
New Arrivals
The James Bond Dossier.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Reference critique] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.159; [1]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with gilt titles to spine in pictorial dust-wrapper, based on the familiar 'trompe l'oeil' designs which decorated the Ian Fleming first editions. Priced at 16s. to flap. Edges of text..... More
A Moveable Feast.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Modern Literature] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY in oversized PROOF-ONLY dust-wrapper designed by Hans Tisdall, priced at 18s. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's lime-green softcovers in jacket with bold 'PROOF ONLY' text to rear flap with provisional publication date printed below. Proof copies feature the mis-print 'movable'..... 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. Attractively bound in black half calf over cloth sides blocked with 'Golden Eye' motif, top edge gilt. Contents clean, a few light marks to covers; near fine. John Pearson began his..... More
Ian Fleming. A Catalogue.
London: Adrian Harrington Ltd, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-9576041-0-0. Published April 2013. Numbered hardcover edition, limited to 100 copies, this being no.96. Pp.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 in gilt, with..... More
'James Bond and the Book Collector' within The Book Collector. Spring 2014.
London: The Collector Limited, 2014. [Literary Journal] Vol. 63, No.1, Spring 2014. Octavo, pp.168. Illustrated, in green card wrappers, with accompanying loose index for previous volume. Includes the article 'Bond and the Book Collector' by Nicolas Barker OBE, being a lengthy review of Jon Gilbert's Ian Fleming Bibliography, SIGNED by..... More
Ian Fleming and James Bond: the Cultural Politics of 007.
Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press, 2005. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xxvi; 281 [5]. With occasional black and white illustrations. Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers. Very light wear to edges; one small splash to fore-edge. Near fine. More
The Man Who Supercharged Bond.
Haynes Publishing, 2009. [Biography] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.352. With two suites of sixteen photographic plates. Publisher's hardcover, grey endpapers, photographic dust-wrapper. A very fine/as new copy, autographed at our bookshop and carefully warehoused by ourselves since publication. Subtitled 'The Extraordinary story of Charles..... More
The Man Who Supercharged Bond.
Haynes Publishing, 2009. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.352. With two suites of sixteen photographic plates. Publisher's hardcover, grey endpapers, photographic dust-wrapper. A very fine/as new copy, carefully warehoused by ourselves since publication. Subtitled 'The Extraordinary story of Charles Amherst Villiers' the renowned automotive and aeronautical engineer who was a close..... More
The Battle For Bond. The Genesis of Cinema's Greatest Hero
Sheffield: Tomahawk Press, 2007. ['Thunderball' film reference] FIRST EDITION. Royal octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[i]-[xi]; 12-264. Publisher's illustrated softcovers. With photographs and reproductions of documents. A fine /as new copy of this controversial title which was revised for the next printing and the introduction from 'James Bond' author Raymond Benson..... 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. One of an unspecified number of publisher's in-house..... More
Amherst Villiers Superchargers.
Motormedia Publications, Surrey. Printed at the Ditchling Press Ltd., no date [circa 2000]. Facsimile brochure for Amherst Villiers Superchargers. Printed blue card covers, magazine format (23 x 17cm). Illustrated throughout. Fine/unread. Charles Amherst Villiers was an automotive and aeronautical engineer who was the only man to work with both motor..... More
Ian Fleming: A Catalogue of a Collection.
Liverpool: Privately Printed by the author. 1978. [Bondiana] FIRST (and only) EDITION. Slim octavo. Pp.72. Publisher's glossy pictorial covers depicting the Fleming family coat of arms. Uncommon issue with publisher's label to the rear cover showing an increased price in both Dollars and Sterling. Trivial handling, sticker a little scuffed;..... More
Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. 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. A clean, fine copy. 'The most comprehensive biography of Ian Fleming' - Gilbert. Ian Fleming The..... More
The Man With The Golden Typewriter. Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters.
London: Bloomsbury, 2015. [Letters] Edited by Fergus Fleming. SIGNED. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.391; [1]. Black hardcovers blocked in gilt, pictorial dust-jacket priced at £25. With black and white photographs. Third impression, autographed by Fergus Fleming in ink to the title page. Signature obtained in person for Adrian Harrington Ltd..... More
The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner).
London: Pan Books, 1966. [Bond reference] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.111; [9], endmatter and advertisements. Bound in pictorial card covers designed by Raymond Hawkey, priced at 3/6. Discreet owner name to inside cover, marginal soiling, covers lightly rubbed; very good indeed. Bill Tanner is a fictional character..... More
The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner).
London: Pan Books, 1966. [Bond reference] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.111; [9], endmatter and advertisements. Bound in pictorial card covers designed by Raymond Hawkey, priced at 3/6. Lightly handled only; a near fine copy. Bill Tanner is a fictional character in the James Bond novel series, who..... More
[James Bond] 007 Magazine. February 2011.
UK: 007 Magazine and Archive Ltd, 2011. Magazine format in pictorial glossy card wraps, stapled at spine. pp.34. 'A Deluxe Limited Edition Publication' with colour photographs throughout. Fine / as new. The definitive journal on the literary and screen 007. Includes a tribute to the James Bond cover artist Raymond..... More