New Arrivals
Not Forgetting James Bond.
UK: GBU Publishing, 2003. LIMITED EDITION HARDCOVER, one of 1000 numbered copies SIGNED by the author to the limitation plate. Quarto (25 x 19cm), pp.192, illustrated throughout. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver in glossy colour dust-jacket. A fine, as-new copy. 'Not Forgetting James Bond' is the autobiography of Syd..... More
Ian Fleming's Commandos. The Story of 30 Assault Unit in WWII.
London: Faber and Faber, 2011. [Military History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.397. With illustrations. Publisher's hardback cloth in a pictorial dust-wrapper. No inscriptions or price-clipping; an absolutely fine/as new copy, carefully warehoused by ourselves since publication. "The true story of Fleming's wartime Commando unit, the real-life inspiration for James Bond" (from..... More
Octopussy and the Living Daylights.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, BINDING A. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.95. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards, blocked in silver, patterned grey endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping. Priced at £4.95 via publisher's label to flap. A clean, fine copy in a...... More
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Ian Fleming [Six Novels] (Omnibus). Comprising; Dr No, Moonraker, Thunderball, From Russia With Love, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and and Goldfinger.
London: Octopus Books Limited, in association with William Heinemann, and Secker and Warburg. 1984. [James Bond omnibus] Large octavo, pp.862; [2]. blank. Elegantly bound in half blue oasis morocco over cloth sides, titled in gilt to spine, raised bands, original photographic dust-wrapper preserved at rear, showing a film still of..... More
Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Elegantly hand-bound in half black oasis morocco leather, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, red endpapers, original cloth spine bound in at rear. A fine copy in an attractive leather..... More
Dr. No. (a James Bond novel)
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1958. [Thriller] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth lettered in red, with pictorial dust wrapper designed by Hoffman. Flap shows the correct price $3.50, although other prices are clipped from corners as usual. Owner's ink notes to flyleaf "1958..... More
Live and Let Die.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963 [actually December 1962]. [James Bond] ATTRACTIVE REPRINT, eighth printing. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.240. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, blocked in gilt, with purple dust-wrapper executed by Kenneth Lewis. No ink names. A clean copy of the book but for some tape ghosts to the..... More
The Man With the Golden Gun.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Thriller] FIRST ISSUE, Second state, Binding 'B'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with gilt lettering to the spine, plain covers, patterned green endpapers. In the original pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping priced at 18s. No inscriptions. Some tape..... More
Octopussy and the Living Daylights.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, BINDING A. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.95. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards, blocked in silver, patterned grey endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping. Original price 10s.6d. printed to the front flap. A lightly used copy with a...... More
From Russia, With Love.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'A'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253; [3], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, blocked in silver and red metallic foil, pictorial dust-jacket by Richard Chopping. No inscriptions, some wear/rubbing along to edge, some discolouring of the cloth. A good-very good copy..... More
The Man With the Golden Gun.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Thriller] FIRST ISSUE, Second state, Binding 'B'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with gilt lettering to the spine, plain covers, patterned green endpapers. In the original pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping. A touch of toning to the spine..... More
One's Company — A Journey to China.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1934. [Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.319; [1], blank. With sixteen black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece, and a folding map. Publisher's green cloth with orange titles to spine and upper board. Discreet ink name, a little spotting within and a few light..... More
You Only Live Twice (a James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Elegantly bound in half black oasis morocco over matching cloth sides, with gilt titles, red leather title labels and raised bands to spine. A fine copy, inside and out. The last title in what has become known..... More
Ian Fleming. A Catalogue.
London: Adrian Harrington Ltd, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-9576041-0-0. FIRST EDITION (softcover issue). Published April 2013. Paperback, pp.80. With eight colour plate sections and numerous black and white illustrations within the text. A descriptive catalogue of rare Ian Fleming and James Bond-related material by the award-winning bibliographer Jon Gilbert. As new, signed..... 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 priced at 15s. No ink names. A clean copy of the book..... More
Goldfinger.
London: Foyle [The Book Club], [1960]. [Spy thriller] FOYLES BOOK CLUB EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14 x 26cm). Publisher's pale yellow hardcovers in illustrated dust-wrapper. A clean copy of the book but for some tape ghosts to the endpapers where the jacket was secured. Jacket has also been laminated with..... More
Casino Royale.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1957. [Spy Thriller] Fourth printing [New Edition]. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles and 'Heart' design to upper, pictorial green 'playing card' dust-wrapper illustrated by Pat Marriott (uncredited on this impression), priced at 13/6 (many are price..... More
The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 14cm). Publisher's black cloth, gilt endpapers. Illustrated throughout. With Raymond Hawkey-designed 'reversible' book-jacket for work in the field; the pictorial dust-wrapper can be rapidly disguised as a bible. A fine copy in clean, bright jacket, with a few faint impressions..... More
James Bond and Moonraker.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. [Espionage novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.222; [2], bank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with gilt titles to spine, jacket designed by Bill Botten. A clean, fine copy of the book in a near fine price-clipped jacket with a small nick to the..... More
Thunderball.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.254. Elegantly bound in black half oasis morocco over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-titled in six compartments with traditional raised bands, original gilt and blind-stamped cloth covers preserved at the rear. Bookseller's ticket to pastedown. Trivial toning to..... More
Ian Fleming and the Book Collector.
London: Queen Anne Press, 2017. [Bibliography] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, being the first separate edition. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[vi]; 28; [6], Endmatter. Edition limited to 125 numbered copies signed by the author (co-publisher at Queen Anne Press) and his brother James Fleming (publisher of The Book Collector). Finely printed on..... More
The Spy Who Loved Me.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. [Espionage novel] FIRST EDITION, State A. Crown Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.221. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards with scarlet endpapers in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping. A clean copy of the book but for some tape ghosts to the pastedown where the jacket was secured..... 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. A clean copy of the book but for some tape ghosts to the pastedown where the jacket..... More
The Great Spy Race.
London: Michael Joseph, 1968. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.208. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, in Richard Chopping-esque pictorial dust-jacket designed by Broom Lynne. Near fine but for an unfortunate production fault to p.105, where the leaf has snagged in the gutter (text perfectly legible once..... More
You Only Live Twice (a James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Spy novel] 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). Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to..... More