Fleming Related Thrillers
Affair at Quala.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Thriller] FIRST UK EDITION, uncorrected proof copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253; [3], blank. Publisher's red softcovers with blurb on label pasted to upper, top edge blue. PROOF-ONLY dust-wrapper with provisional details hand-stamped to rear flap. The proof jacket varies from the published wrapper in that..... More
Affair at Quala. A Novel of Vengeance.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1964. [Thriller] FIRST U.S. EDITION, literary agent's presentation copy. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's blue cloth, top edge blue, with illustrated dust-jacket priced at $3.95. Agent's label to flyleaf. Contents toned, crisp jacket with very light edge wear. Near fine A San..... More
London Rules.
London: John Murray, 2018. [Espionage novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 345 [1]. Publisher's black cloth hardcovers, photographic dust-jacket priced at £12.99. A lightly handled near fine copy. A cleverly plotted spy story, shortlisted for the 2018 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, an annual award presented by..... More
This is What Happened.
London: John Murray, 2018. [Spy Novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 243 [5]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, titled in blind to spine. With the dust-jacket priced at £12.99. Jacket sunned to spine, otherwise a crisp, clean, near fine copy. Author Mick Herron has received..... More
A Line to Kill.
London: Century, 2021. [Crime Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 375 [1]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to the title page. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, with illustrated endpapers. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Glenn O'Neill, priced at £20. A touch..... More
Moonflower Murders.
London: Century, 2020. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 228; pp.[14] 224; pp.229-357 [5]. Publisher's white cloth with grey titles to spine, and illustrated endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £20.00. A thumb mark to fore-edge, otherwise a crisp, clean near fine copy. A...... More
Contribute 'Red Carpet Treatment' and 'Ski Test' to 'Argosy' magazine January 1960.
London: Fleetway Publications, [late 1959]. [Literary magazine]. (20 x 13cm), pp.144. Publisher's illustrated softcovers. Light handling, expected toning. Near fine. The thrillers of Geoffrey Household greatly influenced the writing of Ian Fleming [Gilbert]. Berkely Mather's books were favourably reviewed by Ian Fleming for the Sunday Times, and Mather later contributed..... More
The Third Hour.
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1938. [Thriller] ADVANCE REVIEW COPY, First US Edition. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[12] 451 [5]. Publisher's yellow soft covers, titled in red with black illustrations. Internally clean, with some toning to spine, and fairly light general rubbing and bumping. A few small chips to..... More
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, with four other volumes featuring supporting quotes by Ian Fleming.
London: Pan Books, Collins and Fontana, 1960s-70s. [Espionage thrillers] Various later printings. Octavos. A group of five novels (one hardcover), comprising The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, The Achilles Affair, The Night-comers, A Grue of Ice and One of Our Submarines. Clean copies. Close to fine throughout (the..... More
Loxfinger, Matzohball, On the Secret Service of His Majesty, the Queen, and You Only Live Until You Die. The Complete Thrilling Adventures of Israel Bond, Hebrew Secret agent Oy-Oy-7.
New York, NY: Pocket Books, Trident Press, 1965, 1966, 1966, 1968. [James Bond pastiche] FIRST EDITIONS. Four volumes, complete. The final book is SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the author. Octavos, three vols are softcover originals, the final book is a hardcover in jacket, with presentation note to the flyleaf; Best..... More
Loxfinger. A Thrilling Adventure of Hebrew Secret agent Oy-Oy-7.
New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1965. [James Bond pastiche] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.127; [1], blank. Publisher's colour softcovers with original price $1.00. A very good, used copy. The first of four novels featuring Israel Bond. More
On the Secret Service of His Majesty, The Queen. An Israel Bond Thriller.
New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1966. [James Bond pastiche] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.128. Publisher's colour softcovers with original price $1.00. A near fine copy. 'Hebrew Secret agent Oy-Oy-7 strikes again'. More
One of Our Submarines.
London: Penguin Books, Pan Books, 1952, 1968, 1973. [Naval warfare] First Penguin edition, First Pan edition, and revised edition reprint. Octavos. A group of three paperbacks in publisher's softcovers, each with a supporting quote from Ian Fleming. Clean copies, with some expected toning and gentle reading creases to spine. near..... More
Invitation to Die.
London: Robert Hale, 1970. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's brown cloth lettered in gilt, with photographic dust-jacket priced at 21s. Price clipped else a crisp, fine copy. "In the best Fleming tradition" [Manchester Evening News]. A British secret service thriller featuring Ogle-Oxley, likened..... More
Invitation to Die.
London: Robert Hale, 1970. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Harry Saltzman's copy INSCRIBED by the author "To Harry and Jacqueline / with love from the author / Fergus French", dated 4 November 1970. Octavo, pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's brown cloth with photographic dust-jacket. Some fading, near fine. With a loose handwritten..... More
The Cincinnati Kid.
London: Pan Books, 1965. [Gambling Thriller] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.156; [4], ads. Publisher's sofcovers with a typically James Bond -style illustartion of two players at a card table. Export copy without UK price on cover and with South African price stamp within. Minor wear, small scribble..... More
The Abominable Snowman Adventure.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. [Mountaineering/exploration] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.302. Green cloth hardback, cartographic endpapers, illustrated dust-jacket. Ink name to front blank, price clipped to front flap. Some light dampmarks to margins, jacket chipped to base of spine and upper. Very good. During World War II, Izzard..... More
Bloody River Blues. A Location Scout Mystery.
New York: Avon Books, 1993. [Crime novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author. A paperback original. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.267; [1]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers, priced at $4.50. Autograph of Jeffery Deaver to the title page, also signing his nom-de-plume. Cheap paper gently toned as expected else fine. The second..... More
A Grue of Ice.
London: Collins Fontana, 1964. [Thriller] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221; [3], ads. Publisher's softcovers priced at 3/6. A very good copy. P.o.n. to first page. Geoffrey Jenkins was a South African thriller writer of the 'Ian Fleming school', and a protege of the James Bond author, working..... More
A Grue of Ice.
New York: Viking, 1962. [Thriller] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp242. Publisher's grey hardcovers, top edge purple, in illustrated dust-jacket priced at £3.95. Contents clean, jacket fresh and bright. An excellent copy. Geoffrey Jenkins was a South African thriller writer of the 'Ian Fleming school', and a protege..... More
Hunter Killer.
London: Collins, 1966. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.288. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper by Dell 'Orco, with two quotes from Ian Fleming on the back flap. Contents clean, edges very dlightly toned, jacket with some light wear to spine ends..... More
A Twist of Sand.
London: Collins, 1959. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.320. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by John Rose, with a reference to Jenkins' journalist colleague Ian Fleming on the rear flap. A fine copy of the book, which appears unread..... More
A Twist of Sand.
London: Collins, 1959. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.320. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by John Rose, with a reference to Jenkins' journalist colleague Ian Fleming on the rear flap. Neat ink name, edges toned, jacket with chips and..... More
A Twist of Sand.
London: Collins Fontana, 1961. [Thriller] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.192. Publisher's sofcovers priced at 2/6. Very good indeed. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy (pencil ownership within). Geoffrey Jenkins was a South African thriller writer of the 'Ian Fleming school' whose adventure novels often involved smuggling and Royal Navy..... More
A Twist of Sand.
London: Collins, 1959. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, third printing. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.320. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, Bookseller ticket (Johannesburg) to pastedown. Autographed and dated in blue ink to the title page. A very good copy, cloth has some local sunning where a...... More