" It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. "
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Donovan's Island.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, no date [1928]. [Humorous fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.309; [1] blank; [8] publisher's advertisements. Publisher's light blue cloth titled in black to spine and upper, dust-jacket with printed price of 7/6 to spine. Internally fine, some toning and spotting to edges, a.... More about Donovan's Island
Magnus.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1973. [Historical fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.206. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, striking dust-jacket designed by Ian MacInnes with printed price of £2.00 net. Internally fine, ownership stamp to flyleaf, Some toning to edges with spotting to top edge. Wrapper shows... More about Magnus
Jonathan Cape, Publisher.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. [Literary Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.351; [1]. Publisher's brown cloth hardcovers elegantly blocked in gilt, black title label to spine, ochre endpapers, top edge black. Typographic dust-wrapper designed by Hans Tisdall priced at £3.75 net. One of an unspecified number of publisher's in-house... More about Jonathan Cape, Publisher
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. From the Little White Bird. A New Edition.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1912]. [Children's illustrated] REVISED 'BEST' EDITION. Quarto (29 x 22cm), pp.[8]; 126 [2]. With 50 chromolithographic plates by Rackham, as well as further occasional wood engravings. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper board. Neat ink ownership to flyleaf... More about Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. From the Little White Bird. A New Edition
Flynn.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1978. [Thriller] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13 cm), pp.255; [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Typographic dust-wrapper with printed price £3.95. Wrapper lightly sunned to spine else a fine copy. A Gollancz Thriller with elements of comedy and dark reality. Written... More about Flynn
Malaya Upside Down.
Singapore: Printed by Jitts and Co., April 1946. [South-East Asian History] SECOND EDITION, the seventh-thousand. Octavo, (23 x 16cm), pp.[8] 208 [14]. With an appendix including a map and glossary. Publisher's simple illustrated turquoise paper-covered boards, with titles to spine and upper. Blue stamp of the Commercial Trading Co. to... More about Malaya Upside Down
My Sudan Year.
London: Mills and Boon, Limited, 1912. [African Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.x; 305 [35]. With 40 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Light spotting and some dustiness to edges, with some offsetting to endpapers... More about My Sudan Year
The Shepherd's Hut.
London: Picador, 2018. [Coming-of-age Fiction] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14 cm), pp. [8]; 267; [13]. Signed in black ink due title page. Publisher's grey paper-covered boards with white titles to spine. Dust-wrapper designed by Ami Smithson and Pan Macmillan Art Department, with printed price of £14.99. Book... More about The Shepherd's Hut
Conversations with Friends
London: Faber and Faber, 2017. [Romantic Comedy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14 cm), pp.[4]; 321; [9]. Publisher's yellow paper-covered boards with blue titles to spine. Illustrative dust-wrapper with cover painting by Sharon and Vivien. Book is clean and bright. As New. Scarce hardback first edition. A modern novel about... More about Conversations with Friends
Stone Touring Party. A journey through America with the Rolling Stones.
London: Michael Joseph, 1974. [Rock and Pop] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14 cm), pp.[12]; 337; [1]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to the spine. With sixteen pages of photographs. Dust-wrapper designed by Ken Carroll with printed price of £3. Toning to the textblock, mark from removed label to... More about Stone Touring Party. A journey through America with the Rolling Stones
Blown Away. The Rolling Stones and the Death of The Sixties.
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1990. [Rock and Pop] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, (24 x 16 cm), pp.349 [3]. Publisher's black quarter cloth over grey boards with silver titles to the spine, grey endpapers. Dust-wrapper designed by Corsillo/Manzone, originally priced $21.95. Lightly toned to edges, jacket lightly bruised with a.... More about Blown Away. The Rolling Stones and the Death of The Sixties
Never Dream of Dying.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2001. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.293; [1], advert. SIGNED by the author. Signature obtained during one of his many book launch events held at our shop. Absolutely fine. A lovely copy, warehoused by ourselves since publication. A James Bond novel; the search... More about Never Dream of Dying
Zero Minus Ten. Tomorrow Never Dies. The Facts of Death. High Time to Kill. The World Is Not Enough. Doubleshot. Never Dream of Dying. The Man With The Red Tattoo. Die Another Day (Complete James Bond novels).
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1997-2002. FIRST EDITIONS. ALL VOLUMES SIGNED IN FULL. The entire series of Raymond Benson's Bond novels, housed in an elegant fleece-lined cloth slipcase with ribbon pull measuring 24 x 24 x 16cm. Nine volumes. James Bond originals and film novels. Fine in like dust wrappers. Signed... More about Zero Minus Ten. Tomorrow Never Dies. The Facts of Death. High Time to Kill. The World Is Not...
Carte Blanche. A James Bond Novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton in partnership with Waterstones, 2011. SIGNED LIMITED BOXED EDITION, limited to 750 copies signed by the author. Publisher's red cloth in dust-jacket, as per the trade edition, but with a signed limitation page and housed in a custom made-flip-top box with alternative metallic red titles (the... More about Carte Blanche. A James Bond Novel
Never Greener.
London: Bantam Press, 2018. [Romance] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16 cm), pp.[8]; 403; [5]. Signed by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's white cloth with black titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Head Design. Clean and bright copy. Fine/as new. Modern novel exploring the relationships... More about Never Greener
Day out of Days
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. [Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14 cm), pp.[18]; 282; [4]. Publisher's brown quarter cloth over red boards with silver titles to spine. Dust-wrapper designed by Carol Devine Carson, originally priced at $25.95. Red remainder mark to lower edge of textblock, minor pushing... More about Day out of Days
Amherst Villiers Superchargers
Motormedia Publications, Surrey. Printed at the Ditchling Press Ltd., no date [circa 2000]. Facsimile brochure for Amherst Villiers Superchargers. Printed blue card covers, magazine format (23 x 17cm). Illustrated throughout. Fine/unread. Charles Amherst Villiers was an automotive and aeronautical engineer who was the only man to work with both motor... More about Amherst Villiers Superchargers
Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Publisher's brown cloth blocked in gilt to spine, beige endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £20 net. A clean, fine copy. 'The most comprehensive biography of Ian Fleming' - Gilbert. Ian Fleming The Bibliography, p.592. More about Ian Fleming
The Man With The Golden Typewriter. Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters.
London: Bloomsbury, 2015. [Letters] Edited by Fergus Fleming. SIGNED. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.391; [1]. Black hardcovers blocked in gilt, pictorial dust-jacket priced at £25. With black and white photographs. Third impression, autographed by Fergus Fleming in ink to the title page. Signature obtained in person for Adrian Harrington Ltd... More about The Man With The Golden Typewriter. Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters
Ian Fleming: A Catalogue of a Collection.
Liverpool: Privately Printed by the author. 1978. [Bondiana] FIRST (and only) EDITION. Slim octavo. Pp.72. Publisher's glossy pictorial covers depicting the Fleming family coat of arms. Uncommon issue with publisher's label to the rear cover showing an increased price in both Dollars and Sterling. Trivial handling, sticker a little scuffed;... More about Ian Fleming: A Catalogue of a Collection
The World is Not Enough.
London: Coronet Books, 1999. [Movie novelisation] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.200; [2], publisher's advertisements. Signed by the author to the title page. The signature was obtained at the book launch event held at our shop. Front cover bears the original 'Playstation' competition sticker. Fine/as new. Hubin;... More about The World is Not Enough
Licence to Kill.
London: Coronet Books, 1989. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.219; [5], advertisements. Pictorial covers, showing Timothy Dalton as James Bond in the motion picture written by Micheal G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum. A lovely fine copy. Author's first film novelisation starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Hubin; Crime Fiction... More about Licence to Kill
Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, the complete 'Great Pan' Yellow Band paperback series. 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).
London: Pan Books, 1960-62. 8 volumes [all that were issued in this series], octavo (16 x 10 x 9cm). A vintage set of 'Great Pan' paperbacks with the Yellow Band covers and classic colour-illustrated cover designs. Some toning to cheap paper as expected, very light rubbing, single ink name to... More about Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, the complete 'Great Pan' Yellow Band paperback series....
On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
London: Pan Books, 1965. First UK Paperback edition (May 1965), being the fourth printing overall- the first three printings (September-December 1964) were not for sale in the United Kingdom. Octavo (16 x10cm), pp.238; [2], advertisements. Softcover in pictorial card wrappers, priced 3/6 to upper cover. Spine a little rolled/toned else... More about On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, the complete Triad paperback series. 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: Triad Panther / Grafton / Granada, 1978-1985. JAMES BOND PAPERBACKS. 14 volumes, octavo (16 x 10 x 20cm). A vintage set of Triad paperbacks in the classic 'girl and gun' series, with giant golden 9mm automatic pistol. Includes three first printings. Publisher's softcovers. Some toning to cheap paperstock as... More about Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, the complete Triad paperback series. Comprising: Casino Royale,...