
Biographies and Reference
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; all edges yellow. Gently toned. Very light wear to covers; an unusually well-preserved copy. Near fine. A little character-study of Ian Fleming by someone who claims to have been his..... More
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 softcovers printed in white and black. This number contains a SIGNED review of biographer John Pearson's book 'Ian Fleming The Notes', by the James Bond historian and..... More
How 007 Got His Name.
London: Collins, 1966. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.62, with two photographic illustrations comprising a frontispiece portrait of the subject and Ian Fleming's only meeting with James Bond. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper, designed by Barbosa, after Richard Chopping's designs for the jackets of the original 007 novels. A...... More
James Bond in the Cinema.
Cranbury, NJ: A.S. Barnes and Co, 1972. [Bond on film] FIRST US EDITION, being published in a larger format than the UK equivalent. Octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.176. Illustrated throughout with great stills, mostly provided by United Artists. Publisher's grey hardcovers cloth, titles in black to spine. Pictorial dust-jacket with..... 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
'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. Paperback. First edition thus. Octavo, 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
The Man With The Golden Typewriter. Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters.
London: Bloomsbury, 2015. [Letters] Edited by Fergus Fleming. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.391; [1]. Black hardcovers blocked in gilt, red endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket priced at £25. With black and white photographs. Autographed by Fergus Fleming in ink to the title page. A fine, unused copy (as new)..... 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
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
[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
Ian Fleming and James Bond. Manuscripts in The Schøyen Collection Series 32. [Red]
Royal Tunbridge Wells: Adrian Harrington Ltd., 2020. [Literary and film Reference] 'RED' 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
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
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
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
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
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
The Man Who Supercharged Bond.
Yeoville: Haynes Publishing, 2009. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.352. With two suites of sixteen photographic plates. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and grey endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £25. A fine, as-new copy. Subtitled 'The Extraordinary story of Charles Amherst Villiers', this..... More
The Man Who Supercharged Bond.
Yeoville: Haynes Publishing, 2009. [Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.352. With two suites of sixteen photographic plates. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and grey endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £25. A fine, as-new..... 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. Some minor soiling to edges of first few leaves else a lightly used copy in near fine condition. 'The most..... More
Ian Fleming. The Man Behind James Bond.
Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing, 1995. [Literary biography] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Publisher's two-tone hardcovers cloth blocked in gilt to spine, black endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at $24.95. A clean, near fine copy. 'The most comprehensive biography of Ian Fleming' - Gilbert. Ian..... More