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Count On The Saint. The Pastor's Problem [and] The Unsaintly Santa.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1980. [Crime caper] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 175 [5]. Recently re-bound in red half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. All edges lightly trimmed, with the original cloth spine bound in at rear..... More
Die Another Day.
Hodder & Stoughton, 2002. Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in silver. With dust jacket. A fine copy. First edition, first impression, signed by the author and cast members who starred in the film. This copy is signed by Samantha Bond, Judi Dench, Rosamund Pike and Rick Yune on the..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1971. [Children's classic] FIRST CAPE SINGLE VOLUME IN HARDCOVEr, originally published in three volumes. Bibliographer's copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.128. Illustrated by John Burningham. Gilt-titled orange cloth with green endpapers. With the dust-jacket, also illustrated by Burningham, priced at £1.75 via publisher's label. Contents clean. A...... More
Clamshell Box for Dr. No.
[London: Jonathan Cape] Tunbridge Wells: Adrian Harrington Rare Books, [1958-1980, to fit]. A brand new protective clamshell box for Cape (UK) printings of the novel Dr. No, part of a uniform series of James Bond boxes produced by Adrian Harrington. With black cloth covering, rounded spine blocked in gilt, inner..... More
Clamshell Box for Goldfinger.
[London: Jonathan Cape] Tunbridge Wells: Adrian Harrington Rare Books, [1959-1980, to fit]. A brand new protective clamshell box for Cape (UK) printings of the novel Goldfinger, part of a uniform series of James Bond boxes produced by Adrian Harrington. With black cloth covering, rounded spine blocked in gilt, inner trays..... More
Diamonds are Forever.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1956. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Binding B (Linson cloth), export copy. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.257; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth titled in silver, pictorial dust-wrapper by Pat Marriott. Housed in a custom-made cloth clamshell. No inscriptions or spotting. A crisp, fine copy of the book, jacket..... More
For Your Eyes Only.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond short stories] Vintage hardcover reprint. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.252. Publisher's cloth binding, illustrated dust-jacket. Fifth printing. Near fine but for owner markings, in similar jacket. Formerly the property of Wing Commander Edward Jackson, RAF Waltham (where HRH Prince Philip learned to fly), with..... More
'L'Uomo Dalla Pistola D'Oro Cascata di Diamanti' [The Man With The Golden Gun] contained within 'Domenica Del Corriere' [Sunday Courier], 18 April 1965.
Milan, Italy, 1965. [News magazine] Pp.64. Magazine format, stapled. Fully illustrated, with some in colour. Original price 80 Lira. Minor handling and edge wear; near fine. A serialised appearance of Ian Fleming's James Bond novel The Man With The Golden Gun, in an Italian newspaper. This episode, appearing on pp.47-8..... More
Thunderball.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'A'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.254. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards with embossed skeleton hand design to upper board, gilt titles to spine. In dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping. A near fine copy in similar wrapper with one area of browning..... More
On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'A', British export/colonial copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's brown cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine, in the correct original jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping. Contents clean, no ink names, vintage (original?) pencil price to fly, edges..... More
The Spy Who Loved Me
London: Jonathan Cape. 1962 [actually issued October 1961]. [James bond novel] UNCORRECTED PROOF copy of the First Edition. Softcovers, octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221. Publisher's green wraps, with titles printed in black. Some rubbing and wrinkling to spine, some damp marking within. Remains presentable. An inexpensive copy of the scarce..... More
Moonraker [printed ephemera].
UK/USA, [1979]. [Film promotion] A box file of material relating to the 1979 UA film starring Roger Moore as Ian Fleming's James Bond, produced by Albert R Broccoli's EON Productions. Comprising; fold-out synopsis (UK), Production-headed notepaper (unused), official movie magazine (2 copies, one for US market marked 'staff'), pp.23 Production..... More
Octopussy [printed ephemera].
UK/USA, [1983]. [Film promotion] A box file of material relating to the 1983 MGM/UA film starring Roger Moore as Ian Fleming's James Bond, produced by Albert R Broccoli's EON Productions. Comprising; Royal Film Premiere fold-out ticket application, souvenir brochure (UK), official movie magazine (US), Octopussy comic book (German), article from..... More
Contribute 'A Golfing Nightmare' and 'The Terrible Dr. No' to Encore; The Sunday Times Book, Second Year. Edited by Leonard Russell.
London: Micheal Joseph, 1963. [Literary articles/essays/anecdotes] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.406. Publisher's red cloth, top edge blue with original pictorial dust-jacket priced at 25s. Discreet initials to endpaper, jacket clipped otherwise a particularly fine, fresh copy. Outstanding. A collection of outstanding articles contributed to the Sunday Times..... More
[LOBBY CARDS] You Only Live Twice. Set of official front of house cards / lobby cards.
United Artists, Printed in England, 1967. [Cinema promotion] Complete set of 8 original UK Front of House Stills for the 1967 UA film starring Sean Connery as Ian Fleming's James Bond, produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions. Approximate dimensions 10 x 8 inches. Housed in a...... More
James Bond in Brokenclaw.
New York: G. P. Putman's Sons, 1990. [Thriller] FIRST US EDITION, AUTHOR'S PERSONAL COPY, signed. Octavo, pp.304. Publisher's hardcover in pictorial dust-wrapper showing the original price of $14.95. Autographed by John Gardner to the title page with his manuscript note 'Author's Copy'. Jacket sunned to spine else fine. An original..... More
Licence to Kill [James Bond series].
The Armchair Detective Library, April 1989. Octavo. Original black boards, lettered in gilt to the spine, photographic dust jacket with a promotional still showing Timothy Dalton as James Bond in the 1989 movie, priced at £12.95 and $18.95. A clean, fine copy. First US edition, first printing, signed by the..... More
Never Send Flowers [James Bond series].
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1993. Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. A fine copy in like dust jacket, not price-clipped, sharp and bright. First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the title page, of this James Bond continuation novel. From the significant Ian..... More
Nobody Lives For Ever.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1986. [James Bond novel] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS PUBLISHER, inscribed and signed twice. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Trevor Scobie, priced at £8.95. Author's inscription to the flyleaf;..... More
Ian Fleming: The Bibliography.
London: Queen Anne Press, 2017. SIGNED by the author. Royal quarto (33 x 22cm), with black and white illustrations throughout plus four suites of eight colour plates. Set in Albertina type and printed in two colours. Elegantly bound in full green cloth with black endpapers, gilt lettering and ornament. Fine/new..... More
'Driving With James Bond', in The Motor magazine, August 21st 1963.
London: Temple Press, 1963. [Interview] Pp.92. Magazine format in pictorial paper wraps, with photographs throughout. Original price: 1s. 3d. A fine copy. Contains an interview between 'Special Investigator' D.B. Tubbs and with author Ian Fleming, discussing his personal vehicles and those appearing in his James Bond novels, accompanied by photographic..... More
The Spy Boss who Loved James Bond [Ian Fleming tribute by Allen Dulles], in Life magazine, 21st September 1964.
New York: Time-Life International [1964]. [Current Affairs] Pp.90. Magazine format in pictorial paper wraps, with photographs throughout. International edition. Minor handling; near fine. Contains an interesting memoir of author Ian Fleming by his freind, the former CIA Director Allen Dulles, accompanied by a photographic illustration. Fleming had died on 12th..... 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
Kim.
London: Macmillan and co., 1901. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 413 [3]. With 10 black and white illustrated plates. Publisher's red cloth, with gilt titles to spine, and gilt elephant motif stamped to upper. Top edge gilt. No inscriptions, light occasional spotting, some foxing to..... More