
New Arrivals
Ian Fleming and James Bond. Manuscripts in The Schøyen Collection Series 32.
Royal Tunbridge Wells: Adrian Harrington Ltd., 2020. [Literary and film Reference] SIGNED by the author, additionally signed by Fergus Fleming. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.292, printed on Munken Lynx paper. Illustrated throughout in black and white, with a colour frontispiece and 32 colour plates. Bound in full graphite buckram, blocked..... More
Jonathan Cape, Publisher.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. [Literary Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.351; [1]. Publisher's brown cloth hardcovers elegantly blocked in gilt, black title label to spine, ochre endpapers, top edge black. Typographic dust-wrapper designed by Hans Tisdall priced at £3.75 net. Minor dustiness to edges, jacket toned to spine;..... More
Ian Fleming: The Bibliography [DELUXE EDITION].
London: Queen Anne Press, 2012. ILAB-Breslauer Prize Winner [2014]. FIRST EDITION, DELUXE LIMITED ISSUE No.60 of 250 copies, SIGNED by the author in blue ink to limitation page at rear. Royal quarto (33 x 24cm), pp.x; 692 [2]. With black and white illustrations throughout plus four suites of eight colour..... More
The Life of Ian Fleming. Creator of James Bond.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Literary Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.352, with sixteen pages of photographic plates, red top-stain, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 36s. No inscriptions, some light handling, short tear at crown of wrapper. Near fine. An informative first-hand biography of James Bond's creator, written by a...... More
Public Faces.
London: Constable, 1932. [Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[viii]; 350; [26], advertisements. Publisher's brown cloth lettered in green to backstrip. No inscriptions, minor edges spotting, small hole (ash burn?) to a few leaves of first gathering, minor stain to top edge, spine and extremities lightly sunned. Very good..... More
Ian Fleming's Commandos. The Story of 30 Assault Unit in WWII.
London: Faber and Faber, 2011. [Military History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.397. With 16 monochrome photographs on 4 plates in the centre of text block. Publisher's hardback cloth, spine lettered in gilt, orange endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £20. No inscriptions or price-clipping, minor production creasing to rear; a fine/as new..... More
James Bond's London. Foreword by Peter Hunt. With a Special Tribute to Ian Fleming by Christopher Lee.
Dunellen, NJ: Daleon Enterprises (Printed and bound in England), 2001. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, number 769 of 1000 copies. A paperback original, issued without jacket. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.171; [5], advertisements. Illustrated throughout. Glossy covers. Signed by the author to a limitation plate to the inside front cover. A fine/as..... More
All About Bond.
London: Evans Mitchell Books, 2012. [James Bond Film Reference] SIGNED COLLECTORS EDITION. Quarto (30 x 25cm), pp.185 [7]. SIGNED by O'NEILL in black ink to title page. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photographs by Terry O'Neill. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, gold endpapers, and photographic..... More
An Officer and A Spy.
London: Hutchinson, 2013. [Thriller] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the first edition. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xvi]; 480. Publisher's illustrated softcovers marked 'Not For Sale or Quotation'. Soft reading crease and slight lean else a fine copy. Epic historical intrigue from the author of Fatherland and The Ghost. Described by the..... More
Ian Fleming. A Personal Memoir.
London: The Robson Press, 2015. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xii; 372, with a suite of photographic plates. Handsomely bound in half red oasis morocco, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, matching cloth sides. With the dust-jacket bound in at the rear, featuring the famous..... More
À bientôt... With Gareth Owen.
London: Michael O'Mara Books Limited, 2017. [Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.159; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, red endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Ana Bjezancevic. Illustrations by Roger Moore. As new. An autobiography including moments from James Bond. More
The Dame.
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1969. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[viii]; 183; [1]. Publisher's grey cloth with red titles to spine, untrimmed textblock edges, dust-wrapper designed by Muni Leiblein with printed price of $4.50 to flap. Toning to textblock edges, slight bumping to lower spine..... 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
Hurricane Gold (Young James Bond series).
London: Puffin Books, 2008. [James Bond continuation] REGULAR FIRST HARDBACK EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Octavo, (21 x 13cm), pp.355. Publisher's gold-coloured covers with all edges gilt, patterned endpapers. Contents and edges are fine - appears unread. Some inevitable marks to metallic covers, publisher's 'signed' roundel to upper, lacking wraparound..... More
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.
London: The Reprint Society, 1964. [Spy Thriller] first UK book club edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.240. Publisher's red quarter paper with gilt titles to spine and black paper over boards. Top edge black. With the red dust-jacket. Some light spotting to edges, minor wear to jackets. Near fine. A...... More
Our Man in Havana.
London: William Heinemann, 1958. [Comic Spy Thriller] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8] 273 [3]. Recently bound in navy blue half morocco, with raised bands, twin gilt-lettered labels to spine, matching cloth over boards. Edges lightly trimmed, with the original dust-jacket bound in at rear. Contents lightly..... More
Bond Behind the Iron Curtain.
The Book Collector, 2021. [Literary history] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 12cm), pp.125; [2], advertisements; [1], blank. With sixteen illustrations, several in colour. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to backstrip, hammer and sickle device to front board, black endpapers, typographic dust-wrapper. Signed by the author at Firsts London..... More
Ian Fleming. A Personal Memoir.
London: The Robson Press, 2015. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xii; 372, with a suite of photographic plates. Handsomely bound in half black oasis morocco, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, matching cloth sides. With the dust-jacket bound in at the rear, featuring the famous..... More
A Twist of Sand.
London: Collins, 1959. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.320. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by John Rose, with a reference to Jenkins' journalist colleague Ian Fleming on the rear flap. A fine copy of the book, which appears unread..... More
Innocent.
London: Mantle, 2010. [Legal Thriller] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 406 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and orange endpapers. With the dust-jacket priced at £17.99. A fine, as-new copy. A sequel to..... More
Before I Go to Sleep.
London: Doubleday, 2011. [Psychological Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.366 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and burgundy endpapers. With the dust-jacket deigned by Claire Ward, priced at £12.99. Toned to edges, with some..... More
The White South.
London: Collins, 1949. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles blocked to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 9s 6d. Gilt tarnished, a few old tape marks, chipped to spine ends. Very good. A murder-mystery based in the Antarctic, adapted for the..... More
Modesty Blaise: The Silver Mistress.
London: Souvenir Press, 1973. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.254. Publisher's cyan cloth with silver titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £2.20. Ownership sticker to top left of front pastedown. Very lightly sunned to jacket spine. Near fine. The sixth full-length Modesty Blaise thriller, developed..... More
The Stretton Street Affair.
London: Cassell and Co., 1924. [Spy fiction] ASSOCIATION COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's burgundy cloth titled and decorated in black to spine and front board. Gift inscription to title page: "To Enid Agabeg | from Uncle | William Le Queux ". Internally clean, very light spoting to page..... More
The Silent Speaker.
The Crime Club, Collins, 1947. [Mystery] FIRST UK EDITION. Publisher's orange cloth, light wear, slightly sunned, very good indeed. In dustwrapper, price-clipped, lightly creased, small tears, spine sunned, a few small chips, overall very good. A Nero Wolfe novel. Another case for the eccentric oversized New York armchair detective Nero..... More