New Arrivals
Honor Blackman's book of self-defence.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. [James Bond Association] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.128. Liberally illustrated with black and white photographs by Worth. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Cameron Poulterl, priced at 18s. Jacket toned to spine, with rubbing, closed tears and..... More
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The Book Collector: Ian Fleming and Book Collecting [a special issue]. Edited by James Fergusson; Consultant Editor, Nicolas Barker.
London: The Collector Limited, 2017. [Literary Journal] Vol. 66, No.1, Spring 2017. Octavo, pp.288. A bumper number (profusely illustrated), in gold wrappers, SIGNED by contributor Jon Gilbert (p.6). A fine, unread. To celebrate its 65th anniversary, The Book Collector magazine devoted its Spring 2017 issue to Ian Fleming, who had..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Maps to endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Tom Adams, priced at 21s. Light spotting to top edge. A fine, almost as-new copy. The first post-Fleming James Bond..... More
'007 In New York' contained within 'The Sunday Times Magazine' magazine. November 7th 1999.
London: Times Newspapers Ltd., 1999. [Spy Fiction] FIRST APPEARANCE. Newspaper format, colour illustrated. Pp.86. The '007 Collectors Issue' containing nothing but James Bond related material. Includes the very first UK printing of the Ian Fleming short story '007 In New York', which had been issued in America in the sixties..... More
Devil May Care. Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming.
London: Michael Joseph / Penguin Books, 2008. [Spy novel] LIMITED FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, number 390 of 500 copies issued. Publisher's pictorial hardback covers with all edges silvered, 'poppy' patterned endpapers, ribbon page marker. Octavo, pp.295 plus [1] note on Faulks, [1] note on Fleming, [10] adverts for..... More
Carte Blanche. A James Bond Novel.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2011. [Spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xiv]; 414; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth hardcover over red paper sides, dust-jacket in black, red and silver, priced at $26.99. With author's signature to the title page. Fine but for discreet remainder mark..... More
SilverFin (Young James Bond series)
London: Puffin Books, 2005. FIRST EDITION, a paperback original. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR in black ink to the title page. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[x]; 372; [2]. Publisher's blue pictorial softcovers, priced at £5.99 to rear. A clean, fine copy. The first episode in the acclaimed 'Young Bond' series, which..... More
SilverFin (Young James Bond series)
London: Puffin Books, 2005. [Children's adventure novel] LIMITED COLLECTOR'S EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm). Publisher's hardback in dust-wrapper, housed in an illustrated slipcase. The signed limited edition, being one of 999 copies. A very fine/as new copy, in the original shrinkwrap (unopened). The first episode in the acclaimed 'Young Bond'..... More
Devil May Care. Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming
London: Penguin 007, 2008. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[viii]; 295; [7], Endmatter; [9], advertisements; [1], blank. Publisher's black hardcovers blocked in silver to spine, poppy design endpapers in red, illustrated dust-jacket priced at £18.99. A very fine/as new copy, carefully dark stored by ourselves since publication. An original..... More
Carte Blanche. A James Bond Novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. FIRST TRADE EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xiv]; 436. Publisher's red cloth blocked with metallic red foil, metallic 'smoke effect' endpapers, illustrated white dust-jacket priced at £19.99. A very fine/as new copy, carefully dark stored by ourselves since publication. A James..... More
Cold.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1996. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm) Pp.213. Publisher's blue cloth hardback lettered in gilt to the back-strip, pictorial dust-wrapper by David Scutt. An unpriced export copy. A fine, unread copy. Seemingly printed in small numbers, this is a particularly scarce James Bond title. Published as..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape and Queen Anne Press, 2014. [Children's illustrated] LIMITED EDITION. In three volumes, complete. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.48; pp.48; pp.48. Publisher's white hardcovers in glossy pictorial dust-wrappers, the three volumes are presented in a racing green slip-case. A facsimile of the first edition of Ian Fleming's famous..... More
Ian Fleming: The Book Collector.
London: The Book Collector / Queen Anne Press, 2017. Ten monographs, SIGNED LETTERPRESS EDITIONS, being the FIRST SEPARATE PRINTING. 10 vols., slim octavo (26 x 18cm), limited variously to 60 or 120 copies, each hand-numbered and signed by James and Fergus Fleming. Finely printed on 150gsm Bockingford paper and bound..... More
Octopussy and The Living Daylights.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [James Bond Short Stories] FIRST EDITION, third issue. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.95; [1]. Publisher's dark brown cloth with silver titles to spine and upper board. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket by Richard Chopping, repriced by the publisher to 16s / 80p with a sticker on the..... More
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Solo [A James Bond Novel]
London: Jonathan Cape, 2013. FIRST TRADE EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher's red screen-printed hardcovers in an embossed and die-cut dustjacket, featuring bullet-holes in the style of the original US printing of Ian Fleming's The Man With The Golden Gun (this adventure being set in 1969, a little after the..... More
You Only Live Twice.
New York, NY: Signet Books, July 1965. The true first paperback edition. Signet Books' series P2712. Pp.160. Publisher's illustrated softcovers with original price 60c to upper panel, all edges tinted red. Pages a little tanned as expected, lightly handled, red colour to edges and titles remains strong. A near fine..... More
The Night-Comers.
London: William Heinemann, 1956. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 233. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine, in decorative dust-jacket designed by Judith Bledsoe, priced at 13/6. Book is clean and fresh, jacket is bright, with some small chips to crown. Near fine. Set in South..... More
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For Bond Lovers Only [The Files on that Man].
London: Panther Books, 1965. FIRST PRINTING. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.175; [1] advertisement, with 48 full-page plates. A Paperback original, with photographic softcovers. Cheap paper stock toned as expected, pencil erasure to flyleaf, minor reading crease to spine but contents and photos intact (often split/cracked where plates are inserted). Discreet..... More
You Only Live Twice (a James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. First Edition, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Elegantly bound in half dark green oasis morocco over matching cloth sides, with gilt titles and raised bands to spine. A little spotting to margin of final two leaves else near fine in an attractive recent leather..... More
Goldfinger.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, VARIANT BINDING with silver lettering. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.318. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with 'skull' design stamped to upper. A few light marks to covers, bumped to top edge; very good. An uncommon variant with silver rather than gold..... More
Ian Fleming. The Man Behind James Bond.
Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing, 1995. [Literary biography] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Publisher's two-tone hardcovers cloth blocked in gilt to spine, black endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at $24.95. A clean, near fine copy. 'The most comprehensive biography of Ian Fleming' - Gilbert. Ian..... More
By Royal Command.
London: Puffin Books, 2008. FIRST HARDBACK EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR in blue ink to the title page. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[x]; 254; [1], Acknowledgements; [3], advertisements. Publisher's hardcover volume in red, black and silver boards, patterned red endpapers with repeated series logo, all edges red. A fine/as new..... More
The Man With the Golden Gun.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, scarce second issue with WHITE ENDPAPERS. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards with bronze lettering to spine, plain covers, white endpapers, original illustrated jacket by Richard Chopping priced at 18s. A lovely fine copy in an elegant clamshell..... More
Moonraker.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1955. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.256. This is the scarce variant on the thin paper stock with 'shoo' for 'shoot' printed to p.10. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, titled in silver, in 'flame' design dust-wrapper by Kenneth Lewis. In a leather-spined clamshell box. The edges of text..... More
Diamonds are Forever.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1956. FIRST EDITION, Binding B (Type 'B' cloth, designated without priority). Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.257; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth titled in silver, with the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Pat Marriott, priced at 12/6. A well-preserved copy, gently handled. A crisp, near fine example in an..... More