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The Mask Of Dimitrios.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. FIRST EDITION. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone novel. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Internally very clean with no ownership marks, bookplates or inscriptions. Covers are fresh but for a little sunning to spine, a few small marks and the... More
The Night-Comers.
London: William Heinemann, 1956. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[6]; 233. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine, in decorative dust-jacket designed by Judith Bledsoe. Small area of toning to the bottom right corner of a few of the early pages, price clipped dust-jacket shows well with a couple of small... More
Amherst Villiers Superchargers
Motormedia Publications, Surrey. Printed at the Ditchling Press Ltd. n.d. Facsimile brochure for Amherst Villiers Superchargers. Card covers, magazine format. Fine. Charles Amherst Villiers [1900-1991] was an important automotive and aeronautical engineer who was the only man to work for with both motor racing legends Ettore Bugatti and W.O.Bentley. He... More
The James Bond Dossier.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1965. Pp.159. Publisher olive green soft covers flanked with publisher's logos in white, titles in black. A beautiful, fine copy, housed in an elegant green leather-spined clamshell box. This particular example is from the library of crime specialist and Ian Fleming bibliographer Otto Penzler, with the auctioneer's... More
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 Dossier.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.159. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with gilt titles to spine and blind-stamped bullet-holes to upper cover in the price-clipped dust-wrapper based on the familiar 'trompe l'oeil' designs which decorated the Ian Fleming first editions. A lightly handled copy, signed and... More
A Round of Golf with Tommy Armour
London: Hodder and Stoughton 1960. Pp.145. Illustrated by Merritt D. Cutler. Publisher's green cloth in pictorial pictorial dust-jacket. Owner name, else a near fine copy in a slightly edgeworn jacket. A golfing instruction manual from one of the masters of the game; the follow-up volume to 'How to play Your... 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
Die Another Day.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. The novelisation of the Bond movie; a scarce multi-signed copy. FIRST EDITION, octavo, pp.245. Publisher's cloth with pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy, signed by the following; Rosamund Pike (Miranda Frost), Rick Yune (Zao), Smantha Bond (Miss Moneypenny) and Judi Dench (M). Each actor has written... More
Die Another Day.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm). The novelisation of the James Bond movie. Publisher's hardcovers, autographed to the dust-wrapper in silver marker. The signature was obtained privately by us- the author did not appear in the UK to promote this, his... More
Die Another Day.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[vi]; 245; [5], blank. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers lettered in silver to spine, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. A fine/as new copy. A novelisation of the James Bond movie starring Pierce Brosnan and Rosamund Pike; beginning in... More
Doubleshot.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2000. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.274. Publisher's cloth with pictorial dustwrapper. The signature was obtained during the book launch event held at our shop. A fine/as new copy. While officially on medical leave, James Bond uncovers a murderous... More
High Time To Kill
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.294. Publisher's black cloth with pictorial dust-wrapper. The signature was obtained during the book launch event held at our shop. A lovely fine, unread copy. Rather elusive; A mountaineering adventure set in the... More
High Time To Kill
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.294. Publisher's black cloth with pictorial dust-wrapper. A lovely fine, unread copy. Rather elusive; A mountaineering adventure set in the Himalayas, High Time To Kill is Raymond Benson's third novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond, and is... More
The Man With The Red Tattoo.
New York, NY: Putnam, 2002. [Spy novel] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.291; [1], blank. SIGNED by the author in his customary sharpie to title page. Signature obtained during one of his many book launch events held at our shop. A lovely copy, warehoused by ourselves since publication... More
Tomorrow Never Dies
London: Hodder and Stoughton 1997. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.213. The standard hardcover edition, with cover photo of Pierce Brosnan as James Bond and only Bruce Fierstein listed as scriptwriter (a rare variant exists with four writers credited). Published simultaneously with the mass-market softcover... More
Tomorrow Never Dies.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1997. [Spy thriller]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.213. The standard hardcover edition, with cover photo of Pierce Brosnan as James Bond and only Bruce Fierstein listed as scriptwriter (a rare variant exists with four writers credited). Published simultaneously with the mass-market softcover. A lovely... More
The Union Trilogy and Choice of Weapons. Being his complete James Bond novels and short stories.
New York, NY: Pegasus Books, 2008-2010. 2 Omnibus volumes. FIRST EDITIONS, also FIRST APPEARANCE IN BOOK-FORM of the short stories 'Blast From the Past', 'Live at Five', 'Midsummer Night's Doom'. Large octavo, pp.846; 847. Publisher's illustrated card covers. With SIGNED bookplate to first volume, autographed in this cataloguer's presence. Unused/as... More
The World is Not Enough.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. FIRST EDITION. The novelisation of the Bond movie. SIGNED by the author to the title page. The signature was obtained during one of the author's many book launch events held at our shop. Hardcover in photographic dust-wrapper. Absolutely fine throughout, being carefully dark stored by... More
The World is Not Enough.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. FIRST EDITION. The novelisation of the Bond movie. SIGNED by the author to the title page and. The signature was obtained during one of the author's many book launch events held at our shop and was subsequently SIGNED by actress Dame Judi Dench who played... More
Die Another Day.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 2002. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author. The novelisation of the James Bond movie. Both the book and the dust-wrapper are absolutely fine /as new. A lovely copy, signed to the title-page. The signature was obtained privately by us-the author did not appear in the UK... More
The Facts of Death.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1998. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. Raymond Benson's second novel. Hardback, bound in publisher's cloth with pictorial dustwrapper. Both the book and the jacket are absolutely fine/unread. Warehoused by ourselves since publication; this copy is as new. The hardcover versions were printed in tiny numbers (typically around... More
The Man With The Red Tattoo
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 2002. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. Hardback volume, bound in publisher's cloth with pictorial dust-wrapper. Lightly handled; probably read once. Near to fine in jacket. James Bond is sent to Japan to investigate the deaths of the family of Peter McMahon, head of an important genetic research... More