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Complete set of the official James Bond 007 novels in hardback. Comprising: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories inc. From A View To A Kill, Quantum of Solace), Thunderball, The Spy Who loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Living Daylights (short stories), Colonel Sun, James Bond and the Spy Who Loved Me, James Bond and Moonraker, Licence Renewed, For Special Services, Icebreaker, Role for Honour, Nobody Lives Forever, No Deals Mr Bond, Scorpius, Win, lose or Die, Licence to Kill, Brokenclaw, The Man from Barbarossa, Death is Forever, Never Send Flowers, Seafire, Goldeneye, Cold, Zero Minus Ten, Tomorrow Never Dies, The Facts of Death, The World is Not Enough, High Time To Kill, Doubleshot, Never Dream of Dying, The Man with the Red Tattoo, Die Another Day, The Union Trilogy, Choice of Weapons, Devil May Care, Carte Blanche, Solo, Trigger Mortis, Forever and a Day.
London: Jonathan Cape, Hodder and Stoughton, Armchair Detective Library, Viking, Pegasus, Penguin and Orion Books, 1968-2022. [James Bond] THE COMPLETE JAMES BOND. Forty-nine volumes, octavos. All being UK hardcover editions in jackets, bar the two Raymond Benson collections which are softcover originals (no hardbacks issued). The Fleming titles published by..... More
GoldenEye.
London: BCA by arrangement with Hodder and Stoughton. 1995. [Film novelisation] True first hardback EDITION, issued several months before the Hodder edition. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.218. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. Usual toning to paper stock else a clean, near fine copy in jacket The author's second film..... More
Licence Renewed. James Bond 007.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1981. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.270; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper with original printed price (£6.50) to the front flap. With author's presentation note to title page; "To Eugene Spiers..... More
Licence Renewed. James Bond 007.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1981. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.270; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. Edges toned and dusty, jacket price clipped. Near fine. John Gardner' first 007 novel as official successor to Ian Fleming. Haining; Crime Fiction p.208. Benson..... More
Scorpius.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1988. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Royal octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.190; [2], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper priced £10.95 to flap. A fine, fresh copy. Becoming a difficult title. An original novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Hubin; Crime Fiction IV. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming..... More
SeaFire.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1994. [James Bond Continuation] FIRST EDITION, EXPORT COPY. Octavo (16 x 24cm), pp.247. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket with no price to front flap- copies without a printed price were intended for export. Top edge faintly spotted/dusty else a fine copy. An original novel..... More
SeaFire.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1994. [James Bond Continuation] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (16 x 24cm), pp.247. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket, not for export. Some toning and edges and margins. Price-clipped and repriced by the publisher to £15.99 with a sticker. Near fine. An original novel starring Ian Fleming's..... More
Cold.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1996. [Spy thriller ] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.213. An exceptional copy, with an original watercolour illustration from the jacket artist David Scutt to flyleaf, with his 'chop' stamp and signature. Publisher's blue cloth hardback cloth in a pictorial dust-wrapper. A fine copy, housed in a bespoke..... More
The Dancing Dodo.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1978. [Aviation thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.350; [2], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. Small and discreet ownership, jacket clipped otherwise a fine fresh copy. An aviation thriller from the James Bond continuation author. More
Death Is Forever.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1992. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.248. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket with no price to front flap- copies without a printed price were intended for export. A clean, near fine copy. 'Death Is Forever' plunges James Bond into the dangerous, shadowy world..... More
Death Is Forever.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1992. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.248. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket with no price to front flap- copies without a printed price were intended for export. With presentation note to title page in black ink; "To..... More
Death Is Forever.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1992. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.248. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £14.99 for the UK market (non-priced export copies were also produced). A fine copy. 'Death Is Forever' plunges James Bond into the dangerous, shadowy world of post-Cold-War Europe. Loaded..... More
Every Night's a Bullfight.
London: Michael Joseph, 1971. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.421 [3]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by John Riley, priced at £2.50. Light toning to edges and very light general handling. Fine. A novel about a controversial season of..... More
For Special Services.
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novel] Quality hardback re-issue of the first Jonathan Cape edition (1981) featuring the same dust-jacket artwork. FIRST EDITION thus, with a full strike-line number sequence. Octavo, pp.243 + afterword. Black hardcovers blocked in gilt, red endpapers, ilustrated jacket priced at..... More
For Special Services. James Bond 007.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.254; [1], afterword; [1], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket with no price to the front flap - copies without a printed price were intended for export. No inscriptions. Some rubbing and acceptable wear..... More
Founder Member
London: Frederick Muller 1969. FIRST EDITION, 8vo, Publisher's dark blue cloth, slight lean to spine, lovely fresh pages, fine. Photographic dustwrapper with a little wear to extremities and a few tiny scratches to the spine, near fine. A Boysie Oakes spy thriller written before Gardner's stint as the official James..... More
IceBreaker.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, TWICE-SIGNED, with original artwork. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.250; [6], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket. This remarkable copy embellished with an original painting from the dust-wrapper artist Bill Botten, who illustrated the jacket for this and other..... More
Icebreaker.
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novel] ISBN: 978 0 857 82048 8. Quality hardback re-issue of the first Jonathan Cape edition (1983) featuring the same dust-jacket artwork. FIRST EDITION thus, with a full strike-line number sequence. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.243. Publisher's black cloth lettered..... More
The James Bond Collection. Licence Renewed; For Special Services; Icebreaker; Role of Honour; Nobody Lives For Ever.
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novels] BOX SET. Quality hardback re-issues of the first Jonathan Cape editions (1981-6) featuring the same dust-jacket artwork. FIRST EDITIONS thus, with a full strike-line number sequence. Octavo, five volumes in publisher's illustrated red card slip-case, showing the original printed..... More
James Bond: Licence to Kill. From the motion picture written by Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum.
The Armchair Detective Library, 1989. SIGNED FIRST UK HARDBACK EDITION, preceeding the cloth-bound 'Collector' and 'Limited' issues. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth in glossy dust-jacket, with the cancelled title-page (showing the British spelling 'Licence'), as called for. A fine copy of a...... More
James Bond: Licence to Kill. From the motion picture written by Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum.
New York, NY: The Armchair Detective Library, 1990. FIRST EDITION, preceding the cloth-bound 'Collector' and 'Limited' issues. Author's first film novelisation starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Octavo, pp.294; [2], advertisements, with the cancelled title-page (showing the British spelling 'Licence'), as called for. Publisher's black cloth in glossy dust-wrapper. Very minor..... More
The Man From Barbarossa
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1991. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Pp.231. An original novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. A couple of tiny marks; a lovely fine copy (not a remainder copy). Autographed by the late John Gardner to the title page in..... More
Never Send Flowers.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [James Bond Continuation] FIRST EDITION, EXPORT COPY. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 212 [2]. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket with no price to front flap - copies without a printed price were intended for export. A fine copy in jacket. When an officer..... More
No Deals Mr Bond.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1987. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.240. Black cloth-effect paper over boards, gilt titles, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Trevor Scobie, priced £10.95. A remarkably fresh-looking copy. Virtually as new. John Gardner' sixth original novel starring Commander Bond, set in Eastern Europe, London..... More
No Deals Mr Bond.
London: Guild Publishing, 1987. [James Bond novel] Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.240. UK book club edition, stated 'Second Printing'. Black cloth-effect paper over boards, gilt titles, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Trevor Scobie. Slight toning to text block else a fine, fresh copy in jacket. John Gardner' sixth original novel starring..... More