New Arrivals
You Only Live Twice.
[Taipei] Central Publishing Co., 1960s. [Thriller] Taiwanese Pirated edition, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.256. Text is a taken from the UK Cape first edition, in jade green leather-effect hardcovers, titled in gilt to the spine, with an original two-tone jacket design. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket with small..... More
Licence Renewed. James Bond 007.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1981. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.270; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £6.50. Edges gently toned/spotted else fine in a lovely fine wrapper. The first James Bond continuation novel from John Gardner. Bond is back..... More
Goldfinger.
New York: Macmillan [Printed and bound in Great Britain], 1959. [Spy thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.318. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with 'skull' design stamped to upper, in original pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Richard Chopping, price-clipped to both corners. No inscriptions, a few brown marks..... More
Tomorrow Never Dies.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1997. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.213. The standard hardcover edition, with cover photo of Pierce Brosnan as James Bond and only Bruce Fierstein listed as scriptwriter (a rare variant exists with four writers credited). Published simultaneously with the mass-market softcover..... More
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. [Spy novels] FIRST EDITIONS. A SIGNED SET of the entire series of Raymond Benson's James Bond novels, housed in an elegant bespoke fleece-lined cloth slipcase with ribbon pull measuring 24 x 24 x 16cm. Nine volumes, Octavo. Publisher's hardcover cloth in illustrated dust-jackets. No inscriptions..... More
IceBreaker.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, publisher's copy with warmly SIGNED PRESENTATION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.250; [6], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket by Bill Botten, priced at £7.50. Inscribed by the author in black ink to the title page; To Otto &..... More
Nobody Lives For Ever.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1986. [James Bond novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Trevor Scobie, priced at £8.95. A very clean, fine copy. Outstanding. Formerly owned by the respected Bond historian John..... More
For Special Services [James Bond series].
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, publisher's copy. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.254; [1], afterword; [1], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket with no price to the front flap - copies without a printed price were intended for export. No inscriptions, contents clean. A...... More
Licence Renewed. James Bond 007.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1981. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, publisher's copy with warmly SIGNED PRESENTATION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.270; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. Inscribed by the author in black ink to the title page; To Otto & Carolyn With / Fondest Love..... More
For Special Services [James Bond series].
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novel] A quality hardback re-issue of the first Jonathan Cape edition (1981) featuring the same dust-jacket artwork. FIRST EDITION thus, with a full strike-line number sequence. Octavo, pp.243 + afterword. Black hardcovers blocked in gilt, red endpapers, illustrated jacket priced..... More
Icebreaker.
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novel] A quality hardback re-issue of the first Jonathan Cape edition (1983) featuring the same dust-jacket artwork. FIRST EDITION thus, with a full strike-line number sequence. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.243. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine..... More
On Her Majesty's Secret Service Special Edition Box Set.
MGM/UA, 1994. [James Bond film] Dimensions 22 x 19cm. Box set comprising widescreen video cassette, a 44-page stapled book by 007 Magazine, glossy colour print of the original cinema artwork, and a SIGNED George Lazenby b/w still from the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). Housed in an illustrated..... More
Brokenclaw. A James Bond novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1990. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp. 218. Publisher's red cloth in pictorial dustwrapper; flap is priced at £12.95 for the UK market (non-priced export copies were also produced). Contents clean, no inscriptions. Very lightly handled. Near fine. An original novel starring Ian..... More
Brokenclaw. A James Bond novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1990. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.218. 'Lancastria' brand binding by Askews of Preston [library suppliers], being plain burgundy cloth with sewn cloth-strengthened inside joints for heavy use, binders label to rear, illustrated dust-jacket, flap is priced at £12.95 for the UK market..... More
Scorpius [James Bond series].
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Royal octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.190; [2], blank. Library binding of full green vinyl over boards. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £10.95 to flap. Institutional marks to copyright page and endpapers as expected, 'withdrawn' stamp to half-title, lacks..... More
Never Dream of Dying.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2001. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. SIGNED by the author to loose publisher bookplate. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.293; [1], advert. Black hardcovers in illustrated dust-jacket. A clean, fine copy. A James Bond novel. From the collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Otto Penzler, purchased by..... More
Scorpius [James Bond series].
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author, bibliographer's copy. Royal octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.190; [2], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper priced £10.95 to flap. A clean, fine copy. Virtually as new. An original novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. From the collection..... More
Never Send Flowers.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [James Bond Continuation] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 212 [2]. Certified library binding of full blue vinyl over boards, lettered in silver along the spine, top edge yellow. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £14.99. Institutional marks to endpapers and copyright..... More
Never Send Flowers.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [James Bond Continuation] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 212 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £14.99. A fine copy. When an officer of the British Security Service is murdered in Switzerland, James..... More
The Man With The Red Tattoo.
New York, NY: Putnam, 2002. [Spy novel] FIRST U.S. EDITION. A superb association copy, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO HUGH HEFNER. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.291; [1], blank. Hardcover in jacket. Author's presentation note in his customary sharpie to title page; For / Hef - / keep the faith! //..... More
Win, Lose Or Die (a James Bond novel).
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1989. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Tall octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.220. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper with original price £11.95 to flap. A fine, fresh copy, virtually as new. Britain's greatest spy returns in John Gardner's eighth original 007 novel. 'Win, Lose or Die' finds Bond..... More
Casino Royale.
USA: Berkley Books, 1986. [Spy Fiction] PROMO COPY of the Berkley paperback. Octavo (19 x 13cm). Publisher's softcovers. With silhouette cover design. Minor toning as expected, no inscriptions, coves lightly handled. Near fine. from the Jon Gilbert collection (pencilled ownership within). A promotional copy of the first James Bond novel..... More
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, 1962-3. [Spy thrillers] COMPLETE AS ISSUED. 8 volumes [all that were issued in this series], octavo (16 x 10 x 9cm). A vintage set of the 'Great Pan' paperbacks with the Yellow Band covers and Pan's '007' and bullets logo (Dr. No technically a white band). Various..... More
The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Small octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.111; [1]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt endpapers. Illustrated throughout. With Raymond Hawkey-designed 'reversible' book-jacket for work in the field; the pictorial dust-wrapper can be rapidly disguised as a bible. Price clipped, else a clean, fine..... More
The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner).
New York: Viking, 1965. [Literary critique] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Small octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.111 [5]. Publisher's white glossy hardcovers, red endpapers. Illustrated throughout. With Raymond Hawkey-designed book-jacket priced at $2.50. A lovely fine copy. An unusual piece of Bondiana. Bill Tanner is a fictional character in the James..... More