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The James Bond Dossier
London: Jonathan Cape. 1965. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Pp.159. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with gilt titles to spine and blind-stamped bullet-holes to upper cover in the dust-wrapper based on the familiar 'trompe l'oeil' designs which decorated the Ian Fleming first editions. Near fine; a lightly handled copy with a.... More
Tomorrow Never Dies
London: Hodder and Stoughton 1997. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The standard hardcover edition, with cover photo of Pierce Brosnan as James Bond and Bruce Fierstein listed as scriptwriter (a variant exists with four writers credited). Published simultaneously with the mass-market softcover. A lovely fine copy with the faint... More
High Time To Kill. A James Bond novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1999. FIRST EDITION. Hardback in dustwrapper. Inscribed and SIGNED by the author to title page. Both the book and the dust-wrapper are absolutely fine /as new. A lovely copy, warehoused by ourselves since publication. Benson's third original novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond, now one of... More
Not Forgetting James Bond
UK: GBU Publishing 2003. LIMITED EDITION HARDCOVER, one of 1000 numbered coipies SIGNED by the author. Quarto, pp.192, illustrated throughout. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver in glossy colour dust-jacket. A fine, unread copy. 'Not Forgetting James Bond' is the autobiography of Syd Cain, one of cinema's most highly acclaimed... More
Devil May Care. Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming.
London: Michael Joseph / Penguin Books, 2008. LIMITED FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, one of 500 copies issued. Publisher's pictorial hardback cloth binding with all edges silvered in pictorial dustjacket, 'poppy' patterned endpapers. Octavo, pp295 plus [1] note on Faulks, [1] note on Fleming, [10] adverts for previous James... More
Live and Let Die
London: Jonathan Cape. 1959. Hardcover reprint. AN INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY. Publisher's black, gilt-embossed cloth-effect paper over boards, in purple dustwrapper. Minor wear, a little bumped, jacket with some wear to extremities, rubbed to joints. Very good. SIGNED by the author to the flyleaf. This copy is from the library of... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1968,1964, 1965. SET OF THREE VOLUMES, FIRST IMPRESSIONS. Complete. Octavos, pp. 48; 48; 48. Bound in publisher's white card boards in glossy pictorial dustwrappers. A used yet presentable set with some expected wear, price-clipped but corresponding to the bibliography [Gilbert]. The wrappers have a couple of... More
Complete James Bond series comprising Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories inc. From A View To A Kill), Thunderball, The Spy Who loved Me, On Her Majesties Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Living Daylights (short stories).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1960s-80s. 14 volumes; octavo (19 x 38cm). Publisher's hardbacks in illustrated dust-jackets. All Cape printings (the original publisher of the James Bond novels), one title (Octopussy) being a first impression. Overall a very good set with some minor rubbing and wear, some toning/handling, the occasional price-clip, 'Golden... More
Dr. No.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, FIRST STATE. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, silver titles to spine, in pictorial dust wrapper designed by Pat Marriott. This binding without the 'Dancing Lady' design to the upper, being the earlier of the two styles. Copy shows light use only;... More
For Your Eyes Only.
New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1960. FIRST US EDITION. Octavo, pp.218. Publisher's yellow and green cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping. No inscriptions or price-clipping. Dampmark to rear joint and top edge else book is fine. Jacket is lightly rubbed with a few small chips to spine... More
From Russia, With Love (a James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. First Impression, Binding A. Publisher's hardback binding in pictorial dustjacket by Richard Chopping, correctly priced at 13/6. A beautiful near fine copy. The book is particularly fresh with bright foil-work and clean page edges. Jacket also crisp and fresh with a trivial amount wear to spine... More
The Man With the Golden Gun.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, SECOND STATE, BINDING D. pp.221. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with bronze lettering to the spine, plain covers, patterned green endpapers. In the original pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping. No inscriptions. A very good copy in similar price clipped... More
Complete Paperback First Editions of Ian Fleming's James Bond Novels. Comprising: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories inc. From A View To A Kill, Quantum of Solace), Thunderball, The Spy Who loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Living Daylights (short stories).
London: Pan Books. 1955-1967. 14 volumes; 8vo. All First Impressions. Publisher's illustrated softcovers. UK printings (OHMSS is an export copy with 60c price). Some toning to cheap paperstock, occasional spine roll, joints rubbed, one title with owner name, one with a bookshop stamp, some wear as expected. A very good... More
Dr. No (a James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, silver titles to spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Pat Marriott. This issue with the 'Dancing Lady' design on cloth; the earlier binding has plain boards. No inscriptions or price-clipping, some edge-spotting, cloth bumped to crown... More
From Russia With Love (a James Bond novel)
London: Jonathan Cape. 1957, FIRST EDITION. Exquisitely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe for Asprey of London in full black goatskin with Japanese gilt endpapers, all edges gilt. A beautiful copy. This entry in the legendary James Bond series is an absolute classic; 007 does battle with SMERSH, the Soviet organisation... More
Moonraker (a James Bond novel)
London: Jonathan Cape. 1955. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, BINDING B (Linson material). Publisher's black cloth, titled in silver, without jacket. This version is in the Linson cloth, which has a higher sheen and closer pattern/texture and is both described and illustrated on page 8 of the bibliography. Binding B also... More
Octopussy and the Living Daylights.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1966. An UNCORRECTED PROOF copy of the first edition. In printed green wrappers and the pictorial dust-jacket which differs considerably to the published version. The text features some significant differences within the preliminaries leaves, plus literals and minor variations throughout. A very good copy of the book... More
You Only Live Twice (a James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. First Edition. Octavo, pp.256. Elegantly bound in black half oasis morocco over publisher's gilt-stamped cloth boards, with gilt titles and raised bands to spine. A fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. The last title in what has become known as the 'Blofeld' trilogy. This... More
On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Proof and Inscribed copy
London: Jonathan Cape. 1963. 2 copies from the collection of Aubrey Forshaw; a 1963 first impression inscribed by the author, together with an annotated proof copy [issued 1962] in the proof-only dustwrapper. The hardcover volume is in very good condition; dustwrapper a little rubbed and nicked. With a signed presentation... More
Thunderball.
London: Pan Books, 1965. Pp.234 + 6. Paperback. Promotional Copy for Player's Cigarettes, with 'Domino' letter insert. Slim octavo, pictorial card wrappers with wraparound movie artwork; this is the correct (fourteenth) printing used for this promotion which includes a printed notepaper 'handwritten' by Domino to James Bond (although addressed 'Darling')... More
Icebreaker. A James Bond novel.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton 1983. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth. Gilt titles to spine. Fine in fine dust wrapper. SIGNED on flap by the dustwrapper artist Bill Botten, who produced the jacket art for both of Christopher Wood's James Bond novels and the early Gardner Bonds... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure
London: Jonathan Cape 1968, Spy novel. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. Pp.255, [2, illustrated map]. Elegantly hand-bound in half blue calf over cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, publisher's original map endpapers and cloth spine bound in at rear. A fine copy The first post-Fleming James Bond... More
The Man From Barbarossa
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1991. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Pp.231. An original novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. A couple of tiny marks; a lovely fine copy (not a remainder copy). Autographed by the late John Gardner to the title page in... More
Correspondence regarding Book Collecting.
1963. July-December 1963. A series of letters between Ian Fleming, Percy Muir and a Canadian reader of 'The Book Collector' journal regarding a potential rare book. 5 letters, two of which are signed by Fleming; 1) An enquiry from the reader describing her book, addressed 'Dear Mr Fleming'. 2 pages... More
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