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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
Group of Penguin 007 'Bond Re-jacketed' series (Centenary versions): Live and Let Die; Diamonds Are Forever; Goldfinger; For Your Eyes Only; Thunderball; The Spy Who loved Me; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; You Only Live Twice, Quantum of Solace.
Penguin Books USA, 2002. [James Bond] Nine volumes. Octavo (18 x 11cm). Publisher's soft covers designed by Roseanne Serra and Richie Fahey, priced at $14.00 each Some with Borders price label to rear). Various printings. Although dated 2002 on the copyright page, this group were all issued in 2008 with..... More
Robert Fleming, 1845-1933.
Scotland: Whittingehame House Press 2000. [History/Biography] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo, pp.159; [1], blank. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's green cloth blocked in gilt, with colour-plate illustration showing the Fleming family crest laid down to upper cover, illustrated endpapers. A fine copy, from the the comprehensive Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon..... More
The Letters of Ann Fleming [Proof and first edition copies].
London: Collins Harvill, 1985. [Letters] two volumes; PROOF and FIRST EDITION. Bibliographer's copies. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.448. Publisher's green softcovers with proof-only jacket, or blue hardcovers with dust-jacket. Endpapers show Ann Fleming's family tree. Illustrated with two suites of black and white photographs (no plates within proofs). Some light..... More
The Life of Ian Fleming. Creator of James Bond [three paperback copies].
London & New York; Pan Books, Coronet and Bantam, [Biography] FIRST EDITIONS thus, being the first Pan paperback, the first Coronet edition and the first Bantam version. 3 vols. Publisher's illustrated softcovers. Minor handling, reading creases to Bantam copy. Very good to fine. From the comprehensive archive of James Bond..... More
The Life of Ian Fleming. Creator of James Bond [two hardback copies].
London: The Companion Book Club, 1966. [Literary Biography] FIRST REGULAR EDITION from the Companion Book Club, together with the 'De Luxe' version. Octavos (19 x 13cm), pp.368 + photographic plates. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth with pale blue label and topstain, in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 5/9, or publisher'sleather-effect..... More
James Bond, the Authorized Biography of 007. A fictional biography by John Pearson [three paperback copies].
London & New York; Pan Books, Grafton and Grove Press, 1975-1986. [Fictional biography] FIRST EDITIONS thus, being the first Pan paperback, the first Grafton edition and the first Grove Press version. 3 vols. Publisher's illustrated softcovers. Minor handling, reading creases to Pan copy. Very good to fine. From the comprehensive..... 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. Contents clean, a few very small marks to exterior, price clipped. A fresh, near fine example. A...... More
The Book Collector, 1952-1964. The Ian Fleming Years [52 issues].
London: The Queen Anne Press, 1952-1964. [Literary Journal] The first 52 issues published under the stewardship of Ian Fleming. Vol.1, No.1 (Spring 1952) - vol.13, No.4 (Winter 1964). Contributors include John Carter, David A. Randall, T.S. Eliot, Nancy Cunard, Nicolas Barker, William Rees-Mogg, George Sims, B.H. Breslauer and Timothy d'Arch..... 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. Edges clean and fresh, no inscriptions, a few faint spots of..... More
From Russia, With Love.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'A'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253 [3]. Publisher's black cloth-effect material over boards, blocked in silver and red metallic foil to spine and upper. With the PROOF-STATE dust-jacket, illustrated by Richard Chopping, priced at 13/6. Pencil name to flyleaf, otherwise contents clean..... More
Octopussy and the Living Daylights.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.95. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards, blocked in silver, patterned grey endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping, with publisher's price label showing 16s / 80p. One production mark to half title else a fine..... More
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1963. [Espionage thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.222; [2], blank. Publisher's VARIANT brown cloth, rather than blue, with gilt titles to spine, typographic dust-jacket priced at 18s. Book is fine, jacket a little edgeworn with a few short tears. Overall an attractive copy of the..... More
Diamonds are Forever.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1956. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Binding A. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. 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. Inscribed by the author to flyleaf "To Paul, /who spread his / wings..... More
Devil May Care. Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming.
London: Penguin 007, 2008. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 295 [20]. Elegantly hand-bound in red half calf over matching cloth sides, red endpapers, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands. Illustrated dust-jacket and poppy-patterned endpapers bound in at rear. A fine copy in an attractive..... 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, priced at 15s. A lightly handled copy in fine condition, housed in a bespoke black cloth clamshell to a...... More
Garden of Beasts. A Novel of Berlin 1936.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 404 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket priced at £16.99. Low grade paper somewhat toned, with a little..... More
'The Guns of James Bond' contained within 'Sports Illustrated' Magazine Vol 16, No.11, 19th March 1962.
Chicago, Illinois: Time Inc., 1962. [James Bond Reference] FIRST US APPEARANCE. pp.84. Original price 25 cents. Magazine format, illustrated. Contains the first American appearance of this original Ian Fleming feature entitled 'The Guns of James Bond', which not published in book-form until 2008. Scarce thus. Postal label to upper, minor..... More
The Man Who Supercharged Bond.
Yeovil: Haynes Publishing, 2009. [Biography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.352. With two suites of sixteen photographic plates. With presentation note SIGNED by the author to half-title; To Chris // Hope you enjoy / the book / as much as Amherst's old Type 35! / Best wishes /..... More