New Arrivals
Is James Bond Dead? Great Spy Stories.
St Paul, MN: EMC Publishing, 1979. [Spy stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.64. With frequent illustrations by Nodel. Publisher's colour-illustrated card covers. A black ink mark to top edge. Rubbing to edges; spine sunned. Very good. A collection of seven 'real' spy stories, inspired by the popular appeal..... More
Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Publisher's brown cloth blocked in gilt to spine, beige endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £20 net. With author's presentation note to the title page, inscribed at Bletchley Park [the..... 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, pictorial dust-jacket priced at £25. With black and white photographs. Autographed by Fergus Fleming in ink to the title page. A fine, unused copy (as new). A chronological..... More
Thrilling Cities. With an Introduction by Jan Morris.
London: Ian Fleming Publications Limited, 2009. [Travel book] FIRST EDITION thus, with a new introduction from the respected travel writer Jan Morris, CBE. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.246. Publisher's green cloth hardcovers titled in silver to spine, grey endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper. A fine/as new copy. A fine limited re-issue, being..... More
Live and Let Die (a James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.240. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, embossed in gilt. A presentable copy of the first edition, without jacket. Edges of text block are a little toned/spotted, gilt to binding remains bright (often tarnished), ink signature of fantasy writer William..... More
Thunderball.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.254. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards with embossed skeleton hand design to upper board, gilt titles to spine. In dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping. A very lightly used copy with a splash to top edge, jacket with a...... More
From Russia With Love.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, BINDING A. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253; [3], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, blocked in silver and red metallic foil, pictorial dust-jacket by Richard Chopping priced at 13/6. A lightly used copy with a few minor marks, wrapper has benefited..... More
Field Guide of Birds of the West Indies.
New York, NY: Macmillan, 1947. [Ornithology] FIRST MACMILLAN PRINTING. Octavo, pp.xii; 257; [1], blank. With colour plate illustrations and line drawings by Poole. Publisher's brown cloth titled in black to spine and front board, map endpapers. Edges a little dusty, covers slightly bowed. A very good copy indeed. The acclaimed..... More
The James Bond Collection. Licence Renewed; For Special Services; Icebreaker; Role of Honour; Nobody Lives For Ever.
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novels] BOX SET. Quality hardback re-issues of the first Jonathan Cape editions (1981-6) featuring the same dust-jacket artwork. FIRST EDITIONS thus, with a full strike-line number sequence. Octavo, five volumes. An unused / as new set in the original shrinkwrap..... More
Role of Honour.
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novel] ISBN: 978 0 857 82050 1. 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.199. Publisher's black cloth lettered..... More
Nobody Lives For Ever.
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novel] ISBN: 978 0 857 82052 5. 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.184. Publisher's black cloth lettered..... More
Icebreaker.
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 Man With the Golden Gun.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221. Elegantly bound in half burgundy calf with marbled boards, spine gilt-titled in six compartments with traditional raised bands, black label. One or two minor spots else clean, exterior unmarked; a near fine copy in an attractive leather..... More
The Man With the Golden Gun (a James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962 [actually issued October 1961]. UNCORRECTED PROOF copy of the First Edition. Softcovers, octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221; [3], blank. Publisher's green wraps, with titles printed in black. Contents clean. Damp mark to covers, extending to first and final leaves (faintly). A very good, presentable copy, housed..... More
The Spy Who Loved Me
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962 [actually issued October 1961]. UNCORRECTED PROOF copy of the First Edition. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221. Publisher's green wraps, with titles printed in black. Contents clean, front cover has a few localised marks; very good indeed. An attractive copy of an uncommon item, housed in a...... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape and Queen Anne Press, 2014. [Children's illustrated] DELUXE LIMITED EDITION, one of just 50 sets, accompanied by two prints, measuring 297 x 210mm, SIGNED and numbered by John Burningham. Three volumes plus portfolio, housed in a grey cloth slipcase (34 x 24 x 6cm), pp.48; pp.48; pp.48..... More
Carte Blanche. A James Bond Novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. FIRST PRINTING; 'INDIES' SIGNED EDITION, limited to 1500 copies autographed by Jeffery Deaver. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xiv]; 436. Publisher's red cloth blocked with metallic red foil, metallic 'smoke effect' endpapers, illustrated dust-jacket. With a signed limitation page, numbered by hand [890]. Pages edges a...... More
Solo.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2013. [James Bond Novel] SIGNED 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..... More
Doubleshot.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2000. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.274. Publisher's cloth with pictorial dust-wrapper. The signature was obtained during the book launch event held at our shop. Minor crease to rear else fine. While officially on medical leave, James Bond uncovers..... 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 fine copy. Editor Simon Winder was the senior executive..... 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. Small mark to top edge else a near fine copy of..... More
News From Tartary. A Journey from Peking to Kashmir.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1936. [Travel Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.384. With 32 photographic plates including a frontispiece, and a fold-out map. Recent burgundy half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to black morocco label on spine, and original publisher's burgundy cloth over boards, with "Fu Lei-Ming" in..... More
The Dancing Dodo.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1978. [Aviation thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.350; [2], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. Small and discreet ownership, jacket clipped otherwise a fine fresh copy. An aviation thriller from the James Bond continuation author. More
For Your Eyes Only (James Bond short stories). Includes 'Quantum of Solace'.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1960. FIRST EDITION. First Impression, Binding A. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.252. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 15s. Contents clean, top edge very lightly spotted. Jacket lightly used with some small rubs and marks, spine panel gently toned, red lettering remains strong..... More
IceBreaker.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the jacket artist. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.250; [6], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket. Autograph (to rear flap, above his credit) of Bill Botten, who illustrated the jacket for this and other Gardner Bond novels..... More