James Bond 007
The James Bond Dossier.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond Reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.159 [1]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, with gilt titles to spine, and the pictorial dust-wrapper, based on the familiar Chopping 'trompe l'oeil' designs from the Ian Fleming first editions. Priced at 16s. to flap. A...... More
The James Bond Dossier.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond Reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.159 [1]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, with gilt titles to spine, and the pictorial dust-wrapper, based on the familiar Chopping 'trompe l'oeil' designs from the Ian Fleming first editions. Priced at 16s. to flap. Some..... More
Airline Detective. The Fight Against International Air Crime. Introduced by Ian Fleming.
London: Collins, 1962. [True crime] FIRST EDITION. Two volumes (first and second impressions) Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xx; 7-197; [1], blank. Publisher's smooth cloth-effect paper over boards, with red titles to the spine, top edge tinted orange, in pictorial dust-wrapper. First printing with slightly chipped jacket, price clipped; second printing..... More
Airline Detective. The Fight Against International Air Crime. Introduced by Ian Fleming.
London: Collins, 1962. [True crime] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xx; 7-197; [1], blank. Publisher's smooth cloth-effect paper over boards, with red titles to the spine, top edge tinted orange, in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 21s. Some bumping, bright pictorial wrapper with vertical tape mark to rear flap, edges..... More
Casino Royale.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles and 'Heart' design to upper, tail edge untrimmed, in pictorial second issue (overprinted) dust-jacket, designed by the author, showing the correct price of 10/6..... More
The Diamond Smugglers.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. [True Crime] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.160. Illustrated with photographs. Publisher's black cloth with titles to the spine in bronze, original dust-jacket illustrated by Denis Piper, priced at 12/6. A near fine copy with usual tarnish to cheap foil used for lettering, jacket near..... More
The Diamond Smugglers.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. [True Crime] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.160. Illustrated with photographs. Elegantly hand-bound in half black calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands. A near fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. Ian Fleming's first non-Bond book, and..... More
The Hand of Mary Constable.
William Heinemann, 1964. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt with titles in orange compartment, publisher's motif blocked in blind to rear board. With dust jacket. Housed in custom blue quarter morocco solander case. A very good copy, extremities rubbed, edges foxed, light offsetting to endpapers, in like dust..... More
The Book of Bond. Or Every Man His Own 007.
Jonathan Cape, 1965. Small octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in gold and metallic blue and red, gilt endpapers. With dust jacket. A near-fine copy in like dust jacket. First edition, first impression. Kingsley Amis wrote The Book of Bond as a tongue-in-cheek manual for prospective secret agents, illustrated with..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
Jonathan Cape, 1968. Octavo. Original green wrappers, lettered in black, decorated with white publisher's motif. With dust jacket. Housed in custom blue quarter morocco solander case. A very good copy, spine creased and lightly stained, otherwise in good condition for a proof copy, in like dust jacket, edges rubbed and..... More
The James Bond Dossier.
Jonathan Cape, 1965. Octavo. Original green wrappers, lettered in black and decorated with white publisher's motif. A near-fine copy, spine creased otherwise in excellent condition for a proof copy. Uncorrected proof copy, Kingsley Amis's first venture into the world of James Bond. He also wrote a light-hearted work The Book..... More
The James Bond Bedside Companion.
Galahad Books, 1986. Large octavo. Original orange boards, spine lettered and blocked in black. With dust jacket. A very good copy indeed in like dust jacket, with minor tape repair to head of spine. First edition thus, first printing, an uncommon reissue hardback, being the only edition in this format..... More
Birds of the West Indies.
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1936. Octavo, pp. 456. Publisher's gilt-stamped green buckram. With a sepia map of the islands, colour frontispiece, and many illustrations throughout. A used copy with ownership stamps to the preliminary leaves, re-backed in grey cloth with new endpapers. Ownership stamps to the preliminary..... More
How 007 Got His Name.
Collins, 1966. Octavo. Original green boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Half-tone frontispiece from a photograph of James Bond, similar plate illustrating Bond's meeting with Ian Fleming; illustrations of birds at the beginning of each chapter. Boards bright, spotting to endpapers, couple of pages with faint damp stains..... More
The History of 30 Assault Unit. Ian Fleming's Red Indians.
Pen and Sword Military, 2009. Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. A fine copy in near-fine dust jacket. First edition, first impression, the true story of the formation of this elite fighting outfit formed by Ian Fleming was filmed as Age of Heroes (2011) starring..... More
Ian Fleming: A Catalogue of a Collection.
Privately Printed by the author, 1978. Octavo. Original black and yellow wrappers, lettered in yellow. A near-fine copy. First and only edition, first impression. A checklist of an Ian Fleming collection "preliminary to a bibliography". A useful guide now superseded by Ian Fleming: The Bibliography (Queen Anne Press, 2012). Nevertheless..... More
Goldfinger artwork. An original full-colour proof of the front cover illustration for the 1959 novel.
Jonathan Cape, 1959]. Artwork measuring 406 x 508 mm. Matted within mountboard measuring 571 x 660 mm. In fine condition. Richard Chopping's personal, signed copy of the final proof sheet artwork, being the glorious full-sized image taken from the original painting, before the spine lettering and publisher's imprint were added..... More
All Night at Mr Stanyhurst's.
Jonathan Cape, 1963. Octavo. Publisher's red wrappers, with printed blurb on a white label affixed to the front panel. Frontispiece illustration. A very good copy indeed, rubbed, spine faded and creased, otherwise a well-preserved proof copy. Uncorrected proof copy, one of 35 copies only, with an introduction by Ian Fleming..... More
Devil May Care.
Doubleday, 2008. Octavo. Original black paper-backed boards, spine lettered in silver, red endpapers. With dust jacket. A fine copy. First US edition, first printing. Published simultaneously with the first UK edition. This copy is from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), with his bookplate. Schøyen's private collection..... More
Devil May Care.
Random House, 2008. Large octavo. Original red illustrated wrappers, lettered in black and white. A fine copy. First edition thus, first printing, US large print edition. This copy is from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), with his bookplate. Schøyen's private collection of manuscripts, which span all..... More
Devil May Care. The Bentley Special Series Edition.
Penguin 007 in association with Bentley Motors, 2008. Large octavo. Original brown leather covers with red stitching, spine and front board lettered and blocked in silver, edges red, red leather doublures, black endpapers, black silk bookmarker. With pewter car model housed within contents. Housed in clear Perspex slipcase. A fine..... More
The Man with the Golden Typewriter. Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters.
Bloomsbury, 2015. Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in gilt, red endpapers. With dust jacket. 18 monochrome photographs on 4 plates in the centre of text block. A fine copy. First edition, first impression, signed by the editor on the title page. A chronological collection of letters solely concerning the..... More
"Foreign News" in The Kemsley Manual of Journalism.
Cassell, 1950. Quarto. Publisher's tan cloth hardcovers in a typographic dust jacket priced at 25s., without reviews. A very good copy, with some chips and tears to the jacket, with tape repairs to the head of the spinex. First edition, signed by Lord Kemsley in black ink to the title..... More
Kemsley Newspapers Reference Book.
Kemsley House [Privately Published], [1947-8]. Small booklet (binding 133 x 95 mm; leaves 126 x 76 mm) comprising 64 ring-bound leaves and black card free endpapers, all in a pigskin binder, front cover lettered in gilt "Ian Fleming". Housed in a custom black cloth box. Coloured map ("Kemsley Newspapers Publishing..... More
Archive of correspondence relating to James Bond typescripts and continuation books.
1963-67. Collection of 19 letters comprising original typescript and carbon copies. Housed in pink foolscap folder. A fine set. Archive of correspondence between Jonathan Cape, the publisher of Fleming's Bond series, and the author's favoured typist Jean Frampton. The papers mainly consist of friendly professional letters, telegrams, notes and postcards..... More