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Sean Connery.
London: Chapmans Publishers, 1992. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.192. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Publisher's hardcovers in photographic dust-jacket, priced at £16.99 to front flap. A near fine copy. From the collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert (ownership within). More
Sean Connery.
London: Chapmans Publishers, 1993. [Biography] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Quarto (27 x 21cm), pp.192. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Publisher's photographic softcovers. A near fine copy. From the collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert (ownership within). More
'Ian Fleming' contained within 'The Evening Colonnade'.
London: David Bruce and Watson, 1973. [Literary anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.519; [1], blank. Publisher's blue cloth binding in dust-jacket designed by Cecil Beaton priced £4.50. A clean, near fine copy. Cyril Connolly was a good friend of Ian Fleming and wrote one of the earliest James..... More
'Ian Fleming' contained within 'The Evening Colonnade'.
London: David Bruce and Watson, 1973. [Literary anthology] FIRST EDITION, Uncorrected proof copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.519; [1], blank. Publisher's printed buff wrappers. A production-used copy, with loose notes inserted, heavily copy-edited throughout. With associated wear, spine rolled. Scarce. Cyril Connolly was a good friend of Ian Fleming and..... 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 stiff white card covers with title label to upper, yellow dust-wrapper printed in red and black. Jacket a little toned to spine, panels spotted. Very good. Contemporary account of the..... More
James Bond Encyclopaedia.
London: Dorling Kindersley Ltd., 2015. [Film Reference] Illustrated quarto (26 x 22cm), pp.320. Revised edition. Includes a foreword by the James Bond film producers Michael G.Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. With photographs throughout. Hand-bound in half blue oasis morocco with raised bands to spine, gilt titles, matching cloth sides, publisher's original..... 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 adventure featuring Ian Fleming's..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time. Illustrated by Joe Berger.
London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2012. [Childrens adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author with his usual car doodle motif, additionally SIGNED by the illustrator Joe Berber, with an ORIGINAL DRAWING of Count Zborowski. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[6]; 234. Publisher's purple cloth hardcover blocked in gilt to the spine..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again.
London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2011. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. 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 £10.99. A fine, as new copy. Commissioned by Ian Fleming..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again.
Somerville, Ma: Candlewick Press, 2011. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[6]; 216; [2], blank. Illustrated by Joe Berger. Publisher's pictorial hardcovers, red endpapers, dust-wrapper priced at $15.99. A fine, as new copy. Commissioned by Ian Fleming Publications, this is the first in a series of..... More
The Letters of Noel Coward.
London: Methuen, 2007. [Literary correspondence] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.786. Illustrated with photographs. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt, photographic jacket priced £25. Carefully used; a near fine copy. Letters of the flamboyant English playwright. Noel Coward was a close friend and neighbour of James Bond creator Ian..... More
Bond Girls are Forever.
London: Boxtree. 2003. [Film Referencel] FIRST EDITION. Folio (37 x 26cm). Pp.192. A glossy photo book in black cloth with photographic dust-wrapper. A clean, crisp, fine copy (these heavy photographic books often show wear). Author Maryam d'Abo, was the female lead in the 1987 film 'The Living Daylights'. From the..... More
Roald Dahl. A Biography.
London: Faber & Faber, 1994. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION, with strike-line ending '1'. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xiv; 307; [1], blank. Illustrated with two suites of eight photographic plates. Publisher's black cloth, photographic jacket priced £17.50. Minor toning to text block else fine. Biography of the award-winning children's author and..... More
Carte Blanche. 'Bentley Edition' with engraved bullet.
London: Bentley 007 / Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. [Spy novel] LIMITED EDITION by Bentley Motors, number 24 of 500 numbered copies of their 'White' edition, issued with a chrome box in the shape of a Bentley GT as featured in the novel (a 'Red' edition was also issued, without the..... More
Carte Blanche. 'Bentley Edition' with engraved bullet and paper wrapper.
London: Bentley 007 / Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. [Spy thriller] LIMITED EDITION by Bentley Motors, No.228 of 500 copies of their 'Red' edition (A 'white' binding was also issued, in a similar style but with a chrome box in the shape of a Bentley GT). Text printed in two colours..... More
Carte Blanche. A James Bond Novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xiv]; 436. Publisher's red cloth blocked with metallic red foil, metallic 'smoke effect' endpapers, illustrated white dust-jacket priced at £19.99. An as-new copy, carefully dark stored by ourselves since publication. A James Bond adventure set in Afghanistan and..... More
Carte Blanche. A James Bond Novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. FIRST TRADE EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xiv]; 436. Publisher's red cloth blocked with metallic red foil, metallic 'smoke effect' endpapers, illustrated white dust-jacket priced at £19.99. A fine copy. A James Bond adventure set in Afghanistan and Dubai, written by..... More
Carte Blanche. A James Bond Novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. [James Bond Continuation] 'INDIES' SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xiv]; 436. Number 1025 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page, and hand-numbered. Publisher's red cloth blocked with metallic red foil to spine and upper, and grey metallic..... More
Carte Blanche. A James Bond Novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. [Spy novel] FIRST TRADE EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xiv]; 436. Publisher's red cloth blocked with metallic red foil, metallic 'smoke effect' endpapers, illustrated white dust-jacket priced at £19.99. This copy has the publisher's original packing label and 'title embargo' notice..... More
Garden of Beasts. A Novel of Berlin 1936.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 404 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket priced at £16.99. Low grade paper somewhat toned, with a little..... More
Garden of Beasts. A Novel of Berlin 1936.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 404 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket priced at £16.99. Low grade paper somewhat toned, with a little..... More
Fighter. The True Story of the Battle of Britain.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. [Military history] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.304. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt to the spine, red endpapers, top edge red, dust-wrapper displays a Paul Nash painting, priced at £4.95. With many photographic plates. Near fine. Deighton's acclaimed account of Germany's first major..... More
Action Cook Book. Len Deighton's Guide to Eating.
London: Penguin, Harper Perennial 1967 and 2009. [Gastronomy] FIRST SOFTCOVER EDITION, and HARDBACK REISSUE. Two volumes. Octavo (20 x 24cm, and 14 x 21cm). Both volumes illustrated throughout. 1967 edition in publisher's photographic covers designed by Raymond Hawkey, reissue in with same artwork, adding a four-line quote from Michael Caine..... More
Battle of Britain [two copies].
London: Jonathan Cape / Coward McGann & Geoghegan, 1980. [Second World War] FIRST EDITIONS, UK & US issues. Small quartos (26 x 20cm), pp.224. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jackets; UK by Frank Wootton US by..... More
Billion Dollar Brain.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Cold War thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.312. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and white braille design to upper. With the metallic-effect dust-jacket designed by Raymond Hawkey priced at 21s. Book shows light handling only. Lightweight fragile jacket shows..... More