Biographies and Reference
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
The Book Collector, 1952-1964. The Ian Fleming Years [52 issues].
London: The Queen Anne Press, 1952-1964. [Literary Journal] The first 52 issues published under the stewardship of Ian Fleming. Vol.1, No.1 (Spring 1952) - vol.13, No.4 (Winter 1964). Contributors include John Carter, David A. Randall, T.S. Eliot, Nancy Cunard, Nicolas Barker, William Rees-Mogg, George Sims, B.H. Breslauer and Timothy d'Arch..... More
The Book Collector, Summer 1961.
London: The Shenval Press, [1961]. [Literary Journal] A bibliographic magazine published under the stewardship of Ian Fleming and whose name appears on the title page. Contributors include John Harward and Percy Muir. Publisher's printed softcovers Spine slightly toned. Near fine. In late 1951, The Dropmore Press, owned by Fleming's employer..... More
Ian Fleming Obituary in The Book Collector, Winter 1964.
London: The Shenval Press, [1961]. [Literary Journal] A bibliographic magazine. Contributors include John Carter and Nicholas Barker. Publisher's printed softcovers Spine slightly age-toned. Near fine. Contains a tribute to Ian Fleming (Commentary, pp.431-3) by his friend and colleague John Hayward. Ian Fleming ran The Book Collector journal from its inception..... More
The Making of a Publisher. A Life in the 20th Century Book Revolution.
New York: Reynal / Morrow, 1967. [Publishing] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.360. With a frontispiece portrait. Linen-backed brown cloth, patterned endpapers, typographic dust-wrapper priced at $6.95. Contents clean, top edge dusty/spotted, jacket rubbed, worn to spine ends. Very good. Autobiography of Victor Weybright, the American author and publisher..... More
'The James Bond Books of Ian Fleming: A Descriptive Bibliography' appearing in 'Firsts magazine' Volume 8, Number 11.
Firsts Magazine, Inc., Tuscson, Arizona November 1998. [Bibliographic journal] Magazine format, pp.76, pictorial covers. This illustrated article appears on pp.38–51, SIGNED by James M. Pickard. A fine copy. A most readable essay which contains much previously undocumented information; although some technical detail has since been expanded, this remains essential reading..... More
Birds of the West Indies.
London: Collins, 1960. [Ornithology] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256; [1], blank. With colour plate illustrations and line drawings. Publisher's red cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine, cartographic endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 35s. A few related ink notes to half title else contents clean. Used..... More
The Shotgun History & Development.
London: A & C Black, 1985. [Firearms] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240. With photographic illustrations throughout. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, original pictorial dust-jacket priced at £15. Some light handling, near fine. Geoffrey Boothroyd was a British expert on firearms who wrote several standard reference..... More
The Life of Samuel Johnson, including a Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides. By the Right Hon. John Wilson Crocker. A New Edition, Thoroughly Revised, With Much Additional Matter. With Portraits.
London: John Murray, 1900. [Literary biography] FINELY BOUND. Large octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.874. Illustrated with engravings. Contemporary full red morocco by R. Grant & Son, Edinburgh, with raised bands, full gilt backs, seal of Fettes College stamped in gilt to upper, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate of William John..... More
The Devil With James Bond.
London: Fontana Books, 1967. [Bond reference] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.126; [2], endmatter. Bound in pictorial card covers priced at 5s. to front. No owner names or writing. Usual toning to cheap paper. A near fine copy, with some inevitable sunning to the spine panel. A paperback..... More
The Devil With James Bond.
Richmond, Virginia: John Knox Press, 1967. [Bond reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.123; [5], blank. Bound in pictorial card covers priced at $1.75 Light handling and age-related toning. A near fine copy. A paperback original. An unusual piece of vintage Bondiana, 'for Bond lovers and Bond loathers'. This..... 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. A used, ex-library copy, marked as such and with expected faults. Jacket has a shelf label to spine..... More
You Only Live Once. Memories of Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984. [Biography] Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.142. With a suite of 8 black and white illustrations. Publisher's pale blue cloth binding with original dust-wrapper. A lightly used, ex-library copy, with a few institutional markings. Despite the faults, a very good copy. This is the revised version..... More
You Only Live Once. Memories of Ian Fleming.
Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1984. [Biography] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.142. With a suite of 8 black and white photographs. Publisher's blue cloth binding with original dust-wrapper. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Jacket with minor edge wear and one chip to front panel. Near fine. The..... More
You Only Live Once. Memories of Ian Fleming.
Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1984. [Biography] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.142. With a suite of 8 black and white photographs. Publisher's blue cloth binding with original dust-wrapper. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A crisp, bright, fine copy in similar jacket. The first American Edition, following the..... 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
John Burningham. An Illustrated Journey.
London: The Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation, 2011. [Catalogue raisonne] FIRST EDITION. Oblong quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.144. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's photographic softcovers. Fine / as new. Rather scarce. Works by the childrens author, designer, and illustrator of Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang (1964). A superb catalogue published on the occasion of the retrospective..... More
Poems.
Paris: Hours Press, 1930. [Verse] FIRST EDITION, limited issue, number 94 of 200 copies, signed by the author. Slim small folio, pp.18; [2]. Printed on hand-press paper. Publisher's cloth-backed red paper boards, edges untrimmed. Decorative bookplate and ownership signature of Eve Fleming. Contents clean, boards shelf-worn. very good. Evelyn Beatrice..... More
Ian Fleming: Licence to Kill.
Endeavour Press, 2014. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Slim octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.102; [4], blank. Colour-illustrated soft covers. As new. A shorter biography of novelist Ian Fleming. Author and historian Nigel Cawthorne also wrote A Brief Guide To James Bond and The Complete James Bond Dictionary. From the comprehensive James Bond..... More
Bond Bound. Ian Fleming and the Art of Cover Design
London: The Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation 2008. [Bibliography / James Bond reference] FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Illustrated Quarto (23 x 18cm), pp.166. Soft-bound in photographic wraps with integral flaps, die-cut with bullet holes to the front cover and rear flap. A fine copy. This issue with the matt red '007' logo..... More
James Bond, The Man and His World, The Official Companion to Ian Fleming's Creation.
London: John Murray, 2005. FIRST EDITION, with strike-like '1' present. Illustrated quarto (25 x 20cm), pp.250. Hand-bound in half burgundy oasis morocco with raised bands to spine, gilt titles, matching cloth sides, black endpapers, publisher's original cloth spine and dust-jacket preserved at the rear. A fine copy in an attractive..... More
James Bond, The Man and His World, The Official Companion to Ian Fleming's Creation.
London: John Murray, 2005. [Literary Reference] FIRST EDITION, with strike-like '1' present. Illustrated quarto (25 x 20cm), pp.250. Publisher's red cloth hardcovers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £20. Bound without the rear flyleaf (as they were issued). A fine, unread copy. Cited by Gilbert as a primary reference book on Ian..... More
James Bond, The Man and His World, The Official Companion to Ian Fleming's Creation.
London: John Murray, 2005. [Literary Reference] FIRST EDITION, with strike-like '1' present. Illustrated quarto (25 x 20cm), pp.250. Publisher's red cloth hardcovers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £20. Contents clean, jacket unmarked. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's reference copy, with pencilled comments to two post-it notes within. A fine copy. Cited by Gilbert..... More
Licence To Thrill. A Cultural History of the James Bond Films.
London: I.B. Tauris, 2007. [Movie critique] NEW REVISED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xiv; 306. Publisher's illustrated card covers. A fine copy. First published in 1999, this is a revised version of an enlightening history of the James Bond movie franchise. The author, James Chapman, is a Professor of Film..... More
Butterflies In Britain. Puffin Picture Book No. 29. Written & Lithographed by Richard Chopping.
London: Penguin Books Ltd. No date(circa 1940s). [Natural History] Oblong Octavo (22 x 18cm), pp32. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's pictorial hardcovers designed by the author. Contents clean, light wear to covers, owner name to front, spine creased, with neat crack to head and tail. Very good. An early book..... More