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Casino Royale.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles and 'Heart' design to upper, tail edge untrimmed. Book is near fine, clean inside, endpaper expertly replaced with stock of a similar tone and weight, covers..... More
Ian Fleming's James Bond Novels, as published by MJF Books. 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,
New York, NY: MJF Books, 1994. [James Bond] COMPLETE MJF BOOKS EDITIONS. 12 volumes, octavo (21 x 14 x 29cm). Publisher's hardbacks in illustrated dust-wrappers. A fine/as new set, housed in a custom-made felt-lined cloth slipcase with ribbon pull. A handsome collection. The entire run as published in America by..... More
Live and Let Die (a James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.240. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, embossed in gilt, with purple dust-wrapper showing the original price of 10/6 to both flaps. With 'author'sskill' text incorrectly spaced to the rear panel, as described in the bibliography..... More
The Man With the Golden Gun.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. FIRST ISSUE, SECOND STATE, BINDING D. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221. Publisher's brown cloth-effect paper over boards with bronze lettering to the spine, plain covers, patterned green endpapers. In the original pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping priced at 18s. Edges spotted/toned, jacket with a few..... More
The Man With the Golden Gun.
New York, NY: The New American Library, 1965. [James Bond] US BOOK CLUB 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. A nice clean copy internally..... More
Live and Let Die (a James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. [James Bond] FIRST ISSUE, Second State. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.240. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper-covered boards, titled and decorated in gilt, with dust-wrapper, priced twice as issued, at 10/6. With 'author's skill' text incorrectly spaced to the rear panel, as described in the bibliography, page 61..... More
The Spy Who Loved Me.
New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1962. [James Bond] US BOOK CLUB 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 dust-jacket in orange. A nice clean copy with just a...... More
Thunderball.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. [James Bond] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 254 [4]. Recently bound in black half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. All edges lightly trimmed, with the original blind-decorated cloth upper and gilt-titled spine bound in..... More
Ian Fleming 28th May 1908 - 12th August 1964. An Address Given at the Memorial Service.
Westerham Press, Privately Printed 1964. Slim octavo. Black card wraps, with black dust-wrapper, printed title label to upper. An immaculate copy of the book in fine original semi-transparent paper jacket, a touch frayed to rear. The book-form printing of the address given at Fleming's memorial, 15th September 1964, was also..... More
Trigger Mortis.
London: Orion Books, 2015. [James Bond Continuationl] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 310 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and large skull motif blocked to upper in silver. Blueprint-style endpapers. With the silver blueprint-style..... More
The Spy's Bedside Book. An Anthology edited by Graham Greene and Hugh Greene.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. [Spy Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 256 [2]. With occasional in-text illustrations. With the original dust-jacket front cover and flap bound in at rear. Recently bound in black half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to twin red labels on spine, and matching..... More
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