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'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
Casino Royale.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles and 'Heart' design to upper, tail edge untrimmed, in pictorial second issue (overprinted) dust-jacket, designed by the author, showing the correct price of 10/6..... 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). [Three FIRST EDITIONS].
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963-77. [Spy novels] 14 volumes. Later printings, in a similar format to the first printings. Octavos (20 x 14 x 36cm). Publisher's hardbacks in original illustrated dust-jackets. All Cape printings (the original publisher of the James Bond novels), the final three titles being first impressions. A uniform..... More
Diamonds are Forever.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1956. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Binding B (Linson cloth). Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.257; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth titled in silver. Discreet bookseller ticket to rear pastedown. Contents clean, two unfortunate brown marks/rust marks to the fore-edge otherwise a crisp, fine copy. The fourth of fourteen..... More
Dr No [together with] From Russia With Love (Omnibus).
London: Chancellor Press. 1984. [Spy thrillers] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.285 [3]. Elegantly bound in half navy blue calf, lettered in gilt, raised bands to spine, matching cloth over boards. Light toning to text block, exterior as new. A fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding..... More
Dr. No.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. [Bond thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Export copy. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, silver titles to spine. Second state binding, with the 'Dancing Lady' design to the upper. Illustrated dust-wrapper by Pat Marriott. No inscriptions, contents clean, edges a little toned/spotted, bright..... More
Group of Penguin 007 'Bond Re-jacketed' series (Centenary versions): Live and Let Die; Diamonds Are Forever; Goldfinger; For Your Eyes Only; Thunderball; The Spy Who loved Me; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; You Only Live Twice, Quantum of Solace.
Penguin Books USA, 2002. [James Bond] Nine volumes. Octavo (18 x 11cm). Publisher's soft covers designed by Roseanne Serra and Richie Fahey, priced at $14.00 each Some with Borders price label to rear). Various printings. Although dated 2002 on the copyright page, this group were all issued in 2008 with..... More
Live and Let Die.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. [Thriller] Sixth printing, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.240; [2], blank. Original black cloth-effect paper over boards with gilt-embossed coin motif to upper cover, lettered in gilt to the spine. Gilt dulled as usual else a fine copy, provided with a later plain brown paper..... More
The Man With the Golden Gun.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression, third issue; British colonial/export copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221; [3], blank. Publisher's dark brown cloth-effect paper over boards with bronze lettering to the spine, patterned green endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping. Some light spotting to top edge else..... More
Moonraker.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION, Fourth printing, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, lettered in silver to front cover and spine. Near fine, provided with a later plain brown paper jacket with printed labels, made for ready-reference purposes. Jon Gilbert's..... More
Quantum of Solace. The Complete James Bond Short Stories [3 volumes].
London & New York: Penguin Books, 2008. [Bond] ALL FIRST PRINTINGS. 3 volumes, octavos (18 x 11cm), (20 x 13cm), (20 x 13cm). Publisher's illustrated softcovers. Absolutely fine throughout, being carefully dark stored by ourselves since publication. Comprising the first edition (Modern Classics), first film tie-in edition (Red Classics) and..... More
You Only Live Twice.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, First State, Binding A. ASSOCIATION COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers, dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping priced at 16s. No inscriptions..... More
You Only Live Twice.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, First State, Binding A, British export/colonial copy. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers, dust-jacket by Richard Chopping (version on soft card, not..... More
Goldfinger.
New York: Macmillan [Printed and bound in Great Britain], 1959. [Spy thriller] FIRST US EDITION with the EARLIEST STATE of the jacket. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.318. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with 'skull' design stamped to upper, in original pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Richard Chopping, with front flap..... More
A James Bond Omnibus. Containing Live and Let Die, Diamonds are Forever and Dr No.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1973. [Spy novels] FIRST CAPE EDITION of the first James Bond omnibus to be published in the UK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.748. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards, blocked in gilt to the spine, in the metallic-effect dust-wrapper printed in black and red, publisher's increased price of..... More
The Spy Who Loved Me.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, State A. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Crown Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.221; [1]. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards with scarlet endpapers in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping, priced at 15s. A near fine copy with a slight spine lean, one tiny..... More