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A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars.
London: Zephyr, 2017. [Children's Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 309 [3]. With occasional marginal illustrations by Leo Nickolls. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Black endpapers. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Nickolls, priced..... More
The James Bond Bedside Companion.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead, 1984. [James Bond reference book] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Signed by the author on a decorative 007 Fan Club bookplate featuring the arms of the Bond family. Large octavo (29 x 22cm), pp.[xiv]; 256; [1], About The Author; [1], blank. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's red cloth blocked..... More
Die Another Day.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm). The novelisation of the James Bond movie. Publisher's hardcovers, autographed to the dust-wrapper in silver marker. The signature was obtained privately by us- the author did not appear in the UK to promote this, his..... More
Die Another Day.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author and Judi Dench. The novelisation of the James Bond movie. Both the book and the dust-wrapper are absolutely fine /as new. A lovely copy, signed to the title-page. The signature was obtained privately by us-the author did not appear..... More
The Facts of Death.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1998. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.274; [2], blank. SIGNED by the author in his customary sharpie to title page. Signature obtained during one of his many book launch events held at our shop. Both the book and the dust-wrapper are fine /as..... More
High Time To Kill
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.294. Publisher's black cloth with pictorial dust-wrapper. A lovely fine, unread copy. Rather elusive; A mountaineering adventure set in the Himalayas, High Time To Kill is Raymond Benson's third novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond, and is..... More
High Time To Kill.
London: Coronet Books / Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, SIGNED by the author to the title page. Octavo, pp.294. Publisher's sofcovers, illustrated by David Scutt. Signature obtained during one of the author's many book launch events held at our shop. Absolutely fine throughout, being carefully dark stored by..... More
The Man With The Red Tattoo.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 2002. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.292; [2], blank. Hardback volume, bound in publisher's cloth with pictorial dust-wrapper. SIGNED by the author in his customary sharpie to title page. Signature obtained during one of his many book launch events held at our shop..... More
Never Dream of Dying.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2001. Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.293; [1], advert. SIGNED by the author. Signature obtained during one of his many book launch events held at our shop. Absolutely fine. A lovely copy, warehoused by ourselves since publication. A James Bond novel; the search..... More
Tomorrow Never Dies.
London: Coronet Books / Hodder and Stoughton, 1997. TRUE FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author to the title page. The standard softcover edition, with cover photo of Pierce Brosnan as James Bond and Bruce Feirstein listed as scriptwriter. Published simultaneously with the (very limited) hardcover. The signature was obtained during..... More
Tomorrow Never Dies.
London: Coronet Books / Hodder and Stoughton, 1997. TRUE FIRST EDITION. The standard softcover edition, with cover photo of Pierce Brosnan as James Bond and Bruce Feirstein listed as scriptwriter. Published simultaneously with the (very limited) hardcover. Absolutely fine throughout, being carefully dark stored by ourselves since publication. Raymond Benson's..... More
The Union Trilogy and Choice of Weapons. Being his complete James Bond novels and short stories.
New York, NY: Pegasus Books, 2008-2010. 2 Omnibus volumes. FIRST EDITIONS, also FIRST APPEARANCE IN BOOK-FORM of the short stories 'Blast From the Past', 'Live at Five', 'Midsummer Night's Doom'. Large octavo, pp.846; 847. Publisher's illustrated card covers. With SIGNED bookplate to first volume, autographed in this cataloguer's presence. Unused/as..... More
The World is Not Enough.
London: Coronet Books, 1999. [Movie novelisation] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.200; [2], publisher's advertisements. Signed by the author to the title page. The signature was obtained at the book launch event held at our shop. Front cover bears the original 'Playstation' competition sticker. Fine/as new. Hubin;..... More
Ian Botham: My Illustrated Life.
London: Cassell Illustrated, 2007. [Cricket]. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.256. Illustrated in colour throughout. INSCRIBED by the author 'To Max', in black ink to front free endpaper. Publisher's glossy paper-covered illustrated boards with matching dust-jacket. Illustrated endpapers. A fine copy. More
Trigger Mortis.
London: Orion, 2015. [Spy novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, Waterstones version. The latest James Bond novel, incorporating an original story/idea 'Murder On Wheels' by Ian Fleming. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.329; [1], advertisement. Publisher's black cloth hardcovers with large skull motif blocked to upper in silver, with black and orange-coloured dust-jacket..... More
Trigger Mortis.
London: Orion, 2015. [Spy novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. The latest James Bond novel, incorporating an original story/idea 'Murder On Wheels' by Ian Fleming. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.310; [1], advertisement; [3], blank. Publisher's black cloth with large skull motif blocked to upper in silver, blueprint-style endpapers, metallic-effect dust-jacket. A lovely..... More
The House of Silk.
London: Orion Books, 2011. [Detective Fiction] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.294. One of 1000 numbered copies, signed by the author on the half title. As new, in jacket, in titled slipcase, in original shrinkwrap. Anthony Horowitz's first Sherlock Holmes continuation novel, followed up by Moriarty in 2014..... More
Forever and a Day.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2018. [James Bond continuation novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Trade edition. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 287; [9]. Publisher's black hardcovers with boat/bullet design in gilt, blue endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Kris Potter. Signed by Anthony Horowitz to the title page. A fine, as new copy. Horowitz's..... More
The House of Silk.
London: Orion Books, 2011. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 294. Publisher's black cloth, titles in silver to spine, red endpapers, typographic dust-jacket priced at £18.99. Spine ends slightly pushed. Dust-jacket a little rubbed to the top and bottom of the spine and to the corners. Very..... More
The Bernini Bust.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1992. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-wrapper. Price clipped, otherwise a clean, fine copy. The third of seven acclaimed mysteries for detective art historian Jonathan Argyll, from the award-winning novelist Iain Pears... More
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