James Bond 007
The Diamond Smugglers.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. [True Crime] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.160. Illustrated with photographs. 'Askew' style library binding with glazed boards, small shelf label to spine. A clean ex-library copy with discreet stamps to copyright page and final leaf, loans label pocket to f.e.p., spine gently sunned. Many..... More
The Diamond Smugglers. With an Introduction by Fergus Fleming.
Las Vegas: Thomas & Mercer, March 2013. [True Crime] FIRST PRINTING of this edition, SIGNED by Fergus Fleming. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.104; [2]. Publisher's softcovers designed by Archie Ferguson, priced at $14.95. A fine/as new copy. Autographed and inscribed 'For Jon' in blue ink to foreword. Signature obtained by..... More
Introduces Jamaica. Edited by Morris Cargill.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. [Travel book] FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE of the dust-jacket as described in the bibliography. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240, illustrated throughout with colour plates, cartographic endpapers printed in colour. Publisher's russet cloth hardcover, gilt titles, top edge ochre, in photographic dust-jacket. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Jacket..... More
Introduces Jamaica. Edited by Morris Cargill.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1973. [Travel book] REVISED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.236; [4], illustrated throughout with colour plates, map endpapers printed in colour. Publisher's russet cloth hardcover, gilt titles, top edge ochre, in photographic dust-jacketpriced at £2.25. A clean, fine copy of the book in similar jacket. An excellent..... More
Introduces Jamaica. Edited by Morris Cargill.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. [Travel book] FIRST EDITION, Second Impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240, illustrated throughout with colour plates, map endpapers printed in colour. Publisher's russet cloth hardcover, gilt titles, top edge ochre, in photographic dust-jacket priced at 42s. Trivial wear to jacket, corner bumped; remains a fresh, bright..... More
Introduces Jamaica. Edited by Morris Cargill.
Jamaica: Sangster's Book Stores / Andre Deutsch, 1965. [Travel book] FIRST EDITION, Second Impression, JAMAICAN ISSUE. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240, illustrated throughout with colour plates, map endpapers printed in colour. Publisher's russet cloth hardcover, gilt titles, top edge ochre, in photographic dust-jacket. Neat ink inscription, jacket with some edgewear..... 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
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
Die Another Day.
Hodder & Stoughton, 2002. Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in silver. With dust jacket. A fine copy. First edition, first impression, signed by the author and cast members who starred in the film. This copy is signed by Samantha Bond, Judi Dench, Rosamund Pike and Rick Yune on the..... More
DoubleShot.
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2000. Octavo. Original green wrappers, lettered in black. A near-fine copy, with minor creasing and marking to wrappers, fading to spine. Uncorrected proof copy of the first US edition, published simultaneously in the UK. No proof copies were issued in the UK for any of Benson's..... More
High Time to Kill.
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. Octavo. Original blue wrappers, printed in black. A fine copy. Uncorrected proof copy of the first US edition, published simultaneously in the UK. This is one of the more elusive Benson items: no proof copies were issued in the UK for any of Benson's James..... More
"Live at Five", in TV Guide.
United Video Satellite Group, 1999. Small octavo-sized magazine. Original illustrated wrappers, lettered in black, red, and white to front, monochrome photograph of Piece Brosnan to front cover. A near fine copy. First edition of the 13-19 November 1999 issue of TV Guide, signed by the author. This issue contains the..... More
Solo.
Jonathan Cape, 2013. Octavo. Original black goatskin with debossed bullet holes, marbled endpapers, edges red, silk bookmarker. Housed in original matching screen-printed black cloth slipcase. In original paper wrapping with limitation label applied. A fine copy. First edition, signed limited issue, number 70 of 100 copies signed by the author..... More
Solo.
Jonathan Cape, 2013. Octavo. Original red boards, spine lettered in black, front cover blocked in white, black and yellow, red edges, red endpapers. With dust jacket. Waterstones bookmarker loosely inserted. A fine copy. First edition, first impression, special issue for Waterstones, distinguished from the regular first edition by its red..... 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
Bond Strikes Camp. An Extravaganza by Cyril Connolly.
The London Magazine; Shenval Press; Hamish Hamilton, 3 volumes; magazine, softcover and hardback formats. Original green and white wrappers, lettered in black and white; original green wrappers, paper label to front panel; original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge blue, with dust jacket. A near-fine set. Magazine in..... More
Carte Blanche.
Bentley 007, 2011. Octavo. Original red leather boards, spine and front board lettered and stamped in blind, red edges, red leather doublures and red endpapers, red bookmarker. Original barcode sticker to rear board. A fine copy. First edition, limited "Red" Bentley edition, number 253 of 500 copies only. A "White"..... More
Carte Blanche.
Simon & Schuster, 2011. Octavo. Original paper-backed red boards, spine lettered in silver. With dust jacket. A fine copy. First US edition, first printing, signed by the author on the title page. This copy is from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), with his bookplate. Schøyen's private..... More
All Night at Mr Stanyhurst's.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. [Historical Fiction] 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..... 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. 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
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
Hurricane Gold.
Puffin Books, 2007. Octavo. Original gold boards, spine lettered in black. With dust jacket. Housed in illustrated yellow slipcase. Unopened in original shrink wrap. A fine copy. First edition, one of 999 copies signed by the author. Includes extracts from By Royal Command and the graphic novel Silverfin. This copy..... More