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Live and Let Die (a James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.240. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, embossed in gilt, with purple dust-wrapper showing the original price of 10/6 to both flaps. With 'author'sskill' text incorrectly spaced to the rear panel, as described in the bibliography..... More
Showcase presents Doctor No.
Sparta, IL: DC Comics, National Periodical Publications, Inc., March-April 1963. [Comic book] Published as issue 43 of the Showcase anthology series by DC Comics, with artwork by Norman Nodel. The front inside cover shows five stills from the United Artists film adaptation, and the rear inside cover prints a biography..... More
You Only Live Twice.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, First State, Binding A. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper ('Excelin') over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping..... More
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service [LOBBY CARDS].
Beverley Hills, CA: United Artists, 1969. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of eight lobby cards from the film 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', directed by Peter Hunt, and starring George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, and Telly Savalas. Colour lithographic images on thin stock measuring 21 x 25cm, with production..... More
Casino Royale.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles and 'heart' design to upper, tail edge untrimmed, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. Some moderate toning, jacket with some chips and tears, 1cm loss..... More
On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine, in original jacket designed by Richard Chopping, priced at 16s. Inscribed by the author to his close friend John Hayward; "To John..... More
James Bond: Licence to Kill. From the motion picture written by Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum.
The Armchair Detective Library, 1989. SIGNED FIRST UK HARDBACK EDITION, preceeding the cloth-bound 'Collector' and 'Limited' issues. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth in glossy dust-jacket, with the cancelled title-page (showing the British spelling 'Licence'), as called for. A fine copy of a...... More
Casino Royale.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1953. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, in first issue dust-jacket without the overprinted reviews. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial jacket illustrated by Kenneth Lewis. Ian Fleming's presentation inscription, with thanks for publication, appears on the flyleaf; "To / The power behind / the..... More
All About Bond.
London: Evans Mitchell Books, 2012. [James Bond Film Reference] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 25cm), pp.185 [7]. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photographs by Terry O'Neill. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, gold endpapers, photographic dust-jacket, priced at £29.95. A fine, as-new copy. 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 crisp fine copy in an attractive..... More
Cold.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1996. [Spy thriller ] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.213. An exceptional copy, with an original watercolour illustration from the jacket artist David Scutt to flyleaf, with his 'chop' stamp and signature. Publisher's blue cloth hardback cloth in a pictorial dust-wrapper. A fine copy, housed in a bespoke..... More
Ian Fleming. A Catalogue.
London: Adrian Harrington Ltd, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-9576041-0-0. Published April 2013. Hardcover edition limited to 100 copies, this being no.50. Quarto (35 x 22cm), p.80. With eight colour plate sections and numerous black and white illustrations within the text. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth, lettered to the spine and covers..... More
Carte Blanche. A James Bond Novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. FIRST TRADE EDITION. 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. An as-new copy, carefully dark stored by ourselves since publication. A James Bond adventure set in Afghanistan and..... More
Shaken. Drinking with James Bond and Ian Fleming.
London: Octopus Books/Mitchell Beazley, 2018. [Mixology] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.224. Black hardcovers blocked in gilt. No jacket as issued. With photographs throughout. Introduction by Fergus Fleming who has added his autograph in ink to the title page. Signature obtained in person for Adrian Harrington Ltd. A...... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968, 1964, 1965. [Children's classic] 3 volumes, octavos (24 x 17cm), pp.48, 48, 48. Third / First / Second impressions. Complete. Publisher's white hardcovers in glossy pictorial dustwrappers. A very good, lightly used set; Gift inscription to second volume which is also price clipped, a few short..... More
The World is Not Enough.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. [Spy thriller] INSCRIBED COPY. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.274; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver to backstrip, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £16.99. This is the second printing, with some amendments from the first hardcover. With author's presentation note to title page; "For.. Cheers..... More
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Solo [Waterstones Special Edition].
London: Jonathan Cape, 2013. [James Bond Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.326. Publisher's red screen-printed hardcovers, red endpapers, embossed and die-cut dust-jacket, 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...... More
The Man With The Golden Typewriter. Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters.
London: Bloomsbury, 2015. [Letters] Edited by Fergus Fleming. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.391; [1]. Black hardcovers blocked in gilt, red endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket priced at £25. With black and white photographs. Autographed by Fergus Fleming in ink to the title page. An unread / as-new copy. Signed..... More
The Seven Deadly Sins. Introduced by Raymond Mortimer.
London: Sunday Times Publications, 1962. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.88. With vignette illustrations. Publisher's red cloth hardcovers titled in black in original dust-wrapper priced 15s. UK sheets in the US (Morrow) binding. Minor scuff to flyleaf. A near fine copy of the book in a very good jacket..... 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. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221; [3], blank. Printed green wraps. One of just 596 copies. A few light marks, owner name, some trivial handling. Near fine, housed in custom-made green leather-spined clamshell box..... More
The Man With The Golden Gun.
London: Foyles [The Book Club], no date [1966]. [Spy thriller] FIRST BOOK CLUB EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.152. Publisher's mid-blue cloth lettered in black to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by C H Richard. Price-clipped else fine. 70,000 copies were printed, a lower number than the Jonathan Cape..... More
The Complete James Bond, comprising A James Bond Quartet, A James Bond Quintet and The Essential James Bond. Comprising: (1st Vol): Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, From Russia with Love (2nd Vol): Diamonds are Forever, Doctor No, Goldfinger, For your Eyes Only, The Spy who Loved Me (3rd Vol): Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy, The Living Daylights.
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1992-4, [Spy thrillers] FIRST EDITIONS thus; three omnibus volumes containing all the original James Bond novels and issued by the original publisher in this new format. Foil-stamped black cloth with pictorial dust-wrappers. Each jacket has original £ price to front flap (unpriced export copies were also..... More
Moonraker.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION, BINDING A (Fabroleen material). This version with 'shoot' correctly printed to page 10 (state B). Octavo, pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, titled in silver, in 'flame' design dust-wrapper by Kenneth Lewis priced at 10/6 to both front and rear flaps..... More
Two Bond Collectors.
London: Queen Anne Press, 2017. [Bibliography] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, being the first separate edition. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[vi]; 7; [7], Endmatter. Edition limited to 125 numbered copies signed by James Fleming (publisher of The Book Collector) and his brother Fergus (co-publisher at Queen Anne Press). Finely printed on 150gsm..... More
Casino Royale.
London: Jonathan Cape. March 1965. [Spy Thriller] Vintage hardcover. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Ninth printing. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles and 'Heart' design to front cover, 'playing card' jacket designed by Pat Marriott. A clean, fine copy in price-clipped jacket. Outstanding. Gilbert A1a(9)..... More