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A Moveable Feast.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Modern Literature] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY in oversized PROOF-ONLY dust-wrapper designed by Hans Tisdall, priced at 18s. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's lime-green softcovers in jacket with bold 'PROOF ONLY' text to rear flap with provisional publication date printed below. Proof copies feature the mis-print 'movable'..... More
The Diamond Smugglers. With an Introduction by 'John Blaize' formerly of the International Diamond Security Organization.
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1958. [True crime] FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.160. Illustrated with photos and drawings. With errors corresponding to Gilbert. Publisher's light blue cloth with titles in white to the spine, with four white circles representing diamonds stamped to upper. Black pictorial dust-jacket..... More
Ten Great Ian Fleming James Bond Novels. [Casino Royale; Live and Let Die; Moonraker; Diamonds Are Forever; From Russia With Love; Doctor No; Goldfinger; Thunderball; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; The Spy Who Loved Me; You Only Live Twice].
London: Penguin Modern Classics, produced for Ted Smart/The Book People, 2004. [Spy novel series]. Ten volumes, publisher's photographic softcovers, housed in decorated card slip-case with original R.R.P £79.90. A fine set in near fine box, rubbed to extremities. "An attractive box set" (Gilbert, p.577), collecting the first ten titles to..... More
Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War.
London: Fisher Unwin, 1916. [Social psychology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.213; [1], Imprint; [2], blank. Publisher's min-green cloth lettered and ruled in blind to front cover, blocked in gilt to backstrip. Contents clean, neat ink ownership of Major N.I. McN. Walter (Indian Army) to pastedown, cloth lightly rubbed..... More
Moonraker.
New York, NY: Signet Books, October 1960. [James Bond] FIRST SIGNET PAPERBACK EDITION. Signet Books' series S1850. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.175 [1]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers with original price 35c to upper panel, all edges tinted red. Overseas price (3/3) rubber stamped to fly. Pages a little tanned as expected..... More
'Competition' contained within 'Alphabet and Image'. A quarterly edited by Robert Harling (September 1947).
London: Art and Technics Ltd., printed by The Shenval Press. Spring 1946 - December 1948. EARLY FLEMING IN PRINT, The complete eight numbers (all published) of this quarterly magazine of typography and graphic arts. With the all-important additional inserts (coloured order forms and three separate Stop Press notices; Fleming's contribution..... More
Moonraker.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION, Second Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, lettered in silver to front cover and spine. Some foxing to fist and final gatherings, edges spotted, covers remain fresh and sharp. A very good copy without the scarce..... More
IceBreaker.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.250 [6]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket by Bill Botten, priced at £7.50. A little wear to jacket edges. Near fine. John Gardner's third 007 novel as..... More
Complete Paperback First Editions of Ian Fleming's James Bond Novels. 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).
London: Pan Books, 1955-67. [Spy fiction] All paperback First Editions. Fourteen volumes, octavo (18 x 12 x 19cm). Publisher's illustrated softcovers. All UK printings [Live and Let Die, For Your Eyes Only, OHMSS (60c), You Only Live Twice (60c) and The Man With The Golden Gun are British export copies]..... More
All Night at Mr. Stanyhurst's [two variant bindings]. Introduced by Ian Fleming.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xx; 7-197 [1]. Publisher's binding of black textured 'Excelin' material over boards, with gilt titles to the spine, top edge tinted orange, in pictorial dust-wrapper. Together with the variant binding with a dark grey smooth-surfaced covering material..... More
James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. [Espionage novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.222 [2]. Publisher's black cloth-effect material over boards, with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Bill Botten, priced at £3.50. Crisp and clean internally, with just a touch of toning to edges. Jacket a little..... More
'Where Shall John Go?—Jamaica' [in] 'Horizon' Magazine. Edited by Cyril Connolly Vol.16, No.96, December 1947.
London: Horizon, 2 Lansdowne Terrace, London WC1. Printed at the Curwen Press. 1947. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[6] 299-369 [3]. Publisher's typographic paper covers priced at 2s 6d. A little creasing/toning to spine. Near fine. Contains the first appearance of Fleming's article on Jamaica, issued as..... More
Goldfinger [two copies in varying bindings].
London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITIONS. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.318. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with 'skull' design stamped to upper, lettered in GILT to the spine, together with another copy lettered in SILVER to the spine, without jackets. Contents clean in both books, edges very..... More
Casino Royale.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1957. [Spy Thriller] FOURTH PRINTING, a New Edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218 [2]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles to spine and 'Heart' design to upper. With the pictorial green 'playing card' dust-jacket illustrated by Pat Marriott (uncredited on this impression). Some foxing..... More
On Her Majesty's Secret Service. (a James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. [James Bond] Second Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's dark grey/dark brown cloth-effect material over boards, with silver titles to the spine. A near fine copy without jacket. Published one month after the first impression. Published in 1963, this is the second part of a...... More
On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
London: Pan Books, 1965. [James Bond] First UK Paperback edition (May 1965), being the fourth printing overall- the first three printings (September-December 1964) were not for sale in the United Kingdom. Octavo (16 x 10cm), pp.238 [2]. Softcover in pictorial card wrappers, priced 3/6 to upper cover. Minor wear, toned..... More
Cold [James Bond series].
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1996. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm) Pp.213. Publisher's hardback cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £16.99 (many were unpriced for export). A fine, unread copy. Seemingly printed in small numbers, this is a particularly scarce James Bond title. Published as 'Cold Fall' in..... More
Never Send Flowers.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [James Bond Continuation] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 212 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £14.99. A fine, unread copy. When an officer of the British Security Service is murdered in Switzerland, James Bond..... More
Goldeneye [James Bond series].
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1996. [Spy thriller] Second Hodder hardcover edition [the strike-line erroneously notes 10 through 3; no copies are noted with number 2 present]. Tall octavo (24 x 16cm). Publisher's hardback cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £16.99 (identical jacket to the first). A fine copy. The author's..... More
Icebreaker [James Bond series].
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novel] ISBN: 978 0 857 82048 8. Quality hardback re-issue of the first Jonathan Cape edition (1983) featuring the same dust-jacket artwork. FIRST EDITION thus, with a full strike-line number sequence. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.243. Publisher's black cloth lettered..... More
The World is Not Enough.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.274; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver to backstrip, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £16.99. A fine/as-new copy, carefully dark stored by ourselves since publication. Novelisation of the nineteenth Bond film, which was released in cinemas..... More
'My Name's Bond' - an anthology from the Fiction of Ian Fleming.
London: Allen Lane, 2000. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated quarto (23 x 17cm), pp.150. With black and white photographs. Publisher's grey cloth hardback blocked in silver to spine, blind-stamped '007' motif to front cover, photographic dust-jacket priced at £9.99 / $24.99 (Canada). A clean, fine copy. Editor Simon Winder was the senior..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure by Robert Markham.
London: Pan Books Ltd., 1970. [Spy novel] The FIRST Pan paperback edition. 'M' Series. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221 [3]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 5 shillings (25 pence). Some gentle age-toning to paper stock, trivial wear to covers, slight lean; a near fine copy of the striking softcover version..... More
Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, the complete Pan paperback 'Models' 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),The Spy Who loved Me, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Living Daylights (short stories)
London: Pan Books, 1969-1972. 11 volumes [all that were issued], octavo (18 x 12 x 15). A vintage set of Pan paperbacks in the classic white 'Model' series with photo covers and the bold 'James Bond' lettering designed by Raymond Hawkey. Moonraker has discreet ink stamp to flyleaf, a few..... More
Coronet Paperback editions of the 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, Thunderball, The Spy Who loved Me, On Her Majesties Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy & The Living Daylights.
London: Coronet Books / Hodder & Stoughton. 1988-1993. 14 volumes, complete. The uniform Coronet Paperback series with a new preface by Anthony Burgess. Illustrated card covers with embossed James Bond 'tuxedo' artwork. Fine or near fine throughout. Increasingly difficult to assemble. See Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography. More