"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
— Ernest Hemingway
Kingsley Amis | First Editions
1922 - 1995
Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. Amis produced more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, various short stories, radio and television scripts, and also dabbled in social and literary criticism.
Amis' biographer,, Zachary Leader, has described the author as "the finest English comic novelist of the second half of the twentieth century." Moreover, Amis lectured in science fiction (a passion since boyhood), and is responsible for coining the term "comic inferno" to describe 'humorous dystopias'. Amis is the focus of international literary acclaim; in 2008, The Times ranked Kingsley Amis ninth on their list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.
See below our stock of Kingsley Amis First Editions, fine bindings, and signed copies.
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Archive of correspondence relating to James Bond typescripts and continuation books.
1963-67. Collection of 19 letters comprising original typescript and carbon copies. Housed in pink foolscap folder. A fine set. Archive of correspondence between Jonathan Cape, the publisher of Fleming's Bond series, and the author's favoured typist Jean Frampton. The papers mainly consist of friendly professional letters, telegrams, notes and postcards..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Cartographical endpapers at rear. Elegantly hand-bound in half green calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, publisher's original titled cloth spine bound in at rear, top edge gilt. Near fine..... More
Colonel Sun.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Illustrated map endpapers. The rarer variant with a dropped quad mark to the date on the copyright page (rather in the same manner as 'The Spy Who Loved Me' variant- see Gilbert). Publisher's hardcovers in..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure by Robert Markham.
London: Pan Books Ltd., 1970. [Spy novel] The FIRST Pan paperback edition. 'M' Series. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221 [3]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 5 shillings (25 pence). Some gentle age-toning to paper stock, trivial wear to covers, slight lean; a near fine copy of the striking softcover version..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure by Robert Markham.
London: Pan Books Ltd., 1970. [Spy novel] The FIRST Pan paperback edition. 'M' Series. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221 [3]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 5 shillings (25 pence). Paper stock lightly toned, no ink names, gentle reading crease to spine, minor wear at foot. Near fine. BMC No.1 p.4-13..... More
Group of 'Colonel Sun' paperbacks. Comprising the first six UK printings, including a bibliographic anomaly.
UK: Pan Books, 1970-1972. [James Bond novel] 6 volumes, octavo (18 x 11cm). Publisher's softcovers, priced between 5s (25p) and 30p. Cheap paper toned, no ink names, joints a little rubbed, spines with some light reading creases. Paperback group of the first non-Fleming James Bond novel. There are two versions..... 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. Contents clean, owner name, jacket toned to spine, some wear to crown. Very good. The..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean's copy, with a printed label loosely inserted. Version with dropped quad mark to copyright page, vertical 'North' pointer (rather than angled) on the cartographic endpapers. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine..... 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. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Jacket is bright and fresh with minor wear at crown. Near..... 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. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Jacket is bright and fresh with minor wear at crown. The..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
New York: Harper & Row, 1968. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.244. Publisher's quarter black cloth over yellow sides, top edge blue, other edges untrimmed, mustard endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Tom Adams priced at $5.95. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Jacket is bright and fresh. The..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [James Bond] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY IN PROOF JACKET. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's lime green softcovers with 'greek urn' device repeated in white, titles printed in black, oversized proof jacket with the provisional publication boldly printed to flap and textual changes to the..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Uncorrected Proof Copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's lime green softcovers with 'greek urn' device repeated in white, titles printed in black. Usual wrinkling to spine, covers a little dusty and soiled, joints rubbed. Very good. The first post-..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [James Bond] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's lime green softcovers with 'greek urn' device repeated in white, titles printed in black, in the published/commercial jacket which has always been paired with this copy. A clean, fine copy of the book..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Uncorrected Proof Copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's lime green softcovers with 'greek urn' device repeated in white, titles printed in black. Usual wrinkling to spine, covers rather bright, joints a little rubbed. Very good indeed. The first post-..... More
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