
New Arrivals
License (Licence) to Kill [James Bond series].
The Armchair Detective Library, 1990. Octavo. Original red boards, spine and front board lettered and blocked in gilt, portrait illustration of the author to front board, grey patterned endpapers. Housed in a red slipcase. A fine copy. Signed limited issue, no. 93 of 100 copies signed by the author. This..... More
Win, Lose or Die [James Bond series].
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. FIRST US EDITION, ADVANCE COPY. Octavo. Publisher's quarter black cloth with blue endpapers, in a pictorial dust jacket priced at $13.95. With the publisher's printed press release loosely inserted. A near-fine copy, in like dust jacket. First US edition, first printing, advance review copy, warmly..... More
Win, Lose or Die [James Bond series].
Hodder & Stoughton, 1989. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. A near-fine copy, edges sunned, in like dust jacket, rubbed, small patch of adhesive residue to front flap. First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the title page. The eighth..... More
Scorpius [James Bond series].
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. FIRST US EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY.Octavo. Original blue-paper-backed green boards, spine lettered in gilt, green endpapers. With dust jacket. A near-fine copy in like dust jacket. First US edition, first printing, presentation copy, inscribed by Gardner on the title page to Otto Penzler, John Gardner's publisher..... More
Scorpius [James Bond series].
Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, 1988. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo. Publisher's black boards, spine lettered in gilt. With pictorial dust jacket. A near-fine copy in like dust jacket. First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the title page. This copy is from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin..... More
Scorpius [James Bond series].
Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, 1988. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo. Publisher's black boards, spine lettered in gilt. With pictorial dust jacket. A very good copy in like dust jacket, 38 mm closed tear to head of spine. First edition, first impression, presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author on..... More
Nobody Lives For Ever [James Bond series].
Jonathan Cape / Hodder and Stoughton, 1986. Octavo. Publisher's black boards lettered in gilt to the spine, in a pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Trevor Scobie priced at £8.95 to the front flap. A fine copy, in near-fine dust jacket, unclipped, with very slight rubbing to rear panel. First edition..... More
[James Bond series] Nobody Lives For Ever, corrected manuscript.
Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 1986. Comprising the complete text in 295 numbered pages on A4 sheets, printed to the rectos only. Loose leaves, housed in a simple card folder. In near-fine condition, with the occasional fold and crease to folios. The corrected manuscript of the 1986 James..... More
Role of Honor [James Bond series].
G. P. Putman's Sons, 1984. Octavo. Publisher's black cloth over blue paper-covered sides, blue endpapers, in a pictorial dust jacket priced at $11.95. A very good copy, in like dust jacket. First US edition, first printing, signed by the author to the title page. This copy is from the significant..... More
Icebreaker [James Bond series].
Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1983. Octavo. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in a pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Bill Botten, priced at £7.50 to the front flap. A fine copy, in near-fine dust jacket. First edition, first impression, signed by the author to..... More
License Renewed [James Bond series].
Richard Marek Publishers, Incorporated, 1981. Octavo. Publisher's black boards, lettered in gilt to the spine, in a pictorial dust jacket priced at $9.95. A near-fine copy in like dust jacket. First US edition, first printing, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. This copy is from the significant..... More
[James Bond series] Warlock (Licence Renewed), original typescript novel.
[Glidrose Productions Ltd,] 1980. Pp. 288, comprising the complete text on A4 sheets, typed/printed to the rectos only. Housed in a black cloth slipcase, red morocco labels lettered in gilt to spine. In fine condition. The original typescript for the first Bond novel from John Gardner, written under the working..... More
Ian Fleming Introduces Jamaica. Edited by Morris Cargill.
Andre Deutsch, 1965. Octavo. Publisher's russet-coloured cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt to the spine, with cartographic endpapers printed in orange and brown, top edge tinted ochre, in a photographic dust jacket, priced at 42s. A near-fine copy in a very good dust jacket. First edition, first impression, inscribed copy. This..... More
Thrilling Cities.
New American Library, 1964. Octavo. Original ochre cloth, top edge orange. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom blue morocco-backed folding box. Corners slightly bumped, browning to first and final leaves, a near-fine copy. Some staining to dust jacket with extremities worn and tears to spine, a good copy. First..... More
Thrilling Cities.
Jonathan Cape, 1963. Octavo. Original white cloth-backed grey paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, black endpapers. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom black morocco-backed folding box. 48 pages of illustrations from black and white photos. Corners slightly bumped, some browning to edges, a near-fine copy. Minor creases to price-clipped..... More
Thrilling Cities.
Jonathan Cape, 1963. Octavo. Original green wrappers with the publisher's device repeated in white, spine and front wrapper lettered in black, half-title present (omitted from some proof copies). Housed in a custom grey cloth box. Slightly rubbed at extremities, some minor staining, minor creasing to spine, some folds to corners;..... More
The Diamond Smugglers.
Jonathan Cape, 1957. Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in white. With dust jacket illustrated by Denis Piper. Housed in a custom black morocco-backed folding box. Black & white photographs, and three maps. Minor foxing, a fine copy. Some small nicks to a bright and near-fine dust jacket. First edition..... More
Gilt-Edged Bonds. Casino Royale, From Russia, with Love, and Doctor No. With an introduction by Paul Gallico.
The Macmillan Company, 1961. Octavo. Orignal blue cloth-backed black boards, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Together with two typed letters signed from Fleming to James Bond, 2 leaves (253 x 202 mm), headed notepaper ("4, Old Mitre Court, Fleet Street, E.C.4") and one envelope. Housed..... More
Octopussy and The Living Daylights. Two original typescripts, owned by Richard Chopping.
[Jonathan Cape], n.d. [1965]. THE ONLY KNOWN TYPESCRIPT for Octopussy and The Living Daylights. Richard Chopping's signed original typescripts for the two James Bond short stories, each inscribed by the book jacket illustrator. Octopussy, 46pp., and The Living Daylights, 35pp., quarto, stapled sheets. Minor creases and rust marks; near-fine. Both..... More
You Only Live Twice.
Jonathan Cape, 1964. Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in silver, Japanese characters blocked in gilt to front cover, bamboo-patterned endpapers. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom dark blue quarter morocco folding box. A very good copy, minor lean to spine, edges lightly toned and foxed, but internally still..... More
On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Jonathan Cape, 1963. Octavo. Original grey-brown boards (binding A, no priority), spine lettered in silver, white ski track design on front cover. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom cream cloth chemise and slipcase by James MacDonald of New York. A little rubbing, slight lean to spine, publisher's date stamp..... More
On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Jonathan Cape, 1963. Octavo. Original quarter vellum, black board sides, spine lettered in gilt, ski track decoration on front cover in white, top edge gilt. With publisher's protective wrapper. Colour portrait frontispiece of the author with tissue guard. Light sunning to spine and rubbing to sides, contents clean. A near-fine..... More
Thunderball.
Jonathan Cape, 1961. First edition, first impression, presentation copy. Octavo. Original dark grey boards, spine lettered in gilt, skeletal hand motif blocked on the front cover in blind (Gilbert's A binding). With first issue dust jacket (priced at 15s.) Head and foot of spine very slightly bumped; a fine copy..... More
Dr No.
Jonathan Cape, 1958. Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in silver, "Honeychile" silhouette on front cover in brown (second state, no priority of issue). With dust jacket. Housed in a custom blue quarter morocco folding box. Some light foxing to edges, contents clean. A near-fine copy in fine dust jacket..... More
Diamonds are Forever.
Pan Books Limited, 1971. Octavo. Original illustrated wrappers. Wrappers bright, toning to contents, as expected. A fine copy. Pan Books's film tie-in edition, signed by Sean Connery on the title page. Though not marked as such, this copy is from the estate of Connery's agent, Richard Hatton. Founded in 1954..... More