
Biographies and Reference
"The Guns of James Bond." [In: Sports Illustrated Magazine, Volume 16, Number 11, 19 March 1962.]
Time Incorporated, 1962. Magazine format, stapled. Pp. 84, price 25 cents. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Subscriber's label on front wrapper. Slight rubbing and creasing to wrappers; in near-fine condition. Contains the first American appearance of this original Ian Fleming feature entitled "The Guns of James Bond" (pp. 68-78), being an..... More
The Ian Fleming Collection of 19th-20th century Source Material Concerning Western Civilization together with the Originals of the James Bond-007 Tales.
Lilly Library Publication Number XII., [1970]. Octavo. Original black wrappers, lettering and Fleming's family crest on front wrapper in gold. Housed in custom black card chemise. With 16 pages of monochrome illustrations. Gentle crease to pp. 39-40, contents clean; a near-fine copy. Sole edition of this catalogue of the Ian..... More
James Bond's London. Foreword by Peter Hunt. With a Special Tribute to Ian Fleming by Christopher Lee.
Dunellen, NJ: Daleon Enterprises (Printed and bound in England), 2001. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, number 769 of 1000 copies. A paperback original, issued without jacket. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.171; [5], advertisements. Illustrated throughout. Glossy covers. Signed by the author to a limitation plate to the inside front cover. A fine/as..... 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, red top-stain, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 36s. No inscriptions, some light handling, short tear at crown of wrapper. Near fine. An informative first-hand biography of James Bond's creator, written by a...... 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, red top-stain, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 36s. Discreet signature to flyleaf, jacket with a couple of neat tears to rear plus the usual laminate shrinkage at joints. Still a presentable, near..... More
Ian Fleming's Commandos. The Story of 30 Assault Unit in WWII.
London: Faber and Faber, 2011. [Military History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.397. With 16 monochrome photographs on 4 plates in the centre of text block. Publisher's hardback cloth, spine lettered in gilt, orange endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £20. No inscriptions or price-clipping, minor production creasing to rear; a fine/as new..... 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
Bond Behind the Iron Curtain.
The Book Collector, 2021. [Literary history] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 12cm), pp.125; [2], advertisements; [1], blank. With sixteen illustrations, several in colour. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to backstrip, hammer and sickle device to front board, black endpapers, typographic dust-wrapper. Signed by the author at Firsts London..... More
Ian Fleming and James Bond. Manuscripts in The Schøyen Collection Series 32.
Royal Tunbridge Wells: Adrian Harrington Ltd., 2020. [Literary and film Reference] SIGNED by the author, additionally signed by Fergus Fleming. 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..... 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. A Catalogue.
London: Adrian Harrington Ltd, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-9576041-0-0. Published April 2013. Hardcover edition limited to 100 copies, this being no.51. Quarto (35 x 22cm), p.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..... 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
Diamond.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1956. [Gemstones / mining / Colonial history] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.262; [2], blank. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket. Subtle ownership to free endpaper. A particularly clean, fresh copy in price-clipped jacket. Traveller, journalist and novelist, Hahn was an..... More
Ian Fleming. A Personal Memoir.
London: The Robson Press, 2015. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xii; 372, with a suite of photographic plates. Handsomely bound in half black oasis morocco, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, matching cloth sides. With the dust-jacket bound in at the rear, featuring the famous..... More
Ian Fleming. A Personal Memoir.
London: The Robson Press, 2015. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xii; 372, with a suite of photographic plates. Handsomely bound in half red oasis morocco, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, matching cloth sides. With the dust-jacket bound in at the rear, featuring the famous..... 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. Minor dustiness to edges, jacket toned to spine;..... 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
Robert Fleming, 1845-1933.
Scotland: Whittingehame House Press 2000. [History/Biography] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo, pp.159; [1], blank. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's green cloth blocked in gilt, with colour-plate illustration showing the Fleming family crest laid down to upper cover, illustrated endpapers. A fine copy, from the the comprehensive Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon..... More
The Man Who Supercharged Bond.
Yeovil: 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.
Yeovil: Haynes Publishing, 2009. [Biography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.352. With two suites of sixteen photographic plates. With presentation note SIGNED by the author to half-title; To Chris // Hope you enjoy / the book / as much as Amherst's old Type 35! / Best wishes /..... More