"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
— Ernest Hemingway

Litho in USA, 1967. [Film promotion] U.S. one-sheet poster for the 1967 Columbia Pictures film starring Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress and David Niven, produced by Charles K Feldman and Jerry Bresler. NSS no. 67/72. Artwork by Robert McGinnis. Approximate dimensions 27 x 40 inches. Folded. National Screen Service stamp to..... More
Nottingham UK: Lonsdale and Bartholomew, (1983). [Film promotion] Original UK Advance quad poster for the 1983 Warner Bros film starring Sean Connery as James Bond 007, with Kim Basinger, Barbara Carrera, Klaus Maria Brandauer and Max von Sydow as 'Blofeld'. Directed by Irvin Kershner. Folded, condition A (fresh), with some..... More
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
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
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. [Haycraft-Queen cornerstone novel] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.287 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To Tom with very / best wishes and all / the best - / Eric Ambler'. Publisher's grey cloth titled in black to..... More
London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.250. Publisher's hardback black cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 16s. Contents clean, no inscriptions, a few small marks and some splashing to edges of text block, lightly used jacket with a couple of short edge tears. A...... More
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
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. 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. Ink ownership to endpaper, small patch..... More
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 couple of faint..... More
London: Pan Books, 1966. [Bond reference] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.111; [9], endmatter and advertisements. Bound in pictorial card covers designed by Raymond Hawkey, priced at 3/6 to back. Original small bookshop ticket to inside cover. A particularly fine copy. Uncommon thus. Bill Tanner is a fictional..... More
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. A...... More
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. Contents clean, page edges toned, some..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond Reference] FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY. 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. Decorative bookplate, SIGNED by..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond Reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.159 [1]. Handsomely bound in half red oasis morocco, titled and decorated in gilt to the spine, raised bands, matching cloth sides, top edge gilt. Contents clean, but for a few light spots/reading marks, exterior as new. A...... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Reference critique] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.159; [1], blank. Publisher's green card lettered in black. Contents clean, covers have some scuffs to upper, tear/loss to lower panel with old tape makes to inside rear. Very good. Amis' first venture into the world of..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Reference critique] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY IN PROOF-ONLY JACKET. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.159; [1], blank. Publisher's paper covers, with pictorial proof dust-wrapper (entirely unclipped and with original setting of the text) with design based on the familiar 'trompe l'oeil' art which decorated the Ian Fleming first..... More
London: Harper Collins, 2000. [Literary correspondence] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.lvi; 1208. Illustrated with four suites of eight photographic plates. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt, photographic jacket, showing the famous portrait of Amis adopting the pistol pose. A very good copy in like, price-clipped jacket. The letters..... More
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
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. Text block gently toned as expected. Covers fresh and unworn (usually quite rubbed). An unusually well-preserved copy. A two-part study of Ian Fleming, firstly..... More
Steidl, 2020. [James Bond reference] DELUXE HARDCOVER EDITION. Quarto, pp.192. Glossy photo-documentary in a large hardback format with photographic covers, all edges gilt. Illustrated throughout with black & white and colour stills, with accompanying text. As new, in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Fleming Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy. A comprehensive account of..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1971. [Intelligence / WWII Operations] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.228. Illustrated with eight photographic plates. Publisher's red cloth in dust-jacket priced at £2.25 /45s. Signature of the author in blue ink to the title page. A fine copy. Joan Bright was a key British Intelligence..... More
London: Phoenix Publications Ltd., 1981. [Film Poster] ORIGINAL POSTER-MAGAZINE. Folded, approx. 30 x 21cm; open 84 x 60cm. US 'one sheet' format, with articles on the film, books, author, and producers to reverse, priced at 75p. Very light wear to folds. Fine. More
London: Phoenix Publications Ltd., 1981. [Film promotion] Magazine format (30 x 20cm), pp.[16]. Introduced by Roger Moore, with a brief biography of Ian Fleming. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs. Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers, stapled twice. Some minor handling; very good. Published to accompany the hit James Bond film based on..... More
London: Boxtree Limited, 1988. [Bond reference book]. The revised and updated edition, being the FIRST UK APPEARANCE of this title. Rare British SIGNED HARDCOVER edition. Large octavo (28 x 22cm), pp.275; [1]. Orange cloth over boards in dust-jacket. Signed by way of a book label to half title. Fine in..... More
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]; 276; Illustrated throughout. Publisher's silver-coloured card covers. Author's presentation note to flyleaf, to his friend and colleague James Pickard. Contents clean, fine..... More