James Bond 007
61 Hours. A Reacher Novel.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2018. [Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] xiv; 383 [3]. Number 8 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine..... More
Blue Moon.
London: Bantam Press, 2019. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 404 [6]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with bronze titles to spine, orange endpapers, and all edges cyan. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £20.00. 'Signed by the Author'..... More
The Enemy. A Jack Reacher Novel.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2015. [Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] x; 393 [1]. Number 83 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine..... More
The Midnight Line.
London: Bantam Press, 2017. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 391 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's white cloth with black titles to spine. Blue endpapers and all edges blue. With the dust-jacket designed by Stephen Mulcahey, priced at £20. 'Signed..... More
Worth Dying For. A Reacher Novel.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2018. [Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] xii; 384 [8]. Number 84 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Cartographical endpapers at rear. Elegantly hand-bound in half green calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, publisher's original titled cloth spine bound in at rear, top edge gilt. Near fine..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure by Robert Markham.
London: Pan Books Ltd., 1970. [Spy novel] The FIRST Pan paperback edition. 'M' Series. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221 [3]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 5 shillings (25 pence). Some gentle age-toning to paper stock, trivial wear to covers, slight lean; a near fine copy of the striking softcover version..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure by Robert Markham.
London: Pan Books Ltd., 1970. [Spy novel] The FIRST Pan paperback edition. 'M' Series. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221 [3]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 5 shillings (25 pence). Paper stock lightly toned, no ink names, gentle reading crease to spine, minor wear at foot. Near fine. BMC No.1 p.4-13..... More
The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel; Secret Servant; Final Fling.
London: John Murray, 2005; 2006; 2008. [James Bond Spin-Off] FIRST EDITIONS, final volume SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Complete in three volumes. Octavo, pp.272; pp.311; pp.282. Publisher's variously coloured cloth with silver titles to spines. With the pictorial dust-jackets, variously priced. Some trivial handling to first and second volume; third as-new..... More
The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel; Secret Servant; Final Fling.
London: John Murray, 2005; 2006; 2008. [James Bond Spin-Off] FIRST EDITIONS, first and final volumes SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Complete in three volumes. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.272; pp.311; pp.282. Publisher's variously coloured cloth with silver titles to spines. With the pictorial dust-jackets, variously priced. No ink writing. Contents clean..... More
The Hard Sell.
London: Cassell, 1965. [International airline mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.188. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt, with illustrated dust-jacket priced at 18s. Some spotting, owner's surname to f.e.p., jacket is near fine. The rear panel carries reviews for the author's previous thriller, likened to James Bond; "the..... More
The Telemann Touch.
London: Cassell, 1958. [International intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.206; [2], blank. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt, with photographic dust-jacket priced at 13/6. Slightly dusty, in similar wrapper showing a little edge wear. Near fine. The rear panel carries reviews for the author's previous thriller, likened to..... More
Invitation to Die.
London: Robert Hale, 1970. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's brown cloth lettered in gilt, with photographic dust-jacket priced at 21s. Price clipped else a crisp, fine copy. "In the best Fleming tradition" [Manchester Evening News]. A British secret service thriller featuring Ogle-Oxley, likened..... More
Invitation to Die.
London: Robert Hale, 1970. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Harry Saltzman's copy INSCRIBED by the author "To Harry and Jacqueline / with love from the author / Fergus French", dated 4 November 1970. Octavo, pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's brown cloth with photographic dust-jacket. Some fading, near fine. With a loose handwritten..... More
Bloody River Blues. A Location Scout Mystery.
New York: Avon Books, 1993. [Crime novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author. A paperback original. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.267; [1]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers, priced at $4.50. Autograph of Jeffery Deaver to the title page, also signing his nom-de-plume. Cheap paper gently toned as expected else fine. The second..... More
Shallow Graves. A Location Scout Mystery.
New York: Avon Books, 1992. [Crime novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author. A paperback original. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.261; [7]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers, priced at $4.50. Autograph of Jeffery Deaver to title page, also signing his nom-de-plume. Cheap paper gently toned as expected else fine. The first John..... More
[Smiley vs Karla trilogy]: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley's People.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1974, 1977, 1980 [November 1979]. [Espionage Trilogy] COMPLETE LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITIONS. Three volumes. Octavo (22 x 14 x 11cm), pp.350, pp.532, pp.328. Bound in red half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards, top edges gilt, and with the original..... More
Our Kind of Traitor.
London: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2010. [Spy Novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.306; [6]. Publisher's hardback black cloth binding lettered in gilt, red endpapers, in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £18.99 to front flap, publisher's 'signed' label to upper. Carefully read, jacket shows..... More
Silverview.
London: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2021. [Spy Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.208; [12]. Publisher's hardback green cloth binding lettered in white, sand-coloured endpapers, in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £20 to front flap. A fine copy. The last complete work by the chronicler of our age..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Maps to endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Tom Adams priced at 21s. Trivial toning to spine panel. A clean, fine copy. The first post- Ian Fleming James..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Uncorrected Proof Copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's lime green softcovers with 'greek urn' device repeated in white, titles printed in black. Edges of text block toned, some wrinkling to spine, covers a little dusty and soiled, moderately handled..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [James Bond] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY IN PROOF JACKET. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's lime green softcovers with 'greek urn' device repeated in white, titles printed in black, oversized proof jacket with the provisional publication boldly printed to flap and textual changes to the..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Uncorrected Proof Copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's lime green softcovers with 'greek urn' device repeated in white, titles printed in black. Usual wrinkling to spine, covers a little dusty and soiled, joints rubbed. Very good. The first post-..... More
The Achilles Affair.
New York: Scribner's Sons, 1959. [Adventure Thriller] FIRST US EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY with superb, lengthy inscription signed by the author. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's hardcovers, illustrated duct-wrapper priced at $3.50, with promotional wraparound band with supporting quote by Erle Stanley Gardner. Inscription reads; To Tony and..... More
The Achilles Affair.
London: Collins 1959. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY with superb, double-page inscription signed by the author. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by John Rose, priced at 10/6. Inscribed by the author in blue ink to flyleaf:To Anne - and Jim /..... More