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Dr. No.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. 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. Contents clean, trivial toning to edges. Near fine, in a bright, near..... More
For Your Eyes Only.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1960. [James Bond short stories] FIRST EDITION. First Impression, Binding A. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.252. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, lettered in gilt, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 15s. Contents clean, page edges are fresh, contemporary Christmas gift inscription to f.e.p., jacket lightly creased with a...... More
Goldfinger.
Garden City, New York: International Collectors Library, n.d. [1980s]. [Spy novel] INTERNATIONAL COLLECTORS LIBRARY EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.223; [5], blank. Publisher's 'antique-style' leather-effect vinyl over boards, raised bands to spine, tooled in gilt, green eps., yellow embroidered head and tail bands, fore-edge untrimmed. Very light rubbing to extremities..... More
Ian Fleming's James Bond novels. Complete Signet 'D' 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, 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)
New York, NY: Signet Books / NAL., 1960s. [Spy Fiction] Fourteen volumes. Octavos (18 x 11 x 17cm). Publisher's colour illustrated softcovers, all edges tinted red. A vintage set of Signet paperbacks in the popular uniform 'D' series edition with vignette cover artwork and bold 'A James Bond Thriller' lettering;..... More
Thunderball [two copies in varying bindings].
London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'A'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.254. Publisher's cloth-effect dark brown paper over boards with embossed skeleton hand design to upper board, gilt titles to spine, together with Binding 'A', in a lighter shade of covering material blocked in SILVER to the..... More
You Only Live Twice.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, First State, Binding A. Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean's copy, with his visiting card and Cape book label loosely inserted. 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..... More
The Spy Who Loved Me.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. [Espionage novel] FIRST EDITION, State A, bibliographer's copy. Crown octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.221. Elegantly bound in black half oasis morocco over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-titled in six compartments with traditional raised bands, red endpapers, publisher's cloth cover stamped with commando knife design preserved at..... More
The Spy Who Loved Me.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962 [actually issued October 1961]. [Spy thriller] UNCORRECTED PROOF copy of the First Edition. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221. Publisher's green wraps, with titles printed in black. Housed in a custom-made, fleece-lined, leather-spined clamshell box. Spine slightly toned and rolled, joints rubbed, publication details pencilled to upper;..... More
You Only Live Twice (a James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Spy novel] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. With 'First Published March 1964' on the copyright page, being the rarer of the two First printing states (Gilbert). Elegantly bound in half black oasis morocco over black cloth sides, with gilt titles, raised bands to..... More
Thunderball; Murder Clear, Track Fast; Deadlier Than The Male (Anthology).
Roslyn, New York: Detective Book Club, [1966]. [Thriller omnibus/anthology] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.200; 158; 116. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards, issued without jacket. This is a FILE COPY, marked as such and with a date stamp of 6th September 1961, likely the date of publication. A clean..... More