Biographies and Reference
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
'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
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
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
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
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