Biographies and Reference
The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner)
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 14cm). Publisher's black cloth, gilt endpapers. Illustrated throughout. With Raymond Hawkey-designed 'reversible' book-jacket for work in the field; the pictorial dust-wrapper can be rapidly disguised as a bible. A near fine copy in similar jacket. An unusual piece of Bondiana... More
The James Bond Dossier
London: Jonathan Cape. 1965. FIRST EDITION. THE AUTHOR'S COPY, in a bespoke quarter leather binding of half red morocco, gilt, commissioned by the publisher for presentation to Amis. Obviously a unique copy, this was likely bound by Ian Fleming's own binder Arthur Last, the style matching closely the author's copies... More
The James Bond Dossier.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY IN RARE JACKET. Publisher's paper covers, with pictorial proof dust-wrapper, based on the familiar 'trompe l'oeil' designs which decorated the Ian Fleming first editions. Very bright jacket with inevitable wear to the unsupported oversize area, otherwise a fine copy, housed in a custom-made... 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. A little edgewear/bumping very good indeed. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography. 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. Absolutely fine. A checklist of an Ian Fleming collection 'preliminary to a bibliography'. A useful guide now superseded by Ian Fleming: The Bibliography (Queen... 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
You Only Live Once. Memories of Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.142. With a suite of eight black and white illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth binding with original dust-wrapper, priced at £3.50. Minor wear, top edge dusty, jacket worn along top edge, some tears. Very good. This is the withdrawn... More
The Missing Diplomats.
London: The Queen Anne Press, 1952. [Espionage] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.50; [1], blank; [1], imprint. Bound in stiif white card covers with title label to upper, yellow dust-wrapper printed in red and black. A fine copy of the book in a presentable jacket, slightly chipped and toned... More
All Night at Mr. Stanyhurst's.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1933. [Modern fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.197; [1]. Publisher's burgundy bookcloth, blocked in yellow to the spine, in the pictorial dustwrapper illustrated by Eric Fraser. 'Times Book Club' ticket to rear pastedown. A little bumped and marked, jacket with a few small nicks and... More
Faulks on Fiction. Great British Characters and the Secret Life of the Novel.
London: BBC Books 2011. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dustjacket. A very fine copy, autographed by Sebastian Faulks on the title-page. Includes the essay 'James Bond'; Faulks was the author of the best-selling 007 adventure 'Devil May Care' in 2008. More
'James Bond Alias Ian Fleming' by John Pearson contained within 'Life' magazine, Vol 61, Nos. 15-16, October 7 and 14, 1966.
Time Inc., Chicago [1966]. 2 issues, price 35c per issue. Magazine format, illustrated, with fold-out poster covers. Address labels to upper (removed from second magazine). Near fine, sith some acceptable wear to spine of second magazine. Contains the first appearance of the opening chapters of Pearson's 'Life of Ian Fleming'... More
'Yes and No'. A critical essay on the morality of Ian Fleming's novels, contained within 'Now & Then' magazine, Number 102, Autumn 1958.
Jonathan Cape, 30 Bedford Square, London. [1958]. pp.24. Price sixpence.. Magazine format, illustrated. Fine. Publisher Jonathan Cape's literary magazine for the publishing industry, booksellers and the public alike. Contains an editorial piece to p.6-7 on the controversy surrounding Fleming's Bond novels, recently heightened by some scornful articles concerning the ethical... More
The Letters of Ann Fleming.
London: Collins Harvill, 1985. [Letters] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.448. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket featuring a photograph of Ann Fleming taken by Cecil Beaton with printed price of £16.50 net. Endpapers show Ann Fleming's family tree. Illustrated with two suites of black and white... More
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[FLEMING, Ian] PORTRAIT OF IAN FLEMING BY AMHERST VILLIERS.
no place, no date [printed 2012]. A limited edition giclée print of the only formal portrait of Ian Fleming, painted in 1962 by Charles Amherst Villiers. The painting was then used as a frontispiece to the signed limited edition On Her Majesty's Secret Service, published by Jonathan Cape in 1963... More
Contribute 'A Golfing Nightmare' and 'The Terrible Dr. No' to Encore; The Sunday Times Book, Second Year. Edited by Leonard Russell.
London: Micheal Joseph. 1963. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. Pp.406. Publisher's red cloth with original pictorial dust-jacket. Lightly worn, spine of jacket frayed at head and tail; near fine. A particularly nice copy A collection of outstanding articles contributed to the Sunday Times, this is the FIRST EDITION in book-form. Ian... 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. 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 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 half black calf over matching cloth sides, top edge red, original endpapers (with Fleming family crest) and dust-jacket panel preserved at rear. Internally clean, minor discolour to top... 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, with the uncommon printed 'Statement' inserted. Publisher's black cloth with 'golden eye' motif to the upper cover, red top-stain, pictorial dust-wrapper. A near fine copy of the book in a lightly... 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 Commandos. The Story of 30 Assault Unit in WWII.
London: Faber and Faber. 2011. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.397. With illustrations. Publisher's hardback cloth in a pictorial dust-wrapper. No inscriptions or price-clipping; an absolutely fine/as new copy, signed by the author to the title page. "The true story of Fleming's wartime Commando unit, the real-life inspiration for James Bond"... 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
Ian Fleming: The Book Collector.
London: 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 in black flock-paper covers... 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.95. 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
Ian Fleming. A Catalogue.
London: Adrian Harrington Ltd, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-9576041-0-0. Published April 2013 Softcovers, pp.80. With eight colour plate sections and numerous black and white illustrations within the text. A descriptive catalogue of rare Ian Fleming and James Bond-related material by the award-winning bibliographer Jon Gilbert. An as new/fine copy, signed. More