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The Riddle of the Sands.
London: Smith Elder and Co., 1903. [Espionage novel] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] xii; 336 [8]. Illustrated with maps and charts, including a folding frontispiece. Bound in black full morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and gilt ruling to boards. Top edge gilt..... More
Djibouti.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop / Harper Collins, 2012. [Crime novel] DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Number 98 of 100 copies thus. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[x]; 279; [1], blank. Publisher's gilt-stamped blue leather-cloth over marbled paper covered sides, light grey endpapers. Fine / as new. Suspense novel..... 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
![Item #66327 'Man-Killer in a "Nothing" Bikini' [For Your Eyes Only] in For Men Only magazine....](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/66327.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1700155149)
'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
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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
The Golden Rendezvous.
London: Collins, 1962. [Maritime Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Heseltine priced at 16s. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A fine book, in a very good jacket with a few small rubs and some..... More
Rebecca.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1938. [Gothic Mystery] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 446. Elegantly bound in black half calf over matching black buckram sides, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, t.e.g., publisher's original lettered cloth preserved at rear. A little spotting to first and final..... More
Traitor's Kiss
London: Bantam Press, 2003. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.428; [4], blank. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket priced at £12.99. Some toning to edges of text block else fine in fine wrapper. Shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, an annual..... More
Child 44.
London: Simon and Schuster, 2008. [Crime Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, additionally dated by the author on publication day. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 473 [1]. Maps to endpapers. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £12.99. A fine copy. Nominated for the Man..... More
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