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— Mark Twain
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The Twilight Hour. Celtic Visions from the Past.
London: Little, Brown, 2003. [Photography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Slim quarto (29 x 25cm), pp.128. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine, dust-jacket. Signed by Simon Marsden. Uncommon signed. A fine/as new copy. More
The James Bond Films: Front of House Sets - UK; Lobby Card Sets - USA; Portfolio.
007 Magazine, no date [circa 2002]. [James Bond Films] LOBBY CARD ARCHIVE. A4 ring-bound portfolio (30 x 22cm), unpaginated. A comprehensive collection of images of lobby cards and front of house sets ranging from Dr. No (1962) to Die Another Day (2002), including the 'non canonical' 007 films Casino Royale..... More
Shaken. Drinking with James Bond and Ian Fleming.
London: Octopus Books/Mitchell Beazley, 2018. [Mixology] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.224. Black hardcovers blocked in gilt. No jacket as issued. With photographs throughout. Introduction by Fergus Fleming who has added his autograph in ink to the title page. Signature obtained in person for Adrian Harrington Ltd. A...... More
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The Living Daylights [poster collection].
Rome: Rotolitoservice, 1987. [Cinema promotion] Italian Photobustas. Five posters, featuring a range of scenes from the movie adaptation of Ian Fleming's short story, produced by Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions, starring Timothy Dalton as James Bond 007. Stated 'Prima Edizione Italiana 1987' and showing the Italian film title, translated as..... More
History of Battle Abbey.
London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, 1877. [English History and Topography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 18cm), pp.[8] 357 [3]. With a coloured folding plan of the abbey facing p.1. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to the title page: 'Augusta Carrington | from her very affec.[tionate]..... More
Animal Farm. A Fairy Story.
London: Secker and Warburg, 1954. [Modern Literature] FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.109 [1]. With a colour frontispiece over two pages, and 31 in-text line drawings. Elegantly bound in dark red half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to twin black morocco labels on spine, and the original..... More
The Saint Sees it Through.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles to spine and upper board. With the dust-jacket designed by Jarvis, priced at 8/6. A very good copy in slightly nicked and edge worn jacket. Simon Templar, alias The Saint..... More
From Russia, With Love.
London: Foyle [The Book Club], no date [1958]. [Spy thriller] FOYLES BOOK CLUB EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253; [3] blank. Publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in black to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping. Some minor discolour to rear cover, sectional toning to text block, neat..... More
The Hand-Book of Swindling. By the late Captain Barabbas Whitefeather, late of the Body-Guard of His Majesty, King Carlos; Treasurer of the British Wine and Vinegar Company; Trustee for the Protection of the River Thames from Incendiaries; Principal Inventor of Poyais Stock; Ranger of St George's Fields; Original Patentee of the Parachute Conveyance Association; Knight of every Order of the Fleece; Scamp and Cur.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. [Crime and Con-Artistry] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (16 x 10cm), pp.viii; 87 [1]. With four engraved plates by "Phiz", including a frontispiece. Publisher's green limp cloth covers, with gilt titles and decoration to upper. All edges gilt, with yellow-coated endpapers. A highly attractive armorial bookplate..... More
Northern Numbers, being representative selections from certain living Scottish Poets. First Series.
Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, 1920. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST APPEARANCE. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 130 [4]. Publisher's blue quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine, and brown titles to grey paper over boards. Top edge toned; others untrimmed. Black ink gift inscription dated Christmas 1921 to flyleaf. Some weakness to binding..... More
The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979. [American Travel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 340 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to a bookplate on the half-title. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, and maps to endpapers. Top edge red. With the dust-jacket designed by Peter..... More
The Last Frontier.
London: Collins, 1959. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.319 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 15s. Some spotting to extremities and rear panel, two neat closed tears to front panel, jacket otherwise bright. Very good indeed. An undercover..... More
Demon Possession and Allied Themes, being an inductive study of phenomena of our own times.
London: George Redway, 1897. [Demon Possession in China] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.x; 520. Including the supplement to the second US edition. Publisher's yellow cloth with red titles to spine and upper. Top edge red, others untrimmed. Theosophical Society library bookplate to front pastedown, with associated inscription..... More
The Saint in New York.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. [Crime Fiction] ATTRACTIVE REPRINT. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.320; [1], advertisement, [1], blank. Publisher's blind-stamped red cloth lettered in black, red endpapers, top edge red. With the pictorial yellow jacket, priced 2 shillings. Edges lightly spotted, jacket with a couple of tiny nicks; Near fine..... More
Lady Chatterley's Lover.
London: Penguin Books, [1960]. [Modern Literature] PROOF COPY. Octavo, pp.317; [3], blank. Publisher's printed cream-coloured wraps, marked 'PROOF ONLY' to front cover. Penguin compliments slip inserted with manuscript note 'Sent at Ken Kendall's request'. Kenneth Kendall (1924-2012) was a respected journalist, broadcaster and BBC news anchor. Contents and extremities toned..... More
Trust The Saint.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1962. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.188; [1], advertisement. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by T. Wardill, priced 12/6. A little dusty and handled, with a little shelf wear. Near fine. Short episodes with the gentleman adventurer, including 'The Helpful Pirate' and..... More
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Senor Saint [Señor Saint].
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1959. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.189. Publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 12/6. Edges dusty/toned, W.H.Smith label to pastedown, jacket slightly rubbed to crown else near fine copy. Short episodes with the gentleman adventurer, including 'The..... More
Wet Magic.
London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1958. [Children's Fantasy] NEW EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; 274 [2]. With wood engraved plates by Millar. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 12/6. Charming gift note to flyleaf, jacket a little edge worn and slightly sunned. A very..... More
A Spell from Laker. On Cricket and Cricketers Past and Present.
London: Hamlyn, 1979. [Cricket] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.160. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to half-title. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles to spine. With the colour photographic dust-jacket, priced at £5.50. Some sunning to spine and..... More
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The Living Daylights [jumbo lobby cards].
Printed in England. [1987]. [Cinema promotion] JUMBO LOBBY CARDS. Nine original UK jumbo-sized lobby cards for the movie adaptation of Ian Fleming's short story produced by Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions, starring Timothy Dalton as James Bond 007. Colour lithographic images on card stock. Approximate dimensions 10 x 8 inches..... More
The James Bond Dossier.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond Reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.159 [1]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, with gilt titles to spine, and the pictorial dust-wrapper, based on the familiar Chopping 'trompe l'oeil' designs from the Ian Fleming first editions. Priced at 16s. to flap. Foyles..... More
Anvil of Stars.
London: Century, A Legend Book, 1992. [Science Fiction] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[10] 442 [4]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, and hand numbered 132 of 200 copies thus 'Edinburgh Edition (2)'. Publisher's red and black buckram, titled in white to spine and..... More
Moscow, 1911-1933, being the Memoirs of Allan Monkhouse.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1933. [Metro-Vickers Affair] INSCRIBED COPY, second impression. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.349 [3]. With 16 black and white photographic plates. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to half-title: 'To Rena, | Please accept this book for | what it is—not, as its pub- | -lishers describe..... More
Collected Poems. New Edition.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1990. [Scottish Poetry] SIGNED NEW EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xiv; 456 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, and dated December 1990. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket. Blue ink gift inscription to flyleaf. Heavy..... More
Thunderball.
New York, NY: Viking, 1961. [Spy novel] FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.248. Publisher's yellow cloth, top edge red, in striking original pictorial dust-jacket priced at $3.95. A crisp, clean copy of the book in a lightly used jacket with some rubbing to joints and extremities, short tear..... More