ian Fleming obituary within 'The Sunday Times Magazine', 27th December 1964.
London: Thomson Newspapers Ltd., [1964]. [Biographical article] Newspaper supplement/magazine format, colour illustrated. Pp.36. Some toning as expected. Near fine. This review of the year 1964 includes an obituary of Ian Fleming (pp.17), the former Foreign Manager of The Sunday Times and a contributing writer right up to his death, who..... More
'Ian Fleming- Candid Conversation'. In 'Playboy' Magazine. December 1964.
Chicago, Illinois: Playboy Incorporated, 1964. [Interview] Pp.292. Original Price $1.25, this is a European issue priced for UK (13s. 6d.) and Sweden (9.90 Krona). Magazine format, illustrated. Contains the final interview with author, regular contributor and James Bond creator Ian Fleming, who had died earlier that year. Includes three photographs..... More
'Ian Fleming- Candid Conversation'. In 'Playboy' Magazine. December 1964.
Chicago, Illinois: Playboy Incorporated, 1964. [Interview] Pp.292. Original Price $1.25. Magazine format, stapled, illustrated throughout. Contains the final interview with author, regular contributor and James Bond creator Ian Fleming, who had died earlier that year. Includes three photographs of Fleming within. Centrefold pullout removed, as a result noted in ink..... More
'My Secret Life At The Sunday Times. Ian Fleming featuring Una Trueblood' within 'The Sunday Times Magazine', 14th October 2012.
London: Times Newspapers Ltd., [2012]. [Biographical article] FIRST APPEARANCE of this cover story on Ian Fleming by Mark Edmonds. Newspaper supplement format, colour illustrated. Pp.62. With other associated Sunday Times magazine parts from that issue. A fine copy. Featuring a biographical article on Fleming's shadowy role at The Sunday Times..... More
'License to Thrill'. In 'Cigar Aficionado', December 2008.
New York: M. Shanken Communications, [2008]. [Biography / Lifestyle] Pp.256. Glossy magazine format in photographic covers, illustrated throughout. Origina Price $5.95. Fine. Contains a biographical article on Ian Fleming and the Bond franchise, written by the James Bond historian David Giammarco, For Your Eyes Only: Behind the Scenes of the..... More
'The Man With The Golden Touch'. In 'ST', the Sunday Telegraph Magazine. Autumn/Winter 2008.
London: Show Media, printed by Polestar [2008]. [Biography / Lifestyle] Pp.90. Glossy magazine format in photographic covers, illustrated throughout. A fine copy. Scarce. Contains a biographical article on Ian Fleming, written by the official James Bond novelist Charlie Higson, and published to coincide with the release of the film 'Quantum..... More
'Ian Fleming- Candid Conversation'. In 'Playboy' Magazine. December 1964.
Chicago, Illinois: Playboy Incorporated, 1964. [Magazine] (28 x 21cm), pp.292. Original Price $1.25. Magazine format, illustrated. Some expected handling; near fine. Contains the final interview with author, regular contributor and James Bond creator Ian Fleming, who had died earlier that year. Includes three photographs of Fleming within. Pp.179-94 excised, otherwise..... More
'Nobody Does It Better' contained within 'Filmfax' magazine, No.44, April/May 1994.
USA: Michael Stein, [1994]. [Biographical article] FIRST APPEARANCE of this profile of Ian Fleming by Scott Rhodes. Magazine format, illustrated. Pp.98. Original price $4.95. Fine. This issue of 'The Magazine of Unusual Film & Television' contains a long article, illustrated with photos, subtitled 'Ian Fleming and the Early Years of..... More
'The Ian Fleming?' in 'Saturday Review' 26th May 1962.
New York: Saturday Review, Inc. [1962]. [Lifestyle / travel] Pp.66. Magazine format in pictorial paper wraps, with photographs throughout. Original price: 25c. Some light wear, postal label to front cover. Near fine. Includes a profile of Ian Fleming (p.7), working in Jamaica on his eleventh James Bond thriller 'On Her..... More
'The Man With The Golden Bond' in 'Time' magazine, 21st August 1964.
New York: Time-Life International [1964].New York: Time-Life International. [Current Affairs] Pp.60. Magazine format in pictorial paper wraps, with photographs throughout. Atlantic edition, priced 2/6 for UK. A fine copy. Includes a long obituary of Ian Fleming (pp.18-19), who had died on 12th August. Accompanied by a Loomis Dean portrait of..... More
Bond and Beyond. The Political Career of a Popular Hero.
London: Macmillan, 1987. [James Bond reference] FIRST EDITION, hardback issue. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.315; [1], blank. Publisher's grey cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt, photographic dust-wrapper. Bibliographer's copy, lightly used. Near fine. An unusual item of Bondiana. This is a serious critical study of the subject which was issued simultaneously..... More
Bond and Beyond. The Political Career of a Popular Hero.
London: Macmillan, 1987. [James Bond reference] FIRST EDITION, softcover issue (issued simultaneously in hardback). Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.315; [1], blank. Publisher's photographic sofcovers. Bibliographer's copy, lightly used. Fine. An unusual item of Bondiana, being a serious critical study of the subject. This copy is from the collection of Ian..... More
The Politics of James Bond: From Fleming's Novels to the Big Screen
Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. 2001. [James Bond reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xiv; 227; [7]. Publisher's quarter black cloth over paper-covered sides, titled in silver to spine, dust-wrapper priced at $24.95. A clean, fine copy. A look at sex, race, class and other issues in the James Bond..... More
James Bond. Did He Really Live Twice?
UK: Domino Books, 1988. [James Bond reference] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. A paperback original. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.130; [4], blank. Publisher's illustrated softcovers, priced £6.95. With non-specific inscription to title page; Hope you enjoy it / John D. Bryan //. A fine, as-new copy. Described as a 'literary detective story'..... More
James Bond. Did He Really Live Twice?
UK: Domino Books, 1988. [James Bond reference] FIRST EDITION. A paperback original. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.130; [4], blank. Publisher's illustrated softcovers, priced £6.95. A fine, as-new copy. Described as a 'literary detective story', this is an unusual piece of Bondiana. From the collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Otto Penzler..... More
Kuwait and Her Neighbours. Edited for publication by Clifford Witting.
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1956. [Travel / history] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth, title gilt on green plaque to spine, top edge orange, sewn-cloth joints, illustrated dust jacket by Gross-Andre, repriced to 75s. With coloured frontispiece, 27 pages of black & white plates..... More
Coronation June 2 1953.
London: Arthur Barker, 1978. [British History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.152. Red cloth lettered in gilt, with the photographic dust-wrapper. Fine in near fine price-clipped jacket, with a barely-visible repaired tear to upper. In his foreword, author Conrad Frost credits James Bond author Ian Fleming for the eventual..... More
The Bond Code. The Dark World of Ian Fleming and James Bond.
Franklin Lakes, NJ: New Page Books / The Career Press, 2008. [James Bond reference] FIRST EDITION. A paperback original. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's illustrated softcovers. A fine copy. An insightful look at Ian Fleming, and links with the occult through his writings, in particular, the clues..... More