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Don Juan, A Play in Three Acts.
London: William Heinemann, 1926. LIMITED EDITION. Octavo, pp.xiv, 160. With a frontispiece photograph of the author. Number 150 of 380 copies printed on hand made English paper. In publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Spine sunned; good overall. Flecker was inspired to write..... More
Dr. No [United Artists Press book].
United Artists, Printed in USA, no date [1962]. [Promotional material] PUBLICITY SERVICES BROCHURE (Press Book / Exhibitor's Campaign Book). Sole printing. 17 x 11 inches. Movie artwork to front cover. Printed in black and white throughout. Folio bi-fold; a 6-page fold-out booklet providing cast and credits, storyline, plus advertising and..... More
From Russia, With Love Press Book [Exhibitor's Campaign Book].
United Artists, Printed in USA, no date [1963]. [Promotional material] PUBLICITY SERVICES BROCHURE (Press Book / Exhibitor's Campaign Book). Sole printing. 18 x 13 inches. Movie artwork to front cover. Printed in black and white throughout. A 12-page stapled booklet providing cast and credits, editorial comment, plus advertising and promotional..... More
Goldfinger. Press Book [Exhibitor's Campaign Book].
Printed in U.K. by Rawlings and Walsh Ltd., 196.4. [Promotional material] PUBLICITY SERVICES BROCHURE (Press Book / Exhibitor's Campaign Book). Sole printing. 15 x 10 inches. A fourteen-page stapled booklet providing cast and credits, editorial comment, competitions, plus advertising and promotional tie-ins for soundtracks, book sales, Rolex watches, confectionery, display..... More
Live and Let Die [United Artists Pressbook].
United Artists, Printed in USA, no date [1973]. [Promotional material] PUBLICITY SERVICES BROCHURE (Press Book / Exhibitor's Campaign Book). Sole printing. 17 x 11 inches. Movie artwork to front cover. Printed in black and white throughout. Pp.[8]. Folio booklet providing cast and credits, storyline, plus advertising and promotional lists for..... More
On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Press Book [Exhibitor's Campaign Book].
United Artists. Printed in USA, 1969. [Promotional material] ONLY PRINTING. 13 x 18 inches. Movie artwork to front cover. Large-format/small poster sized 8-page stapled booklet providing editorial comment, plus advertising and promotional lists for soundtracks, book sales, poster selections, blocks, etc. Folded once, small tape strip to final leaf, one..... More
Thunderball. Press Book [Exhibitor's Campaign Book].
United Artists. Printed in UK, 1965. [Promotional material] ONLY PRINTING. 18 x 13 inches. Robert McGinnis artwork to the front cover. 20-page stapled booklet providing cast and credits, editorial comment, competitions, plus advertising and promotional tie-ins for soundtracks, book sales, toys and games, display material, etc. Folded once, small scuff..... More
Thunderball. Press Book [Exhibitor's Campaign Book].
United Artists. Printed in USA, 1965. [Promotional material] ONLY PRINTING. 13 x 18 inches. Movie artwork to front cover. Large-format/small poster sized 12-page stapled booklet providing cast and credits, editorial comment, plus advertising and promotional lists for soundtracks, book sales, toiletries, etc. Folded once, one small cut-out to p.7. Very..... More
You Only Live Twice. Press Book [Exhibitor's Campaign Book].
United Artists. Printed In England by Delow and Co., London, 1967. [Promotional material] ONLY PRINTING. Large-format/small poster sized 18-page stapled booklet providing cast and credits, editorial comment, plus advertising and promotional lists for soundtracks, book sales, toiletries, film posters, toys etc. Single fold, some expected handling, a little browning, a...... More
You Only Live Twice. Press Book [Exhibitor's Campaign Book].
United Artists. Printed In USA, 1967. [Promotional material] ONLY PRINTING. Large-format/small poster sized 12-page stapled booklet providing cast and credits, editorial comment, plus advertising and promotional lists for soundtracks, book sales, toiletries, etc. Without cuts or folds- unusual thus. A little browning to spine else a near fine copy... More
The Man With The Golden Gun. Production-headed notepaper.
United Artists. Printed in UK, 1974. [Promotional material] ONLY PRINTING. 18 x 22cm. One sheet of note-paper produced for the movie, with colour-printed titles over black and white 'gun barrel' artwork to top portion, production office contact details at foot. Watermark of 'Conqueror London'. These were generally used for typing..... More
Thunderball. Production-headed notepaper.
United Artists. Printed in UK, 1965. [Promotional material] ONLY PRINTING. 13 x 8 inches. One sheet of note-paper produced for the movie, with colour-printed titles over black and white film artwork to top portion, publicity offices contact details at foot. These were generally used for typing memos and instructions, also..... More
Ian Fleming: The Book Collector.
London: The Book Collector / 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..... More
Bond Behind the Iron Curtain.
The Book Collector, 2021. [Literary history] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 12cm), pp.125; [2], advertisements; [1], blank. With sixteen illustrations, several in colour. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to backstrip, hammer and sickle device to front board, black endpapers, typographic dust-wrapper. Signed by the author at Firsts London..... More
Bond Behind the Iron Curtain.
The Book Collector, 2021. [Literary history] FIRST EDITION, double SIGNED copy. Octavo (20 x 12cm), pp.125; [2], advertisements; [1], blank. With sixteen illustrations, several in colour. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to backstrip, hammer and sickle device to front board, black endpapers, typographic dust-wrapper. Fine / as new. Fleming..... More
The Temple of Optimism.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2000. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[iv]; 316. Bound in the publisher's black cloth blocked in gilt, navy endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket priced at £16.99. Autographed in blue ink to the title page in our presence. A fine copy. Debut novel from the acclaimed..... More
The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion: Part III The Dying God.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1930. [Theology and the Occult] THIRD EDITION REPRINTED. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp. xii; 303; [1]; 2. Publisher's green cloth with gilt pictorial decoration to upper and gilt lettering to spine, untrimmed edges. Half-title lettered in red and black. Toning to edges of textblock, wearing to..... More
English Seamen In The Sixteenth Century.
London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1925. [Naval history] PRIZE COPY. Octavo (17 x 12cm), pp.255; [1]. With a frontispiece portrait of the author. Red full morocco to boards. Chillon College gilt armorial device and ruling to upper. Gilt titles, tooling, and raised bands to spine. All edges gilt..... More
Darkmouth.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2015. [Children's Adventure] UNCORRECTED PROOF. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.411 [5]. With several illustrations by de la Rue. Publisher's black soft covers with titles in orange and green. Price, format and publicity details to inside cover and first leaf. Spine very slightly sunned. A hand-written number..... More
The Jonah.
London: New English Library, 1981. [Horror] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.253; [1]. Publisher's white boards, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by James Herbert priced at £6.50. Some light spotting to preliminaries and edges, textblock otherwise clean and bright. Cloth lightly rubbed to extremities, some marking to..... More
Chronograms. 5000 and more in number excerpted out of various authors and collected at many places.
London: Ellliot Stock, 1882. [Chronograms] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 21cm), pp.xx; 569 [3]. With a lithographic frontispiece reproduction of an engraving, and 12 illustrations placed throughout the text. Publisher's green quarter morocco with gilt titles to spine and green leather-grain-effect cloth over boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed..... More
To You Mr. Chips!
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp244. Printed in two colours, with illustrations. Publisher's orange cloth, in dust-wrapper illustrated by Bip Pares. Some dustiness, jacket edgeworn, some rubbing, spine age-toned. Very good. Further stories of the retired schoolmaster Charles 'Chips' Chipping. Includes the festive..... More
James Bond and Philosophy: Questions Are Forever.
Chicago: Open Court Publishing Company, 2006. [James Bond reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xxvi; 281 [5]. With occasional black and white illustrations. Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers. A lovely fine copy. A paperback original. Seventeen scholars examine hidden philosophical issues in the hazardous, deceptive and glamourous world of Double-0..... More
"The Living Daylights" (released through United Artists). Aston Martin Assembly Manual.
[n.p.] 007 Magazine and Archive [1987, printed later]. [Film Reference] Spiral bound reproduction manual produced by 007 Magazine, for the modifications to be carried out on the Aston Martin V8 vehicles used by James Bond (played by Timothy Dalton) in the 1987 Eon Productions film. Fifteen card sheets printed on..... More
[Dr. No, United Artists, 1962] 'Secret Agent 007 and Dr. No'. Finnish poster.
Finland, 1963. 'Salainen Agentti 007 ja Tohtori No'. Finnish poster. Photomontage and illustrated artwork. Approx. 24 x 16 inches. Rolled, with a few minor creases. Excellent colour. Condition A. This unusual poster incorporates black & white action stills with Mitchell Hooks' line art, set against a graduating red background. This..... More