"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 Sign of The Fish.
London: Collins, 1960. [Literary essays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Illustrated with plates. Publisher's red cloth, pictorial jacket. A fine book in a near fine, price-clipped jacket, with a few small nicks to extremities. The Sign of the Fish is a study of the art of..... More
Cyril Connolly. The Life and Times of England's Most Controversial Literary Critic.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. [Literary biography] FIRST US EDITION, with strike-line '1'. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xiv]; 466. Illustrated with photographic plates. Publisher's cloth, photographic jacket priced $27.95. A fine copy. A biography of the respected writer, critic and man-of-letters Cyril Connolly CBE (1903-1974). A friend of fellow..... More
The Politics of James Bond: From Fleming's Novels to the Big Screen
Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. 2001. [James Bond reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xiv; 227; [7]. Publisher's quarter black cloth over paper-covered sides, titled in silver to spine, dust-wrapper priced at $24.95. A clean, fine copy. A look at sex, race, class and other issues in the James Bond..... More
For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond.
London: Bloomsbury, 2008. [James Bond reference] FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, association copy. Illustrated Quarto (25 x 20cm), pp.224. Silk-screen pictorial hardcovers with photographic endpapers, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at £20. Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy, carefully and extensively used by him, with pencilled notes to first blank, other..... More
The James Bond Bedside Companion.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead, 1988. [James Bond reference book] REVISED EDITION, INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY (first published by Dodd Mead in 1984). Large octavo (29 x 22cm), pp.[xii]; 275; [1], blank. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's silver-coloured card covers. Inscribed to flyleaf; 'Best Regards // Raymond Benson.' Contents clean, fine throughout, minor..... More
The James Bond Bedside Companion. With An Introduction by Ernest L. Cuneo.
Seattle: Publishing Online, n.d. [2001]. [James Bond reference book] REISSUE, signed by the author. Large octavo (29 x 22cm), pp.[xii]; 275; [1], blank. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's light blue card covers. Autographed in black ink to the title page. A fine copy. From the collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert..... More
Lucky Him. The Life of Kingsley Amis.
London: Peter Owen, 2001. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.432. Illustrated with a suite photographic plates. Publisher's burgundy cloth lettered in gilt, photographic jacket, priced at £22.50. A clean, fine copy. Retailer's security tag to flap. The biography of literary heavyweight Kingsley Amis, who had more than..... More
Double O Seven. James Bond. A Report.
London: Neville Spearman, Holland Press, 1964. [Reference/ Literary criticism] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.160. Publisher's black cloth hardcovers in Richard Chopping-style dust-wrapper, priced at 18s. A clean, fine copy of the book in a near fine wrapper with a few rubs and creases, minor wear to crown. Shows..... More
The Life of Ian Fleming. Creator of James Bond.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.352, with sixteen pages of photographic plates. Attractively bound in black half calf over cloth sides blocked with 'Golden Eye' motif, red endpapers, top edge red. Contents clean, a little browning to fore edge, small mark to topstain..... More
Ian Fleming. The Spy Who Came In With The Gold. A Biography.
New York: Dell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 150; [2], blank. With photographic plates. Publisher's hardback cloth in dust-wrapper, priced at $3.95. No inscriptions, contents clean. A near fine copy in like jacket with light wear to spine tips. Shows well. 'The..... More
Vickers. A History.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1963. [History / Military defence] FIRST EDITION, second impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxiv; 416; [1], blank. Illustrated throughout with photographic plates. Bound in the publisher's blue cloth, in typographic dust-jacket priced at 42s. Contents clean, laminate shrink to joints else fine. A comprehensive history of..... More
The Ultimate James Bond 007 Fan Book.
Jersey City: Deborah Lipp, 2019. [Film reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.[x]; 514. Publisher's softovers with illustrations by Jeff Marshall. A fine, as-new copy. The revised version of this detailed guide to James bond, updated to include pre-release information on the film No Time To Die. This copy..... More
'Ian Fleming- Candid Conversation'. In 'Playboy' Magazine. December 1964.
Chicago, Illinois: Playboy Incorporated, 1964. [Magazine] (28 x 21cm), pp.292. Original Price $1.25. Magazine format, illustrated. Some expected handling; near fine. Contains the final interview with author, regular contributor and James Bond creator Ian Fleming, who had died earlier that year. Includes three photographs of Fleming within. Pp.179-94 excised, otherwise..... More
You Only Live Twice. In 'Playboy' Magazine. April-June 1964.
Chicago: HMH Publishing Co., Inc., Playboy Building, 232 East Ohio Street, 1964. [Spy novel serialisation] BRITISH EDITION. FIRST APPEARANCE. Three issues. Magazine format, stapled, illustrated. Original Price 75 cents per issue, also priced for UK (8s. 6d.), Sweden (6.25 Krone) and Australia (9s. 6d). Overall size 30 x 23cm. Clean..... More
Octopussy. In 'Playboy' Magazine. March-April 1966.
Chicago, Illinois: Playboy Incorporated, 1966. [Spy novel serialisation] BRITISH EDITION. FIRST APPEARANCE. Two issues. Magazine format, stapled, illustrated. Original Price 75 cents per issue, also priced for UK (8s. 6d.) and Sweden (6.50 Krone). Includes the international subscription form stapled in at p.12-13. Housed in an elegant protective gilt-titled black..... More
Black Boomerang. The Story of his secret 'Black Radio' operation in World War 2.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1962. [Wartime memoir] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Peter Barrett, priced 35/-. Contents clean, cloth covers rather mottled and discoloured, jacket near fine. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy (pencilled ownership within). A...... More
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'Man-Killer in a "Nothing" Bikini' [For Your Eyes Only] in For Men Only magazine. Volume 10, No.7.
New York, NY: Newsstand Publications, July 1963. [Men's Magazine] PERIODICAL APPEARANCE. Magazine format (28 x 21cm), pp.82. The story appears on pp.34-5, 39-44, 46, being an illustrated printing of 'For Your Eyes Only', published under this new title and advertised as a 'Ian Fleming's Lustiest Book'. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers..... More
'Monte Carlo' contained within 'Cavalier' Magazine. Vol 13, No.120, June, 1963.
USA: Fawcett Publications, 1963. [Travel/adventure] PERIODICAL APPEARANCE. Pp.94. Magazine format, colour covers, stapled. Illustrated throughout. original price price 50 cents. Subscription label to upper else near fine, some light soiling else fine. Housed in an elegant gilt-titled black cloth hardcover case. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy (pencilled ownership within). Contains a...... More
'Dr. Lobo of Macao' contained within 'Rogue' Magazine for men. Vol 8, No.4, April 1963.
Greenleaf Publishing Co., Evanston Illinois 1963. [Men's Magazine] FIRST U.S. APPEARANCE. Magazine format (28 x 21cm), pp.88. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, stapled, priced at 60c. Some toning, small paper loss around lower staple. A very good copy housed in an elegant gilt-titled black cloth hardcover case. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy..... More
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'Motel Nymph' [The Spy Who Loved Me] in Stag Annual Magazine. No.1.
New York, NY: Atlas Magazines, 1964. [Men's Magazine] FIRST U.S. PERIODICAL APPEARANCE. Magazine format (28 x 21cm), pp.130. The story appears on pp.12-15, 118-129, being an abridged illustrated printing of 'The Spy Who Loved Me', published under this new title and advertised as a 'Suspense novel'. Publisher's Colour-illustrated paper covers..... More
My Word is My Bond.
London: Michael O'Mara Books, 2008. [Hollywood memoir] The UK COLLECTOR'S EDITION, One of 1000 copies in the publisher's de luxe cloth, in matching slipcase. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo, pp.336. Black cloth blocked in silver. Titled 'Limited Edition' on half title, not to be confused with the trade or American..... More
'Ian Fleming' contained within 'The Evening Colonnade'.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. [Literary anthology] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.569; [5], blank. Publisher's blue cloth binding in dust-jacket priced $15.00. Minor edge wear to jacket; near fine. Cyril Connolly was a good friend of Ian Fleming and wrote one of the earliest James Bond..... More
Ian Fleming's Seven Deadlier Sins & 007's Moral Compass.
Canton, Michigan: David Crumm Media, 2008. [Critique] FIRST EDITION. Slim octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xviii; 158. Colour-illustrated soft covers. Fine / as new. An academic study on the morality of James Bond, with an introduction entitled 'On the Centenary of Ian Lancaster Fleming'. Gilbert, p.612. More
Contribute 'A Golfing Nightmare' and 'The Terrible Dr. No' to Encore; The Sunday Times Book, Second Year. Edited by Leonard Russell.
London: Micheal Joseph, 1963. [Literary articles/essays/anecdotes] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.406. Publisher's red cloth, top edge blue with original pictorial dust-jacket priced at 25s. Discreet initials to endpaper, jacket clipped otherwise a particularly fine, fresh copy. Outstanding. A collection of outstanding articles contributed to the Sunday Times..... More
Mummy Never Told Me.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (25 x 26cm), pp.[32]. Illustrated in colour by the author throughout. Publisher's illustrated glossy paper-covered boards, priced at £10.99, SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, light grey endpapers. Autograph obtained at an event at Illustration..... More