"Outside of a dog, man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx
New Arrivals
The City in the Middle of the Night.
London: Titan Books, 2019. [Science Fiction] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.368. SIGNED by the author. Publisher's paper-covered board, illustrated by Julia Lloyd, and priced at £14.99. A fine/as-new copy. More
Every Night and All.
London: Anthony Blond, 1961. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.223 [1]. Publisher's patterned grey paper over boards with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by T.O. Elmes, priced at 16s. Some bruising to jacket edges, with a closed tear to front cover. Near fine. The..... More
The Marching Wind.
London: Hutchinson, 1955. [Tibet Travel] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.347 [3]. With eight double-sided black and white photographic plates, a frontispiece, and five maps. Publisher's lilac cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Michael Rose, priced at 21s. Small blue ink..... More
The Life of Vertebrates.
Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1950. [Zoology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 767 [1]. With frequent in-text illustrations and diagrams. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With an obituary from the Times, and five other associated newspaper cuttings loose to preliminaries. With the plain dust-jacket featuring..... More
South African Memories.
London: Cassell and Company, 1932. [South African History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.320. With four half-tone plates, including a frontispiece portrait of the author. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge blue. With the plain dust-jacket titled in red, repriced to spine with a green..... More
Brian Jones: The Inside Story of the Original Rolling Stone.
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. [Rock and Roll Biography] ADVANCE COPY, First Edition. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.256. With a suite of four double-sided black and white photographic plates. With an Advance Copy slip, stating price and date of publication, loose to preliminaries. Publisher's black quarter paper with..... More
Poems of Felicia Hemans. A new edition. Chronologically arranged, with illustrative notes and a selection of contemporary criticisms.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1849. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xii; 652 [2]. Small print in two columns. With an engraved frontispiece of the author and a vignette title page. Contemporary green full morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and elaborate gilt decoration stamped all..... More
The Shock of the Fall.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2013. [Modern Literature] UNCORRECTED PROOF, of the first edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[6] 310 [4]. Publisher's green card wraps with darker green titles. Some marks and signs of handling; sticker residue to upper right corner of front cover. Very good. The author's multi-award-winning and best-selling debut novel..... More
Roma Sotterranea, or, an Account of the Roman Catacombs, especially of Cemetery of St. Callixtus, compiled from the works of Commendatore de Rossi with the consent of the author, New Edition, Rewritten and Greatly Enlarged.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1879. [Late Roman History and Archaeology] FINELY BOUND, revised edition. Two volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] xxviii; 520 [2]; pp.[2] xvi; 368 [2]. With 24 very fine chromolithographic plates, including a frontispiece to volume II, as well as numerous in-text engravings. Contemporary tan half..... More
The Victoria Cross Centenary Exhibition, 15th June — 7th July 1956.
London: Marlborough House, 1956. [Medal Catalogue] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.143 [1]. Publisher's cream card wraps printed in brown to upper, stapled three times to spine. Light handling and bumping edges. Near fine. A catalogue of 199 Victoria Cross medals won between 1856 and the end of..... 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: 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 Michael..... More
Just So Stories. For Little Children. Illustrated By The Author.
London: Macmillan and Company, 1902. [Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, in First Issue binding. Large Octavo (24 x 19cm), pp.[6]; 249; [3] With illustrations by the author. Publisher's decorative red cloth boards, blocked in white and black depicting notable incidents from the stories. Armorial bookplate. Internally clean, binding sound, but for the..... More
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The Book Collector: Ian Fleming and Book Collecting [a special issue]. Edited by James Fergusson; Consultant Editor, Nicolas Barker.
London: The Collector Limited, 2017. [Literary Journal] Vol. 66, No.1, Spring 2017. Octavo, pp.288. A bumper number (profusely illustrated), in gold wrappers, SIGNED by contributor Jon Gilbert (p.6). A fine, unread. To celebrate its 65th anniversary, The Book Collector magazine devoted its Spring 2017 issue to Ian Fleming, who had..... More
Pages & Co.: Tilly and the Bookwanderers.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2018. [Children's Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.386 [14]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Charmingly illustrated throughout by Escobar. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper-covered boards. Green patterned endpapers. With the red dust-jacket also illustrated by Escobar, priced at £12.99..... More
From Here to Eternity.
London: Collins, 1952. [WWII Novel] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo, pp.766 [2]. In publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original green and black dust-jacket illustrated by Farnhill, priced at 18s. Spotting to edges and preliminaries. Light toning to jacket spine, with some gentle rubbing and minor chipping..... More
Lorna Doone. A Romance of Exmoor.
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., no date [circa 1930]. [Romantic fiction] FINE PRIZE BINDING. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.456. Contemporary red half calf by RIVIERE, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and red cloth over boards, both featuring the arms of Eton College in gilt. Top..... More
Symphony for the Devil: The Rolling Stones Story.
New York, NY: Linden Press/Simon & Schuster, 1984. [Rock and Roll Biography] ADVANCE COPY, First Edition. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.413 [3]. With a suite of eight double-sided black and white photographic plates. With an Advance Copy slip, stating price and date of publication, as well as a stapled press..... More
Empire of Storms.
London: Bloomsbury, 2016. [Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST UK PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8] 693 [3]. SIGNED by the author in green marker to branded bookplate laid over half-title. Publisher's soft covers illustrated by Talexi, priced at £7.99. 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front cover. A fine, as-new copy..... 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. Light spotting to top edge. A fine, almost as-new copy. The first post-Fleming James Bond..... More
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old.
London: Michael Joseph, 2016. [Diaries] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[4] 376 [4]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Victor Meijer, priced at £12.99. 'Signed Copy' sticker to jacket. A...... More
A History of Events in Egypt from 1798 to 1914.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1915. [Modern Egyptian History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[2] xiv; 312 [10]. With nine black and white half-tone plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Top edge gilt; others untrimmed. Light spotting to edges. Upper board..... More
The Polar Adventure: The "Italia" Tragedy Seen at Close Quarters.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1929. [Arctic Exploration] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.158 [2]. With 24 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. Light spotting to endpapers. Upper board slightly bowed; some wear to cloth. Very good. First..... More
The Big Six.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1940. [Children's adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.399 [1]. With 23 full-page illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, as well as occasional in-text illustrations. Colour-illustrated map of the Norfolk Broads to endpapers. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind to upper. Light wear..... More
'007 In New York' contained within 'The Sunday Times Magazine' magazine. November 7th 1999.
London: Times Newspapers Ltd., 1999. [Spy Fiction] FIRST APPEARANCE. Newspaper format, colour illustrated. Pp.86. The '007 Collectors Issue' containing nothing but James Bond related material. Includes the very first UK printing of the Ian Fleming short story '007 In New York', which had been issued in America in the sixties..... More
Devil May Care. Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming.
London: Michael Joseph / Penguin Books, 2008. [Spy novel] LIMITED FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, number 390 of 500 copies issued. Publisher's pictorial hardback covers with all edges silvered, 'poppy' patterned endpapers, ribbon page marker. Octavo, pp.295 plus [1] note on Faulks, [1] note on Fleming, [10] adverts for..... More