"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
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![[MOVIE POSTER] Casino Royale. Ian Lancaster FLEMING.](/pictures/thumb/53772.jpg?v=1556210545)
[MOVIE POSTER] Casino Royale.
Litho in USA, 1967. [Film promotion] U.S. one-sheet poster for the 1967 Columbia Pictures film starring Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress and David Niven, produced by Charles K Feldman and Jerry Bresler. NSS no. 67/72. Artwork by Robert McGinnis. Approximate dimensions 27 x 40 inches. Folded. National Screen Service stamp to...
![[MOVIE POSTER] The Living Daylights. Ian Lancaster FLEMING.](/pictures/thumb/53770.jpg?v=1556210544)
[MOVIE POSTER] The Living Daylights.
Printed in Great Britain, 1987. [Film promotion] British quad crown poster for the 1987 United Artists film starring Timothy Dalton as Ian Fleming's James Bond, produced by Albert R. Broccoli's Eon Productions. Designed by David Reneric, with art direction by Jeffrey Bacon and photography by Jim McCrary. Approximate dimensions 40...
![[MOVIE POSTER] For Your Eyes Only. Ian Lancaster FLEMING.](/pictures/thumb/53767.jpg?v=1556210544)
[MOVIE POSTER] For Your Eyes Only.
Great Britain: Printed in Nottingham by Lonsdale and Bartholomew Ltd., 1981. [Film promotion] British quad crown poster for the 1981 United Artists film starring Roger Moore as Ian Fleming's James Bond, produced by Albert R. Broccoli's Eon Productions. Designed by Bill Gold with artwork by Brian Bysouth. Approximate dimensions 40...
The James Bond Dossier. Pre-publication Publicity File
London: To be Published by Jonathan Cape at 16s. on May 27th [1965]. The complete pack, comprising a colour promotional poster for the book designed by Jan Pienkowski (52cm x 76cm), an 'Obituary of Commander James Bond' (35cm x 52cm), a cross-section and information regarding the Walther pistol [uncredited but...
Mostly Harmless.
London: Heinemann, 1992. [Modern literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[16]; 217; [32]. Publisher's grey cloth, titles in silver to spine, pictorial dust-jacket with printed price of £12.99. Signed by the author to the title page. Lightly toned to edges, small water stain to the cloth at the...
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
London: Heinemann, 1987. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 247; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Claudia Zeff with printed price of £9.95 net. Textblock a little toned, more so to edges as often found. Cloth and wrapper lightly handled. Very good.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.
London: Heinemann, 1988. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 246; [2]. Publisher's grey cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Claudia Zeff with printed price of £10.95 net. Textblock marginally toned to edges otherwise clean and bright. Cloth and wrapper lightly handled, lightly bumped to top corners. Very good.
Appointment with Death.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1938. [Murder mystery] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm) pp.[vi]; 301; [5], blank. Publisher's bright orange cloth blocked in black, fore-edge untrimmed, top edge red, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at $2.00. Some very light toning/browning to reverse side and some exquisite light repair;...
The Moving Finger.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1942. [Murder mystery] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm) pp.[vi]; 229; [5], blank. Publisher's red cloth blocked in black, fore-edge untrimmed, illustrated dust-wrapper by Koerner priced at $2.00. Some very light toning to reverse side and the faintest of repair to extremities;...
N or M?
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1941. [Murder Mystery] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm) pp.[vi]; 289; [1], blank. Publisher's mid blue cloth blocked in navy, top edge bright yellow, fore-edge untrimmed, 'red badge detective' design endpapers, illustrated dust-wrapper by Leo Manso priced at $2.00. Some very light...
The Dharma Bums.
New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1958. [Beat Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 244; [4]. Publisher's black cloth with titles in green and silver. Top edge light green. With the dust-jacket designed by Bill English, priced at $3.95. With occasional light marginal pencil marks. Light bumping to...
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
London: Methuen, 1962. [Modern fiction] FIRST UK EDITION, UNCENSORED ISSUE without blocked out section on copyright page. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 311; [1], blank. Publisher's dark red cloth in pictorial dust wrapper designed by Kenneth Farnhill priced 18s. A little toned to spine and extremities, a couple of small...
Shaft.
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1970. [Detective thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm). pp.188. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper. A fine copy in a lightly marked price-clipped wrapper, the red colour remaining strong on the spine. Very good. The first of Tidyman's seven...
The Doomsters.
London: Cassell and Co. Ltd., A Crime Connoisseur Book, 1958. [Detective Fiction] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo, pp.[vi]; 225; [1], blank. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced 12/6. A crisp, fine example in like jacket with one creased tear to upper. Near fine- appears unread. Another case for the...
Mr Standfast.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1919. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.412. Publisher's mid-blue cloth, titled and ruled in dark blue, titled and ruled in dark blue. Light toning to text block, trivial marks to cloth, spine a fraction off-colour else a particularly clean, bright copy. An attractive...
The Free Fishers.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1934. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's green cloth in pictorial jacket. A near fine copy of the book in a very good wrapper, toned to spine with some chips to crown and extremities. Historical adventure set in bleak Yorkshire; A Minister...
Ian Fleming's James Bond. A Descriptive Bibliography and Price Guide.
New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA: The Mysterious Bookshop, 1999. [Bibliography] FIRST REGULAR EDITION, following the limited printing (250 copies). Slim octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.34. Publisher's softcovers. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. As new/very fine. A checklist of a Ian Fleming's Bond novels. A useful guide now superceded by...
The Glass Cage. Translated from the French by Antonia White.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1973. [Mystery] ADVANCE PROOF COPY of the FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.156. Publisher's pale yellow softcovers with details printed in black to upper. A clean, fine copy.
The Innocents. Translated from the French by Eileen Ellenbogen.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1973. [Mystery] ADVANCE PROOF COPY of the FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.188. Publisher's pale yellow softcovers with printed title label. A lightly handled copy in near fine condition.
![Round the Fire Stories [Sherlock Holmes]. Arthur Conan DOYLE, Sir, Andre CASTAIGNE.](/pictures/thumb/53723.jpg?v=1556199654)
Round the Fire Stories [Sherlock Holmes].
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1908. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 372; [4 of advertisements]. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine and upper board, gilt vignette to upper board. Frontispiece illustration. Internally clean with a couple of small spots to edge of text block, a....
Sherlock Holmes. A Drama in Four Acts. Adapted by Arthur Conan Doyle and William Gillette from the Story entitled 'The Strange Case of Miss Faulkner'.
London: Samuel French Ltd., 1922. [Detective drama] FIRST EDITION [French's Acting Edition, No.489]. Pp.123; [3], blank; [2], advertisements. Includes diagrams for stage direction. Publisher's paper covers printed in colour with the striking image of Gillette portraying Holmes, titled to spine and upper, priced 2s.6d. net. Discreet number to inside cover...
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION, EARLY ISSUE: "Veller" title and all of Smith's first issue text points save for one [found in only one copy], 'Phiz' plates in early states with page numbers as called for but no titles or imprints; bound without the half-title. Octavo...
Around The World In Eighty Days.
Boston, MA: James R. Osgood and Company, 1874. [Adventure fiction] SECOND US ILLUSTRATED EDITION, following the scarce 1873 issue with the flakey spine problems. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 315; [3], blank. Translated by Geo M. Towle. Illustrations throughout. Publisher's green cloth gilt, lavishly embossed in black and gilt, bevelled...
Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite.
London: Blink, 2018. [Rock] SIGNED UK FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 346. Publisher's black cloth, titles in silver to spine, red and blue endpapers, photographic dust-jacket designed by Richard Evans with printed price of £20. Signed by Roger Daltrey directly to title page (most were signed via a....
![The Adventures of Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Bear Annual No.4, 1939]. Alfred BESTALL.](/pictures/thumb/53705.jpg?v=1556199653)
The Adventures of Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Bear Annual No.4, 1939].
Portsmouth: Grosvenor Press [Express Newspapers], 1991. [Children's annual] Facsimile Edition of the 1939 Rupert Annual. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.126. Stories pictured in colour throughout. Publisher's illustrated boards, red cloth spine blocked in black. A lovely fine copy. A quality facsimile of the fourth Rupert annual.