Literature
The Day Daddy Died.
London: Allison & Busby, 1981. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.138 [2]. With occasional black and white photo-collages by Breakwell. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the light blue photographic dust-jacket, priced at £6.95. A fine copy. More
To the Farthest Ends of the Earth. 150 Years of World Exploration. Forewords by David Attenborough and John Hunt.
London: Macdonald, 1980. [Geographical History] FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY ATTENBOROUGH. Octavo (27 x 20cm), pp.288. Publisher's blue cloth, silver titles to spine, illustrations throughout including frontispiece and endpapers. In a pictorial dust-jacket designed by Anne Davison, price-clipped. INSCRIBED by David Attenborough in blue ink to title page, reading 'To Sarah..... More
Si vive solo due volte. [You Only Live Twice].
Milan: Garzanti, 1965. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.183 [1]. Publisher's brown cloth with yellow titles to spine. With the purple and yellow dust-jacket, not priced (book price of 850 Lira appears on rear pastedown). Cheap paper browned as expected, jacket with a couple of..... More
Si vive solo due volte. [You Only Live Twice].
Milan: Garzanti, 1965. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.183 [1]. Publisher's brown cloth with yellow titles to spine. The book price of 850 Lira is printed on the rear pastedown. Cheap paper browned as expected, bookseller's slips loosely inserted, a few minor marks to covers..... More
The Centenary Edition of the Works of Ian Fleming.
London: The Queen Anne Press, 2008. [James Bond] LIMITED EDITION. Complete in 18 volumes. The definitive edition of Ian Fleming's works, issued to commemorate the birth of the author; no such edition has been published before. Number 32 of 250 sets thus, bound by Shepherds, Sangorski and Sutcliffe in dark..... More
Complete Paperback First Editions of Ian Fleming's James Bond Novels. 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).
London: Pan Books, 1955-67. [Spy fiction] All paperback First Editions, all are export copies with no price on front cover [OHMSS being the exception priced at 60c]. Fourteen volumes, octavo (18 x 12 x 19cm). Publisher's illustrated softcovers. LLD priced in Lira within, FRWL has UK price blanked out by..... More
Goldfinger.
New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Co. [Book Club], no date [circa 1970]. [James Bond] US BOOK CLUB EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.x; 214. Publisher's grey paper-covered boards with blue titles to spine. With the pictorial blue dust-jacket. Whole lower edge of book tinted purple (other copies are similarly noted..... More
The Man With the Golden Gun.
New York, NY: The New American Library, 1966. [Spy novel] Dollar Mystery Guild Uniform Edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 183 [1]. Publisher's black leatherette with gilt titles to spine and blue leatherette strips to fore-edges. Top edge blue; fore-edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket in blue-grey, titled in yellow. A...... More
'Motel Nymph' [The Spy Who Loved Me] in Stag Annual Magazine. No.1.
New York, NY: Atlas Magazines, 1964. [Men's Magazine] FIRST U.S. PERIODICAL APPEARANCE. Magazine format (28 x 21cm), pp.130. The story appears on pp.12-15, 118-129, being an abridged illustrated printing of 'The Spy Who Loved Me', published under this new title and advertised as a 'Suspense novel'. Publisher's Colour-illustrated paper covers..... More
Thunderball.
New York: Viking [Book Club], no date [circa 1970]. [James Bond novel] US BOOK CLUB EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.x; 214; [2], blank. Publisher's grey paper-covered boards with red titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket. A clean, fine copy in similar jacket with some sunning to the spine..... More
Casino Royale (a James Bond novel).
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [2005]. [Spy thriller] Collector's Edition, 'bound in genuine leather'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.218. Printed on acid-neutral archival paper, with colour frontispiece of the original jacket artwork by Richard Chopping. Publisher's full brown hide, decoratively blocked in gilt, moire silk endpapers, ribbon marker, all edges..... More
From Russia With Love (a James Bond novel).
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1990. [Spy thriller] FIRST U.S. ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Collector's Edition, 'bound in genuine leather'. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.253; [1]. Printed on acid-neutral archival paper, with colour frontispiece illustration. Publisher's full dark red hide, decoratively blocked in gilt, illustrated endpapers, ribbon marker, all edges gilt. Absolutely..... More
The Spy Who Loved Me.
New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1965. [Spy novel] Dollar Mystery Guild Uniform Edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.211 [13]. Publisher's black leatherette with gilt titles to spine and red leatherette strips to fore-edges. Top edge red; fore-edge untrimmed. With the sand-coloured dust-jacket. A nice clean copy with just a...... More
The Spy Who Loved Me.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962 [actually issued October 1961]. [Spy thriller] UNCORRECTED PROOF copy of the First Edition. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221. Publisher's green wraps, with titles printed in black. Housed in a custom-made, fleece-lined, leather-spined clamshell box. Spine slightly toned and rolled, joints rubbed, publication details pencilled to upper;..... More
To Catch A Spy [3 copies]. An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories Edited and Introduced by Eric Ambler.
London: Four Square & Fontana, New York: Bantam, 1966, 1974, 1966. [Spy Anthology] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITIONS; first UK, first Fontana edition and first U.S printings. Bibliographer's copies. Octavos, publisher's pictorial softcovers. No inscriptions, book store stamp inside cover of Bantam edition, contents toned as expected, very light wear to covers..... More
To Catch A Spy. An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories Edited and Introduced by Eric Ambler.
London: The Bodley Head, 1964. [Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey, priced at 16s. Contents and edge of text block clean. Book is lacking free endpaper else fine, in a near fine, price-clipped jacket with a...... More
To Catch A Spy. An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories Edited and Introduced by Eric Ambler.
London: The Bodley Head, 1964. [Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey. Contents clean, jacket with a little of the usual laminate shrinkage to joints, rich red lettering to spine, price clipped else a fine copy. Contains..... More
To Catch A Spy. An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories Edited and Introduced by Eric Ambler.
London: The Bodley Head, 1964. [Anthology] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the first edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.224. Publisher's printed buff wraps. Contents clean, covers slightly spotted, sunned to spine. Near fine. A rare proof; no other copies are currently listed online. Contains Ian Fleming's James Bond novella 'From A...... More
To Catch A Spy. An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories Edited and Introduced by Eric Ambler.
New York: Atheneum, 1964. [Anthology] FIRST U.S. EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's hardcovers, gilt titles to spine, black endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey priced at $4.50. With autograph of Eric Ambler to half-title. A clean, near fine copy in similar jacket. Contains Ian..... More
Contributes 'My Monte Carlo System' to Encore; The Sunday Times Book.
London: Michael Joseph, 1962. [Literary Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Large Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.488. Publisher's blue cloth with original pictorial dust-jacket priced at 25s. Contents clean, edges toned, no inscriptions, jacket chipped to crown and rear but without the heavy sunning to the red spine often encountered. Very good. Uncommon..... More
Contributes 'My Monte Carlo System' to Encore; The Sunday Times Book.
London: Michael Joseph, 1962. [Literary Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Large Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.488. Publisher's blue cloth with original pictorial dust-jacket priced at 25s. Contents clean, edges slightly toned, no inscriptions. The jacket is simply exceptional having been protected by a custom-made red cloth outer cover, with gilt titles to..... More
The Hired Killers.
London: W.H. Allen, 1964. [True Crime] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.185; [1], blank. Illustrated with photographs. Publisher's black cloth with titles in gilt to the spine. With the photographic dust-jacket with bold quote by Ian Fleming printed on the front panel. Contents clean, jacket lightly edge worn..... More
The Last Million.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d. 1919]. First Edition. Octavo. pp. xxxv, 271. In publisher's blue cloth with black titles to spine and upper board. With rare original dust jacket showing an impressionistic scene of soldiers set against a red exploding sky. Portions of jacket lost to corners and spine head/tail;..... More
'The Ian Fleming?' in 'Saturday Review' 26th May 1962.
New York: Saturday Review, Inc. [1962]. [Lifestyle / travel] Pp.66. Magazine format in pictorial paper wraps, with photographs throughout. Original price: 25c. Some light wear, postal label to front cover. Near fine. Includes a profile of Ian Fleming (p.7), working in Jamaica on his eleventh James Bond thriller 'On Her..... More
'The Man With The Golden Bond' in 'Time' magazine, 21st August 1964.
New York: Time-Life International [1964].New York: Time-Life International. [Current Affairs] Pp.60. Magazine format in pictorial paper wraps, with photographs throughout. Atlantic edition, priced 2/6 for UK. A fine copy. Includes a long obituary of Ian Fleming (pp.18-19), who had died on 12th August. Accompanied by a Loomis Dean portrait of..... More