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The SPECTRE Trilogy: Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and You Only Live Twice. BOX SET.
London: Vintage Books, 2012. [Spy Fiction] 3 volumes, octavo (20 x 13 x 7cm). Bibliographer's copies. Publisher's softcovers in printed card slipcase with cut-out thumbholes. As new, being unopened in the original shrinkwrap. Jon Gilbert's set, with a post-it note applied to box. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of..... More
James Bond, the Authorized Biography of 007. A fictional biography by John Pearson [two hardback copies].
London & New York: Sidgwick and Jackson, Morrow, 1973. [Fictional biography] FIRST EDITIONS thus, being the first UK edition and the first US edition. 2 vols. Bibliographer's copies. Publisher's hardcovers in dust-wrappers. Near fine examples (some spotting and sunning to the British edition). From from the comprehensive archive of James..... More
The Ultimate James Bond 007 Fan Book.
Jersey City: Deborah Lipp, 2019. [Film reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.[x]; 514. Publisher's softovers with illustrations by Jeff Marshall. A fine, as-new copy. The revised version of this detailed guide to James bond, updated to include pre-release information on the film No Time To Die. This copy..... More
The Many Lives of James Bond: How the Creators of 007 Have Decoded the Superspy.
Lanham, MD: Lyons Press, 2019. [Film reference] FIRST EDITION. Square quarto (26 x 26cm), pp.xii; 300. With illustrations throughout. Publisher's yellow cloth lettered in black to spine, photographic dust-wrapper priced at $27.95. A fine, as-new copy. The largest collection of original interviews with actors who have played Bond (from the..... More
The Telemann Touch.
London: Cassell, 1958. [International intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.206; [2], blank. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt, with photographic dust-jacket priced at 13/6. Slightly dusty, in similar wrapper showing a little edge wear. Near fine. The rear panel carries reviews for the author's previous thriller, likened to..... More
The Man With the Golden Gun. (a James Bond novel)
London: Jonathan Cape. 1965 [actually issued late 1964]. [Thriller] An UNCORRECTED PROOF copy of the first edition, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221; [3], blank. Printed green wraps. One of just 596 copies. A few light marks and creases to rear cover, spine rolled otherwise near fine. Jon Gilbert's..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Uncorrected Proof Copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's lime green softcovers with 'greek urn' device repeated in white, titles printed in black. Usual wrinkling to spine, covers a little dusty and soiled, joints rubbed. Very good. The first post-..... More
James Bond, the Authorised Biography. A fictional biography by John Pearson.
London: Century, 1973. [Fictional biography] FIRST CENTURY EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8]; 339; [5], blank. Publisher's black cloth in photographic dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. A fine copy. Attractive hardcover reissue of this first-person biography of the fictional agent James Bond, first published in 1973. Although the canonical nature..... More
Shovelling Trouble.
London: Quartet Books Ltd., 1973. [Literary Essays] Uncorrected proof copy of FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.162, printed on rectos only. Publisher's printed softcovers. Low-grade paper toned as expected, hand-written publication date to cover, minor wear; near fine. Proofs are scarce. Mordecai Richler was a Canadian author, Academy..... More
The Day of The Jackal.
London:Book Club Associates. 1971. [Spy Thriller] HENRY BLOFELD's copy. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.358 [4]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and grey endpapers. With the glossy dust-jacket designed by Tom Simmonds and Trevor Vertigan. Signed by Blofeld in blue ink to flyleaf. Edges dust/spotted, jacket slightly edge..... More
Scarne on Card Tricks.
London: Constable. 1953. [Sleight of hand, cheating, gambling] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), Pp. x; 138. Publisher's red cloth lettered in silver to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 8s. 6d. to front flap. Edges toned, jacket with some edge wear, rubbed to spine. Very good. The..... More
Scarne on Cards Tricks.
New York: Crown Publishers 1959. [Sleight of hand, cheating, gambling] Fourth printing. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.308. Publisher's red cloth in pictorial jacket. Owner label to rear pastedown. Worn wrapper with a some chips and tears, loss to rear corner, taped to rear, spine sunned. The follow-up to Scarne on..... More
Scarne on Cards.
New York: Crown Publishers 1949. [Sleight of hand, cheating, gambling] FIRST EDITION. Octavo. Pp.x; 406. With frontisportrait and 75 illustrations. Publisher's red cloth in pictorial jacket. Wrapper with a few small nicks and tears, some soiling to rear flap. Very good indeed. A James Bond source book, cited by Ian..... More
Army Diary 1899-1926.
London: Oliver and Boyd, 1960. [Intelligence] FIRST EDITION. Royal octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.viii; 301; [3], blank. With 39 black and white plates and 25 maps printed in colour. Publisher's red cloth in pictorial jacket. Minor spotting to top edge, jacket a little edge worn, with none of the heavy..... More
003½: The Adventures of James Bond Junior.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. [Young Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.175 [1]. Publisher's black cloth, with gilt titles to spine and cartographic endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Jane Hood, priced at 16s. With occasional illustrations by Christopher Chamberlain. A few spots/marks to edges, dust-jacket a little edge..... More
Reader's Digest Condensed Books [The Man With The Golden Gun] (Anthology). Comprising; Dr No, Moonraker, Thunderball, From Russia With Love, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and and Goldfinger.
London: The Reader's Digest Association Ltd., [1966]. 'De Luxe Edition' stated on title page. FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo, pp.504. With several colour illustrations by Roger Coleman. Publisher's green leatherette over combed marbled sides, purple endpapers, top edge coloured purple, original illustrated ex-libris label tucked in (unused, invariably missing). A clean..... More
You Only Live Twice.
New York, NY: MJF Books, 1995. [James Bond novel] FIRST MJF EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's hardback in illustrated dust-wrapper. A fine copy. From the comprehensive Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled notes and ownership. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian..... More
SilverFin (Young James Bond series).
London: Puffin Books, 2005. [James Bond Spin-Off] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[10]; 372; [2]. Publisher's hardback in dust-wrapper, housed in an illustrated slipcase. One of 999 copies thus, SIGNED by the author. A fine, as new copy. With an additional promotional card announcing BloodFever, to be published..... More
James Bond in License [Licence] Renewed.
New York: Richard Marek Publishers, 1981. [Thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.285. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. In pictorial dust-wrapper priced at $9.95 to front flap. Fine book in a near fine jacket with light creases to the front flap. From the comprehensive James Bond..... More
Roger Moore as James Bond 007 [aka Roger Moore's James Bond Diary].
London: Pan Books, 1973. [Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.189; [1], blank; [2], advertisements, in pictorial card wrappers, autographed in black felt-tip pen to inside cover. Paper toned as expected, minor sunning to spine; near fine. Roger Moore's own account of filming 'Live and Let Die', with..... More
Si vive solo due volte. [You Only Live Twice].
Milan: Garzanti, 1965. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.183 [1]. Publisher's brown cloth with yellow titles to spine. The book price of 850 Lira is printed on the rear pastedown. Cheap paper browned as expected, bookseller's slips loosely inserted, a few minor marks to covers..... More
Si vive solo due volte. [You Only Live Twice].
Milan: Garzanti, 1965. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.183 [1]. Publisher's brown cloth with yellow titles to spine. With the purple and yellow dust-jacket, not priced (book price of 850 Lira appears on rear pastedown). Cheap paper browned as expected, jacket with a couple of..... More
James Bond, the Authorized Biography of 007. A fictional biography by John Pearson.
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1973. [Fictional biography] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 317; [3]. Publisher's black cloth with red endpapers and red top edge, in glossy dust-wrapper priced at £2.75. No inscriptions. Contents clean, edges slightly dusty, jacket a little edge worn with a snagged tear to..... More
Diamond.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1956. [Gemstones / mining / Colonial history] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.262; [2], blank. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket. Subtle ownership to free endpaper. A particularly clean, fresh copy in price-clipped jacket. Traveller, journalist and novelist, Hahn was an..... More
Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, and The Spy Who Loved Me.
Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton / Coronet Books, 1989. FIRST CORONET PAPERBACK editions, Canadian issue. 'Coronet General' seires, printed in the UK by Hodder. Octavo (18 x 11cm). Publisher's illustrated embossed textured softcovers with original price $4.95 to upper panel and spine. Small light green ink mark to bottom of textblock..... More