New Arrivals
Travels in Tartary. Containing 'One's Company' and 'News from Tartary'.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. [Travel omnibus] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.603; [5], blank. Illustrated with maps and plates. Publisher's hardback cloth binding, top edge red, in illustrated dust-jacket priced 16s. Contents clean, edges and endleaves spotted, jacket is particularly clean and fresh. A fine copy of a scarce..... More
Kuwait and Her Neighbours. Edited for publication by Clifford Witting.
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1956. [Travel / history] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth, title gilt on green plaque to spine, top edge orange, sewn-cloth joints, illustrated dust jacket by Gross-Andre, repriced to 75s. With coloured frontispiece, 27 pages of black & white plates..... More
You Only Live Once. Memories of Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984. [Biography] REVISED EDITION, scarce. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.142. With a suite of 8 black and white illustrations. Publisher's pale blue cloth binding with original dust-wrapper priced £8.95. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A particularly crisp, fine copy in similar jacket with deep red lettering to..... More
You Only Live Once. Memories of Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975. [Biography] FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE REVIEW COPY. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.142. With a suite of eight black and white illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £3.50. A crisp, fine copy (many went to libraries). To..... More
Ian Fleming. The Spy Who Came In With The Gold. A Biography.
New York: Dell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 150; [2], blank. With photographic plates. Publisher's hardback cloth in dust-wrapper, priced at $3.95. No inscriptions, contents clean. A near fine copy in like jacket with light wear to spine tips. Shows well. 'The..... More
17F The Life of Ian Fleming.
London: Peter Owen, 1993. [Literary biography]. FIRST EDITION, review copy. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.232. Blue cloth lettered in silver, photographic endpapers and dust-wrapper. A near fine copy, carefully read. Formerly the property of journalist and author Daniel Farson (1927-1997), used for his published review of the book (news-clipping review..... More
Double O Seven. James Bond. A Report.
London: Neville Spearman, Holland Press, 1964. [Reference/ Literary criticism] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.160. Publisher's black cloth hardcovers in Richard Chopping-style dust-wrapper, priced at 18s. With a fine insightful SIGNED inscription to flyleaf; "To Peter Kay / a 'Double O' / bookseller / from his /..... More
Ian Fleming: A Catalogue of a Collection.
Liverpool: Privately Printed by the author, 1978. [Bondiana] FIRST (and only) EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR in black ink. Slim octavo. pp.72. Publisher's glossy pictorial covers depicting the Fleming family coat of arms. A fine copy. Copies signed by Campbell are scarce. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy, with his pencilled note..... More
The Saturday Book 15.
London: Hutchinson & Company, 1955. [Literary annual / the arts] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.276. With photographic plates. Publisher's hardback cloth in a pictorial p/c dust-wrapper designed by Richard Chopping. Very good in a used jacket, chipped to spine ends and extremities. A book of the arts, with..... More
One of Our Submarines.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952. [Naval biography] FIRST EDITION, sixth impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.320. With black & white plates. Publisher's green cloth hardcovers, in jacket illustrated by Roy Sanford, priced 18s, with Ian Fleming review on front flap. Discreet gift inscription, contents and page edges clean, used jacket has..... More
The Fourth of June.
New York: Dutton, 1962. [Modern Fiction] FIRST U.S. EDITION, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.208. Publisher's hardback cloth in a pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Richard Chopping priced $3.95. With presentation note in ink to f.e.p.; For Maria, / A far better cook / than I'll..... More
The Fourth of June.
London: Anthony Blond, 1962. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.208. Publisher's hardback cloth in a pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Richard Chopping priced 18s. Text block clean, no inscriptions. Some historic creases to wrapper else a clean, bright example in fine condition. The author's debut novel set in..... More
For Bond Lovers Only [The Files on that Man].
London: Panther Books, 1965. [James Bond reference] FIRST PRINTING. INSCRIBED COPY Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.175; [1] advertisement, with 48 full-page plates. A Paperback original, with photographic softcovers. With presentation note by Peter Evans, whose interview with Len Deighton appears within; 'Edward // I am so excited about / your..... More
The Kemsley Manual of Journalism.
London: Cassell, 1950. [Reference] FIRST EDITION, second printing. Bibliographer's copy. Illustrated quarto (25 x 19cm), pp.i-xiv; 424; xvi-xlvi, advertisements. Publisher's cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of 25'- net. Contents clean, p.o. bookplate/label to f.e.p. A fine copy in a slightly chipped jacket. Shows very well indeed..... More
A Story to Tell. And Other Tales.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1942. [Journalism/Fiction] FIRST EDITION, warmly SIGNED & INSCRIBED. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.223; [1], blank. Illustrated. Publisher's hardback cloth binding. With Fleming's ink presentation note to flyleaf; To my very dear Nana // a nice person if /ever there was one. // from / Peter / (scripsit)..... More
Variety. Essays Sketches and Stories.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1933. [Journalism/Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.336. Illustrated. Publisher's hardback cloth binding. With Fleming's pencilled autograph and signature latin 'scripsit' ['He wrote it'] to flyleaf. Contents clean, some light age-related spotting to edges, binding gently handled. Decorative bookseller ticket to rear [French bookstore, Peiping..... More
Never Shaken, Never Stirred. The Story of Ann Fleming and Laura, Duchess of Marlborough.
London: The History Press, 2023. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.272, with a suite of photographic plates. Publisher's hardcovers in dust-jacket priced £22.99. As new. An account of the life of two extraordinary society sisters, who made marrying well an art form. Laura wed U.S. publishing tycoon Michael..... More
Murder in The Millions. Erle Stanley Gardner. Mickey Spillane. Ian Fleming.
New York, NY: Frederick Ungar Publishing, 1984. [Reference critique] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.231; [1], blank. Illustrated with photographs. Publisher's red cloth with titles to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket with some rubbing. Near fine. A critique of three best-selling thriller writers. Contains..... More