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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
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
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Cartographical endpapers at rear. Elegantly hand-bound in half green calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, publisher's original titled cloth spine bound in at rear, top edge gilt. Near fine..... More
Colonel Sun.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [James Bond Continuation] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.255; [1]. Publisher's hardback cloth in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 21s. Wraparound art by Tom Adams. Book is very clean, jacket with two short tears and a tiny amount of rubbing to crown. A particularly bright copy..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure by Robert Markham.
London: Pan Books Ltd., 1970. [Spy novel] The FIRST Pan paperback edition. 'M' Series. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221 [3]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 5 shillings (25 pence). Some gentle age-toning to paper stock, trivial wear to covers, slight lean; a near fine copy of the striking softcover version..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure by Robert Markham.
London: Pan Books Ltd., 1970. [Spy novel] The FIRST Pan paperback edition. 'M' Series. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221 [3]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 5 shillings (25 pence). Paper stock lightly toned, no ink names, gentle reading crease to spine, minor wear at foot. Near fine. BMC No.1 p.4-13..... More
The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1874. [Children's Classic] FINELY BOUND, a later edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 388 [2]. With four illustrated plates including a frontispiece. Contemporary tan full calf by BICKERS & SON, with raised bands, gilt titles to contrasting red and green labels, and further gilt tooling to..... More
The Water-Babies. A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1885. [Children's Illustrated] FINELY BOUND, first Sambourne illustrated edition. Small quarto (21 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 371; [3]. With frequent in-text wood engravings by Sambourne. In slightly later green full crushed morocco by BAYNTUN for Charles E. Lauriat, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine;..... More
The Water-Babies.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION THUS. Large octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.x; 212 [2]. With 12 fine colour plates, including a frontispiece, and frequent in-text illustrations by Smith. Publisher's grey cloth with red titles and decoration to spine and upper. Matching grey endpapers with red decoration..... More
Miscellanies. Reprinted Chiefly from 'Fraser's Magazine' and the 'North British Review.'
London: John W. Parker and Son, 1859. [Essays] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4] 407 [9]; pp.[4] 389 [3]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spines, and blind decoration to boards. Brown-coated endpapers; all edges untrimmed. Armorial bookplate of Horace Noble Pym to front pastedown..... More
Westward Ho! or the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the County of Devon, in the reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. [Adventure Novel] FINE PRIZE BINDING, an new edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] viii; 591 [3]. With a frontispiece engraving of the author. Contemporary blue full calf for King Edward's Grammar School, Stourbridge, with raised bands, gilt titles to red label and further gilt decoration..... More
Westward Ho! or the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the County of Devon, in the reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1885. [Historical fiction] RELFE BROTHERS PRIZE BINDING. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[11] 591 [4]. Tan full calf binding with gilt ruling to borders and the gilt St. John's Foundation School emblem impressed to upper board. Gilt tooling and red title label to spine, raised bands. Blind..... More
Little Peter: A Christmas Morality for Children of any Age.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co., 1888. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, ex libris Maurice Baring. Octavo (20 x 16cm), pp.viii; 168. With nine wood engraved plates by Hardy, including a frontispiece, as well as in-text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with titles in gilt and illustrations in black to spine and..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Maps to endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Tom Adams priced at 21s. Trivial toning to spine panel. A clean, fine copy. The first post- Ian Fleming James..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Maps to endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Tom Adams priced at 21s. Contents clean, owner name, jacket toned to spine, some wear to crown. Very good. The..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Version with dropped quad mark to copyright page. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Cartographical endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Tom Adams priced at 21s. Contents clean, edges toned, jacket with..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Uncorrected Proof Copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's lime green softcovers with 'greek urn' device repeated in white, titles printed in black. Edges of text block toned, some wrinkling to spine, covers a little dusty and soiled, moderately handled..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [James Bond] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY IN PROOF JACKET. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's lime green softcovers with 'greek urn' device repeated in white, titles printed in black, oversized proof jacket with the provisional publication boldly printed to flap and textual changes to the..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Uncorrected Proof Copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's lime green softcovers with 'greek urn' device repeated in white, titles printed in black. Usual wrinkling to spine, covers a little dusty and soiled, joints rubbed. Very good. The first post-..... More
Protest: The Beat Generation and the Angry Young Men.
London: a Panther Book by Hamilton & Co., 1960. [Beat Anthology] FIRST THUS. Octavo paperback (18 x 11cm), pp.319 [1]. Publisher's colour photographic soft covers, priced at 3/6. Heavily browned, as usual, with light wear and creasing to covers. Very good. More
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