"Outside of a dog, man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx
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Film Stills for 'What's Up Tiger Lily?'
American International Pictures, 1966. [Film Stills] 21 ORIGINAL STILLS. Black and white stills, with production notes printed to lower margin. Also with one duplicate still, and seven reproduction stills, including two not in the collection of originals. Some light toning, with adhesive marks to lower margin of several stills. Very..... More
Background to Danger.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. [Intrigue] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.280; [1], blank; [1], advertisements; [2], blank. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in burgundy, pictorial jacket priced at $2.00. Edges of text block toned, ink ownership to flyleaf, jacket with a few chips and tears, clipped..... More
Cause for Alarm.
London: Hodder and Stoughton 1938. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.320; [6], advertisements. Publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in black, mid-blue endpapers, striking 'bullet' jacket by Thomson, priced 7/6. A few descreet blue ink numbers to rear pastedown, cloth toned to extremities. Jacket with a few chips and..... More
The Light of Day.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[6] 243 [5]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and green decoration to spine, a gilt EA monogram to upper, top edge red, fore-edge..... More
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.250. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 16s. Edges toned, jacket with some light wear to extremities spine toned. Near fine. A modern day pirate adventure, set in the South-Seas. This title was proof read by..... More
Uncommon Danger.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.314; [6], advertisements. Publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in black, mid-blue endpapers, pictorial jacket by Gibbs, priced 7/6. Trivial toning to edge of text block, jacket with very light rubbing/wear to extremities. Overall a lovely fine copy of..... More
The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 14cm). 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. A fine copy in clean, bright jacket, with a few faint impressions..... More
The James Bond Dossier.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond Reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.159 [1]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, with gilt titles to spine, and the pictorial dust-wrapper, based on the familiar Chopping 'trompe l'oeil' designs from the Ian Fleming first editions. Priced at 16s. to flap. Foyles..... More
The James Bond Films: Front of House Sets - UK; Lobby Card Sets - USA; Portfolio.
007 Magazine, no date [circa 2002]. [James Bond Films] LOBBY CARD ARCHIVE. A4 ring-bound portfolio (30 x 22cm), unpaginated. A comprehensive collection of images of lobby cards and front of house sets ranging from Dr. No (1962) to Die Another Day (2002), including the 'non canonical' 007 films Casino Royale..... More
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Ian Fleming's Incredible Creation. My Friend, Ian Fleming [and] The World of James Bond.
Chicago, IL: Novel Books, 1965. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo paperback (18 x 11cm), pp.128. Publisher's colour illustrated soft covers priced at 60c; all edges yellow. Gently toned, Portland bookstore stamp to half-title, very light wear to covers, single red pen mark to fore-edge; an unusually well-preserved copy. Near fine..... More
Signed Mickey Baker Still from the film 'You Only Live Twice' (1967).
2006. [James Bond Films] SIGNED STILL. One colour film still montage from Lewis Gilbert's 1967 film, SIGNED by the stunt man Mickey Baker in silver marker. Mounted on white card ready to frame. Total dimensions 31 x 26cm. More
The James Bond Bedside Companion.
London: Boxtree Limited, 1988. [James Bond reference book]. The revised and updated edition, being the FIRST UK APPEARANCE of this title. Large octavo (28 x 22cm), pp.275; [1]. Glossy softcovers, illustrated throughout. Faint laminate crease to rear else a fine, fresh copy. A particularly pleasing example. The author's highly acclaimed..... More
Die Another Day.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 2002. [Spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp[vi]; 245; [5], blank. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers lettered in silver to spine, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. Autographed by Raymond Benson in black ink to the title-page. The signature was obtained privately by us -the..... More
Die Another Day.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 2002. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp[vi]; 245; [5], blank. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers lettered in silver to the spine, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. A fine/as-new copy, carefully warehoused by ourselves since publication. A novelisation of the James Bond movie starring Pierce..... More
Die Another Day.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. [James Bond] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm). The novelisation of the James Bond movie. Publisher's hardcovers, autographed to the dust-wrapper in silver marker. The signature was obtained privately by us- the author did not appear in the UK to promote this, his last..... More
Doubleshot.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2000. [Spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.274. Publisher's cloth with pictorial dust-wrapper. The signature was obtained during the book launch event held at our London bookshop. A fine/as-new copy, carefully dark stored by ourselves since publication. While officially on medical leave, James..... More
The Facts of Death.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1998. [Spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.274; [2], blank. Publisher's hardcover cloth in illustrated dust-jacket. SIGNED by the author in his customary sharpie to title page. Signature obtained during one of his many book launch events held at our shop. Both the..... More
The Man With The Red Tattoo.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.292; [2], blank. Hardback volume, bound in publisher's cloth with pictorial dust-wrapper. SIGNED by the author in his customary sharpie to title page. Signature obtained during one of his many book launch events held at our shop..... More
The World is Not Enough.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.274; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver to backstrip, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £16.99. The signature was obtained during the book launch event held at our shop. A fine/as-new copy, carefully..... More
The World is Not Enough.
London: Coronet Books, 1999. [Movie novelisation] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.200; [2], publisher's advertisements. Signed by the author to the title page. The signature was obtained at the book launch event held at our shop. Front cover bears the original 'Playstation' competition sticker. Fine/as new. Hubin;..... 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.182). A fine, unread copy. To celebrate its 65th anniversary, The Book Collector magazine devoted its Spring 2017 issue to Ian Fleming, who..... More
The Book Collector. Autumn 2020. Edited by James Fleming.
Cirencester: The Collector Ltd., 2020. [Literary Journal] Vol. 69, No.3, Autumn 2020. Octavo, with illustrations (some in colour). Bound in the publisher's red-coloured softcovers with text printed in white and black. Fine/as new. This number contains a SIGNED review of biographer John Pearson's book 'Ian Fleming The Notes', by the..... More
The Book Collector. Spring 2021. Edited by James Fleming.
Cirencester: The Collector Ltd., 2021. [Literary Journal] Vol. 70, No.1, Spring 2021. Octavo, with illustrations (some in colour). Bound in the publisher's purple-coloured softcovers with text printed in white and black. Trivial handling; fine. This number contains James Pickard's review of 'Ian Fleming and James Bond' by Jon Gilbert, SIGNED..... More
The Book Collector. Spring 2021. Edited by James Fleming.
Cirencester: The Collector Ltd., 2021. [Literary Journal] Vol. 70, No.1, Spring 2021. Octavo, with illustrations (some in colour). Bound in the publisher's purple-coloured softcovers with text printed in white and black. Trivial handling; fine. This number contains James Pickard's review of 'Ian Fleming and James Bond' by Jon Gilbert'... More
Field Guide of Birds of the West Indies.
London: Collins, 1960. [Ornithology] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256; [1], blank. With colour plate illustrations and line drawings. Publisher's red cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine, cartographic endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 35s. Contents clean; a fine copy of the book in a slightly nicked..... More