Autograph Material
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. The Unofficial James Bond Film Companion.
London: B.T. Batsford, 1997. [Film reference] FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE COPY with review slip inserted. Illustrated quarto. Pp.206; [2], blank. Publisher's softcovers. A fine copy. Scarce advance/review copy. A critique on the James Bond movie franchise. From the comprehensive Bond collection assembled by bibliographer Jon Gilbert (provenance supplied). More
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. The Unofficial James Bond Film Companion.
London: B.T. Batsford, 2000. [Film reference] SECOND EDITION, revised and updated, with new cover art. Illustrated quarto. Pp.216. Publisher's softcovers. A fine copy. A critique on the James Bond movie franchise, updated to include 'The World is Not Enough'. From the comprehensive Bond collection assembled by bibliographer Jon Gilbert (provenance..... More
When the Snow Melts. The Autobiography of Cubby Broccoli.
London: Boxtree, 1998. [Biography] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by Donald Zec to a printed bookplate. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xxiv]; 433, with two suites of photographic plates. Publisher's black cloth with photographic dust-jacket featuring a publicity shot of Cubby Broccoli from 1977. A fine copy. From the comprehensive Bond collection assembled..... More
James Bond The Legacy.
London: Boxtree / Pan Macmillan, 2002. [James Bond reference] UNBOUND PROOFS of the FIRST EDITION. Quarto (37 x 27cm), pp.320. A set of page proofs/galley sheets, unsewn, folded in quires, together with two sets of unused black endpapers, with the glossy gold pictorial dust-jacket priced at £35. Includes a foreword..... More
For My Eyes Only. My Life with James Bond.
London: B.T. Batsford, 2001. [Film production] FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp.240. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs. Publisher's black cloth hardcover, silver endpapers, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £16.99. A fine copy. The autobiography of film-maker John Glen, a veteran of the James Bond series from 1969-1989, editing three films in..... More
The Bond Women 007 Style.
UK: 1-Shot Publications, April 2002. [Film reference] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED and dated (on publication) by the author. Quarto, pp. Pp.117; [1], blank. With silhouette illustraions. Publisher's softcovers priced at £10.95. Fine. A guide to female characters appearing in the Bond films, subtitled '40 Years of Screen Sensuality from Dr. No..... More
The Man with the Golden Eye. Designing the James Bond Films.
Cambridge: Signum Books, 2016. [Movie reference] FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Oblong quarto, pp.176. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs. With presentation note 'To Jon Gilbert / Best Wishes / Peter Lamont //. Additionally SIGNED by co-author Marcus Hearn. Publisher's photographic hardcovers with gold endpapers, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £29.99..... More
The Man Who Was "Q". The Life of Charles Fraser-Smith.
UK: M.S. Fraser-Smith, printed by Cox & Wyman, [1989] 2005. [Biography] SIGNED BY SELINA FRASER SMITH. A paperback original. pp.189; [3], blank. Fourth printing. Publisher's card covers with illustrations to upper. Fine. Subtitled 'The True Story of Charles Fraser-Smith, the "Q" wizard of World War II, this is the fascinating..... More
The Man Who Was "Q". The Life of Charles Fraser-Smith.
UK: M.S. Fraser-Smith, printed by Cox & Wyman, [1989] 1990. [Biography] SIGNED BY CHARLES FRASER-SMITH. A paperback original. pp.189; [3], blank. Second printing. Publishers card covers with illustrations to upper. Fine. Subtitled 'The True Story of Charles Fraser-Smith, the "Q" wizard of World War II, this is the fascinating biography..... More
[You Only Live Twice, United Artists, 1967] Related documents.
UK, 30th March 1967. [James Bond film history] Typed arbitration decision by screenwriter Jack Pulman, regarding a dispute over the credits of the film You Only Live Twice between script writers Roald Dahl and Harold Jack Bloom. A detailed six-page arbitration including two pages of synopsis of Bloom's treatment compared..... More
The James Bond Girls. With an Introduction by Cubby Broccoli.
Mallard Press, 1989. [Bond Film reference] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, softcover issue. Large format glossy photographic book. Publisher's pictorial card covers. With the author's inscription to the half-title; "To James Pickard / -the greatest Fleming collector of them all! / Best Wishes / Graham Rye". With subsequent ownership bookplate of..... More
The James Bond Girls.
London: Boxtree, 1999. [Bond Film reference] REVISED EDITION, SIGNED. Publisher's hardcovers in photographic dust-wrapper. Glossy photographic book, smaller format with the red jacket design. Signed by the author to the title page. The book is in near condition, with some minor edge wear and rubbing to the dust-jacket. First published..... More
Ian & I.
USA: Privately Printed, No date (1980s). [Biography / Memoirs] ENLARGED EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.152; [9]. Illustrated with maps, photographs and facsimile letters. Original blue buckram-covered boards with gilt titles to spine and upper. A fine copy. Partially re-written, with a new epilogue, this edition is in a larger..... More
Ian & I.
USA; Privately Printed, n.d. (1970s). [Biography / Memoirs] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.109; [5]. Illustrated with maps and photographs and facsimile letters. Original dark blue buckram-covered boards with gilt titles to upper. A fine copy of a scarce book. A first-hand account of Ian Fleming's war service, written..... More
The James Bond Diecasts of Corgi.
UK: Solo Publishing, 1996. [James Bond toy reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo Quarto (24 x 17cm), pp.122. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's softcovers priced at £14.95. A fine copy. The definitive guide to the Corgi range of 007 toys, from the '60s to the present day. Dave Worrall is a UK board member..... More
Invitation to Die.
London: Robert Hale, 1970. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Harry Saltzman's copy INSCRIBED by the author "To Harry and Jacqueline / with love from the author / Fergus French", dated 4 November 1970. Octavo, pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's brown cloth with photographic dust-jacket. Some fading, near fine. With a loose handwritten..... More