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The World is Not Enough.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.274; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver to backstrip, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £16.99. Some handling, likely read once; near fine. Novelisation of the nineteenth Bond film, which was released in cinemas in late 1999..... More
The World is Not Enough.
London: Coronet Books, 1999. [Movie novelisation] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.200; [2], publisher's advertisements. Signed by the author to the title page. The signature was obtained at the book launch event held at our shop. Front cover bears the original 'Playstation' competition sticker. Fine/as new. Hubin;..... 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
'James Bond and the Book Collector' within The Book Collector. Spring 2014.
London: The Collector Limited, 2014. [Literary Journal] Vol. 63, No.1, Spring 2014. Octavo, pp.168. Illustrated, in green card wrappers, with accompanying loose index for previous volume. Includes the article 'Bond and the Book Collector' by Nicolas Barker OBE, being a lengthy review of Jon Gilbert's Ian Fleming Bibliography, SIGNED by..... More
Ian Fleming: A Catalogue of a Collection.
Liverpool: Privately Printed by the author. 1978. [Bondiana] FIRST (and only) EDITION. Slim octavo. Pp.72. Publisher's glossy pictorial covers depicting the Fleming family coat of arms. Absolutely fine. A checklist of an Ian Fleming collection 'preliminary to a bibliography'. A useful guide now superseded by Ian Fleming: The Bibliography (Queen..... More
Ian Fleming: A Catalogue of a Collection.
Liverpool: Privately Printed by the author. 1978. [Bondiana] FIRST (and only) EDITION. Slim octavo. Pp.72. Publisher's glossy pictorial covers depicting the Fleming family coat of arms. Uncommon issue with publisher's label to the rear cover showing an increased price in both Dollars and Sterling. Trivial handling, sticker a little scuffed;..... More
'You Only Live Twice' (released through United Artists). Six original photographs for 'Cinema 66' magazine.
n.d. [25th August 1966]. Six original black and white photographs of Sean Connery as James Bond, taken on location in Japan during the filming of Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice. Three photos capture a relaxed Connery in full Japanese costume, in between takes. The other three photos were taken..... More
How 007 Got His Name.
London: Collins, 1966. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.62, with two photographic illustrations comprising a frontispiece portrait of the subject and Ian Fleming's only meeting with James Bond. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper, designed by Barbosa, after Richard Chopping's designs for the jackets of the original 007 novels. A...... More
How 007 Got His Name.
London: Collins, 1966. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.62, with two photographic illustrations comprising a frontispiece portrait of the subject and Ian Fleming's only meeting with James Bond. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper, designed by Barbosa, after Richard Chopping's designs for the jackets of the original 007 novels. A...... More
Matzohball. An Israel Bond Thriller.
New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1966. [James Bond pastiche] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.126; [1], order form; [1], blank. Publisher's colour softcovers with original price $1.00. Lightly handled; fine. 'A new adventure of Hebrew secret agent Oy-Oy-7'. More
Solo.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2013. [James Bond Novel]. FIRST TRADE EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher's red screen-printed hardcovers in an embossed and die-cut dustjacket, featuring bullet-holes in the style of the original US printing of Ian Fleming's The Man With The Golden Gun (this adventure being set in 1969, a...... More
Solo.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2013. [James Bond Novel] FIRST TRADE EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp326. Publisher's red screen-printed hardcovers, red endpapers, embossed and die-cut dust-jacket, featuring bullet-holes in the style of the original US printing of Ian Fleming's The Man With The Golden Gun (this adventure being set in 1969..... More
James Bond in the Cinema
London: The Tantivy Press. 1972. FIRST EDITION. Pp.176. Illustrated throughout with great stills, mostly provided by United Artists. 8vo. Publisher's raspberry pink cloth, titles in gilt to spine. Pictorial dust jacket with striking colour wraparound artwork by Stefan Dreja. No inscriptions or price-clipping (both prices hidden by publisher under a...... More
James Bond in the Cinema.
London: The Tantivy Press, 1972. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.176. Illustrated throughout with great stills, mostly provided by United Artists. Publisher's raspberry pink cloth, titles in gilt to spine. Pictorial dust jacket with striking colour wraparound artwork by Stefan Dreja. No inscriptions or price-clipping. Book is near fine, in similar jacket..... More
James Bond in the Cinema.
Cranbury, NJ: A.S. Barnes, 1972. FIRST EDITION, being published in a larger format than the UK equivalent. Octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.176. Illustrated throughout with great stills, mostly provided by United Artists. Publisher's grey hardcovers cloth, titles in black to spine. Pictorial dust-jacket with striking colour wraparound artwork by Stefan..... More
Mr. Standfast.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1919. Advance proof copy. 8vo. Publisher's original plain brown wraps, slightly spotted with minor edgewear. Internally clean, unifom light toning to page block. A most unusual and scarce advance proof copy of Mr. Standfast, one of Buchan's scarcer Richard Hannay stories. Protected by a tailor-made brown..... More
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The Thirty-Nine [39] Steps,
London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1915. [Espionage classic]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.253; [1]; [2], publisher's advertisements. Elegantly hand-bound in full blue oasis, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, gilt titles to upper cover, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. A little of the usual edge toning to the cheap..... 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
The Big Sleep.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1939. FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo, pp.302. Publisher's black cloth with red titles and trim. Edges a little toned, joints a touch rubbed. A clean, near fine example. The author's first book, introducing Philip Marlowe; cool, sharp, handsome - and bitterly alone. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Chandler's writing was..... More
Ian Fleming and James Bond: the Cultural Politics of 007.
Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press, 2005. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xxvi; 281 [5]. With occasional black and white illustrations. Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers. Very light wear to edges; one small splash to fore-edge. Near fine. More
The Missing Diplomats.
London: The Queen Anne Press, 1952. [Espionage] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.50; [1], blank; [1], imprint. Bound in stiif white card covers with title label to upper, yellow dust-wrapper printed in red and black. A fine copy of the book in a presentable jacket, slightly chipped and toned..... More
The Union Trilogy and Choice of Weapons. Being his complete James Bond novels and short stories.
New York, NY: Pegasus Books, 2008-2010. [James Bond] Two 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. Unused/as new copies, housed in an elegant custom-made fleece-lined cloth..... More
James Bond The Legacy.
New York: Harry N Abrahams 2002. FIRST EDITION. Large octavo. Pp.320. Bound in black cloth boards stamped in gilt with the 007 device to upper, in a glossy pictorial dust-jacket. Includes a foreword by the James Bond film producer Michael G.Wilson. A fine, unused copy. 'A visually exciting, deeply informative..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time.
London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2012. [Childrens adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[6]; 234. Illustrated by Joe Berger. Publisher's purple cloth hardcover blocked in gilt to the spine, endpapers illustrated in colour, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £10.99. A fine/as new, unread copy. A new Chitty adventure from the..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again.
London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2011. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author with his usual car doodle motif. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[6]; 216; [2], blank. Illustrated by Joe Berger. Publisher's red cloth hardcover blocked in silver to the spine, endpapers illustrated in colour, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at..... More