Autograph Material
From Russia, With Love (a James Bond novel)
London: Jonathan Cape. 1957, FIRST EDITION, First Impression, Binding A, an ASSOCIATION COPY. Pp.253. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping. A used copy but with no significant defects; jacket darkened to spine, rubbed to joints with some chips and tears. Preserved in a clamshell... More
Live and Let Die
London: Jonathan Cape. 1959. Hardcover reprint. AN INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY. Publisher's black, gilt-embossed cloth-effect paper over boards, in purple dustwrapper. Minor wear, a little bumped, jacket with some wear to extremities, rubbed to joints. Very good. SIGNED by the author to the flyleaf. This copy is from the library of... More
The Diamond Smugglers.
London: Ian Fleming Publications Limited, 2009. With a new introduction SIGNED by Fergus Fleming. FIRST EDITION thus. Octavo, pp.116. Publisher's green cloth with pictorial dust-wrapper. As new. Fleming's first non-Bond book, and also his first non-fiction work. Written with the assistance of Diamond expert John Collard, who is noted in... More
Dr. No.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. SIGNED FIRST EDITION, Fifth Impression. Octavo, pp.256. This copy bears the signature of Ian Fleming to the flyleaf. Publisher's dark brown cloth in the original dust-wrapper illustrated by Pat Marriott. Some toning to the edges and spine panel; near fine. Fleming usually did not sign reprints... More
For Your Eyes Only (James Bond short stories) Includes 'Quantum of Solace'.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1960. First Impression, Binding A, PRESENTATION copy. Pp.252. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with eye motif stamped in white to the upper cover, titled in gilt to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping. Text block toned, some browning to extremities and spine panel... More
Moonraker.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. FIRST IMPRESSION, FIRST PRINTING, BINDING A (Fabroleen material). INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY. This version with 'shoot' correctly printed to page 10. Octavo, pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, titled in silver, in 'flame' design dustwrapper by Kenneth Lewis. A fine copy in the lightly rubbed and... More
The Spy Who Loved Me (A James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape. 1962. INSCRIBED First Impression, State A. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards with scarlet endpapers in the pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping, priced 15s. to the flap. An intriguing association copy, signed and inscribed by the author. The book is used and has been subject to the... More
The Spy Who Loved Me.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. FIRST EDITION, Fifth Impression. Pp.221. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher's cloth-effect paper covered boards in the correct dust-wrapper for this printing (supplied), illustrated by Richard Chopping. Some minor toning and spotting to the edges of the text block; slight lean; jacket a little dusty with a.... More
The Spy Who Loved Me. (A James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. First Impression, State A, INSCRIBED by the author to the correspondent Jonathan Connolly. Octavo, pp.221. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with foil stamped 'dagger, red endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper by Richard Chopping. Housed in a custom-made leather-spined clamshell box. Trivial wear. Near fine. The tenth... More
Typed letter, signed.
London: 30th June 1952. One page letter to fellow author and illustrator Nicholas Bentley, typed on Kemsley House' headed notepaper, addressed and with salutation in manuscript. Ian Fleming was Foreign Manager at the Kemsley Group of Newspapers, and he drafted this letter in regard to to Bentley's position as an... More
The Spy Who Loved Me.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. Sixth Impression. Octavo, pp.221. Publisher's cloth-effect paper covered boards in the correct dust-wrapper for this printing, illustrated by Richard Chopping. No inscriptions or bookplates, jacket shows some light rubbing and dustiness. A very good copy. This was the final Cape printing to be issued during the... More
Thrilling Cities.
Jonathan Cape, London, 1963. First Impression, First State. DEDICATION COPY, signed by the author. Pp.223. Publisher's cloth-backed marbled paper over boards, titled in gilt to the spine, black endpapers, top edge stained black. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Paul Davis. Illustrated with photographic plates, and with erratum slip tipped... More
On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Proof and Inscribed copy
London: Jonathan Cape. 1963. 2 copies from the collection of Aubrey Forshaw; a 1963 first impression inscribed by the author, together with an annotated proof copy [issued 1962] in the proof-only dustwrapper. The first edition has a signed presentation inscription to the flyleaf; "To Aubrey / who wrote some of... More
Zero Minus Ten (a James Bond novel).
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1997. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Royal octavo, pp.x; 257; [3], blank. Publisher's hardcover in original dust-wrapper. A used example with some shelfwear and a reading lean, text block toned, endpapers neatly replaced, jacket a little creased and handled. The author's first James Bond novel... More
Icebreaker. A James Bond novel.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton 1983. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth. Gilt titles to spine. Fine in fine dust wrapper. SIGNED on flap by the dustwrapper artist Bill Botten, who produced the jacket art for both of Christopher Wood's James Bond novels and the early Gardner Bonds... More
Icebreaker. A James Bond novel.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton 1983. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.250. Original black cloth with gilt titles to spine; pictorial dust-wrapper. A clean, near fine copy in jacket. ADVANCE COPY FOR REVIEW, with publisher's printed slip inserted and publication date label to spine. The slip is fine, but for... More
Trigger Mortis.
London: Orion, 2015. [Spy novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, Waterstones version. The latest James Bond novel, incorporating an original story/idea 'Murder On Wheels' by Ian Fleming. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.329; [1], advertisement. Publisher's black cloth hardcovers with large skull motif blocked to upper in silver, with black and orange-coloured dust-jacket... More
Trigger Mortis.
London: Orion, 2015. [Spy novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. The latest James Bond novel, incorporating an original story/idea 'Murder On Wheels' by Ian Fleming. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.310; [1], advertisement; [3], blank. Publisher's black cloth with large skull motif blocked to upper in silver, blueprint-style endpapers, metallic-effect dust-jacket. A lovely... 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
For Special Services. James Bond 007.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.254; 1 [afterword]. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket. SIGNED on flap by the dust-wrapper artist Bill Botten, who produced the jacket art for both of Christopher Wood's James Bond novels and the early Gardner Bonds in the style of... More
The Man From Barbarossa
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1991. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Pp.231. An original novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. A couple of tiny marks; a lovely fine copy (not a remainder copy). Autographed by the late John Gardner to the title page in... More
Never Send Flowers (A James Bond Novel)
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1993. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. Octavo, pp212. Publisher's hardback cloth in pictorial dustwrapper. Not clipped, showing £14.99 (unpriced export copies were also available). A clean, fine copy in fine dust-wrapper. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author; For James / John Gardner. When an officer of the... More
Win, Lose or Die
New York: Putnam 1989. FIRST US EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author. Octavo, pp.319. Publisher's hardcover in pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy, with presentation note on the title-page; 'To Mike, with every good wish John Gardner'. Britain's greatest spy returns in John Gardner's eighth original 007 novel... 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. A.... More
Q. The Biography of Desmond Llewelyn.
Seaford: S.B. Publications, 1995. SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Glossy photo-documentary in a large hardcover format. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.168. Illustrated throughout with black and white stills, with accompanying text. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is number 997, autographed by both the author and subject. A fine copy... More