Biographies and Reference
The James Bond Dossier.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond Reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.159 [1]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, with gilt titles to spine, and the pictorial dust-wrapper, based on the familiar Chopping 'trompe l'oeil' designs from the Ian Fleming first editions. Priced at 16s. to flap. Near..... More
The Festival of Britain Exhibition of Books. Arranged by the National Book League at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
London: Published for the National Book League by the Cambridge University Press, no date [1951]. [Exhibition Catalogue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's plain soft covers, titled to upper. A little toned, with heavy spotting to covers, and some light handling. Blue pencil 'IF' to front over. Very..... More
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Ian Fleming's Incredible Creation. My Friend, Ian Fleming [and] The World of James Bond.
Chicago, IL: Novel Books, 1965. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo paperback (18 x 11cm), pp.128. Publisher's colour illustrated soft covers priced at 60c; all edges yellow. Gently toned, Portland bookstore stamp to half-title, very light wear to covers, single red pen mark to fore-edge; an unusually well-preserved copy. Near fine..... More
The James Bond Bedside Companion.
London: Boxtree Limited, 1988. [James Bond reference book]. The revised and updated edition, being the FIRST UK APPEARANCE of this title. Large octavo (28 x 22cm), pp.275; [1]. Glossy softcovers, illustrated throughout. Faint laminate crease to rear else a fine, fresh copy. A particularly pleasing example. The author's highly acclaimed..... More
The Ian Fleming Collection of 19th-20th century Source material Concerning Western Civilization together with the Originals of the James Bond-007 Tales:
Indiana; Lilly Library Publication Number XII [1970]. A Catalogue of the Ian Fleming Collection as purchased by the Lilly Library at the University of Indiana. FIRST (and only) EDITION. Slim octavo, pp.50, stapled. Publisher's matt covers in a custom-made collectors cloth case, titled in gilt to the spine. Some discreet..... More
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The Book Collector: Ian Fleming and Book Collecting [a special issue]. Edited by James Fergusson; Consultant Editor, Nicolas Barker.
London: The Collector Limited, 2017. [Literary Journal] Vol. 66, No.1, Spring 2017. Octavo, pp.288. A bumper number (profusely illustrated), in gold wrappers, SIGNED by contributor Jon Gilbert (p.182). A fine, unread copy. To celebrate its 65th anniversary, The Book Collector magazine devoted its Spring 2017 issue to Ian Fleming, who..... More
Ian Fleming The Book Collector. Edited by James Fergusson; Consultant Editor, Nicolas Barker.
London: Queen Anne Press, 2017. [Bibliography] LIMITED EDITION, number 149 of 150 copies SIGNED signed by Fergus Fleming (co-publisher at Queen Anne Press) and his brother James (publisher of The Book Collector), Ian Fleming's nephews. Additionally signed by Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert. All three authors have written essays contained herein..... More
The Book Collector. Autumn 2020. Edited by James Fleming.
Cirencester: The Collector Ltd., 2020. [Literary Journal] Vol. 69, No.3, Autumn 2020. Octavo, with illustrations (some in colour). Bound in the publisher's red-coloured softcovers with text printed in white and black. Fine/as new. This number contains a SIGNED review of biographer John Pearson's book 'Ian Fleming The Notes', by the..... More
The Book Collector. Spring 2021. Edited by James Fleming.
Cirencester: The Collector Ltd., 2021. [Literary Journal] Vol. 70, No.1, Spring 2021. Octavo, with illustrations (some in colour). Bound in the publisher's purple-coloured softcovers with text printed in white and black. Trivial handling; fine. This number contains James Pickard's review of 'Ian Fleming and James Bond' by Jon Gilbert'... More
John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2009. [Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Royal quarto (31 x 24cm), pp.224. With a foreword by Maurice Sendak, and an introduction by Brian Alderson. Illustrated in colour throughout. Signed by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the..... More
Roger Moore's James Bond Diary.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, 1973. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.186, in pictorial card wrappers. Roger Moore's own account of filming 'Live and Let Die', with exclusive colour photographs by Luisa Moore and stills from the film. A paperback original (UK title: Roger Moore as James Bond 007); a...... More
Devil May Care. The Bentley Special Series Edition.
Doubleday, in association with Bentley Motors 2008. FIRST EDITION. LIMITED EDITION, Large Paper copies. With a note to this edition, a foreword by the chief designer of Bentley Motors, and a brief biography of Ian Fleming. Superbly bound in full dark brown leather, with hand-stitching to covers, with red leather..... More
Ian Fleming and the Book Collector.
London: Queen Anne Press, 2017. [Bibliography] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, being the first separate edition. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[vi]; 28; [6], Endmatter. Edition limited to 125 numbered copies signed by the author (co-publisher at Queen Anne Press) and his brother James Fleming (publisher of The Book Collector). Finely printed on..... 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
The Life of Ian Fleming. Creator of James Bond.
London: Pan Books Ltd., 1967. [Literary Biography] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18x 12cm), pp.416, with illustrated softcovers and photographic plates within. Cheap paper stock toned as expected, some dustiness otherwise a lovely near fine copy of 'an essential biographical volume' (Gilbert). BMC No.1 p.4-13 'Fleming and Bond; Related Titles'... More
Shaken. Drinking with James Bond and Ian Fleming.
London: Octopus Books/Mitchell Beazley, 2018. [Mixology] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm). Black hardcovers blocked in gilt. No jacket as issued. With photographs throughout. Introduction by Fergus Fleming who has added his autograph in ink to the title page. Signature obtained in person for Adrian Harrington Ltd. A fine..... 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 pp.16 of photographic plates. Publisher's black cloth with 'golden eye' motif to the upper cover, red top-stain, pictorial dust-wrapper. Edges toned/thumbed, Christmas gift label to flyleaf, jacket worn at spine ends and corners. A very good..... More
Ian Fleming's James Bond. A Descriptive Bibliography and Price Guide.
New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA: The Mysterious Bookshop, 1999. [Bibliography] FIRST REGULAR EDITION, following the limited printing (250 copies). Slim octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.34. Publisher's grey wraps, stapled twice. Signed by the bibliographer, editor and publisher Otto Penzler to the title page. As new/fine. A checklist of..... More
Zur Chirurgie des Herzens und des Herzbeutels, in 'Archiv fur Klinische Chirurgie'.
Berlin: Verlag von August Hirshwald 1907. Pp.904. Original printed wrappers. Prof. Dr. Rehn's treatise appears on pp.723-778. A fine copy, in a folding protective case with gilt-titled orange leather label to spine and gilt crest to upper (some wear to box). This is an account of the first successful suture..... More
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[James Bond] Ian Fleming. Sixty Years of 007 [within Fine Books and Collections].
Chapel Hill, NC: Journalistic, Inc. / Webb C. Howell, Spring 2013. Magazine format in pictorial glossy photographic covers, perfect bound. pp.64. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout. Original price $5.95. Fine / as new. Includes a three-page article 'The Birth of Bond', celebrating the 60th anniversary of the novel Casino Royale..... More
Ian Fleming: The Book Collector.
London: The Book Collector / Queen Anne Press, 2017. Ten monographs, SIGNED LETTERPRESS EDITIONS, being the FIRST SEPARATE PRINTING. 10 vols., slim octavo (26 x 18cm), limited variously to 60 or 120 copies, each hand-numbered and signed by James and Fergus Fleming. Finely printed on 150gsm Bockingford paper and bound..... More
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Ian Fleming and James Bond. Manuscripts in The Schøyen Collection Series 32. [Silver]
Royal Tunbridge Wells: Adrian Harrington Ltd., 2020. [Literary and film Reference] 'SILVER' edition, SIGNED by the author. 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 in two-colour metallic..... More
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Ian Fleming: The Bibliography [DELUXE EDITION].
London: Queen Anne Press, 2012. ILAB-Breslauer Prize Winner [2014]. FIRST EDITION, DELUXE LIMITED ISSUE No.103 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
Ian Fleming: The Bibliography.
London: Queen Anne Press, 2017. SIGNED by the author. Royal quarto (33 x 22cm), with black and white illustrations throughout plus four suites of eight colour plates. Set in Albertina type and printed in two colours. Elegantly bound in full green cloth with black endpapers, gilt lettering and ornament. Fine/new..... More
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Ian Fleming: The Bibliography. [In Custom Slipcase].
London: Queen Anne Press, 2017. Royal quarto, with black and white illustrations throughout plus four suites of eight colour plates. Set in Albertina type and printed in two colours. Elegantly bound in full green cloth with black endpapers, gilt lettering and ornament. SIGNED by the author. Supplied with a felt..... More