" It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. "
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Matzohball. An Israel Bond Thriller.
New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1966. [James Bond pastiche] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.126; [1], order form; [1], blank. Publisher's colour softcovers with original price $1.00. Lightly handled; fine. 'A new adventure of Hebrew secret agent Oy-Oy-7'. More
Matzohball. An Israel Bond Thriller.
New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1966. [James Bond pastiche] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.126; [1], order form; [1], blank. Publisher's colour softcovers with original price $1.00. A fine copy. 'A new adventure of Hebrew secret agent Oy-Oy-7'. More
On the Secret Service of His Majesty, The Queen. An Israel Bond Thriller.
New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1966. [James Bond pastiche] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.128. Publisher's colour softcovers with original price $1.00. A near fine copy. 'Hebrew Secret agent Oy-Oy-7 strikes again'. More
The White South.
London: Collins, 1949. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles blocked to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper. Gilt tarnished. Very good in a like, price-clipped jacket. A murder-mystery based in the Antarctic, adapted for the big screen in 1954 as 'Hello Below Zero'..... More
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[James Bond] The World is Not Enough. A Companion.
London: Boxtree / Macmillan. 1999. [Film reference] FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. Octavo (23 x 15cm) Pp.173. Cloth hardback in photographic dust-wrapper showing Pierce Brosnan as 007. Features the incorrect ISBN number on the barcode of the jacket (this appears to be the case with every copy- no corrected edition or..... More
Bond, The Beatles and My Year With Marilyn. 50 Years as a Movie Marketing Man.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, Inc., 2018. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED COPY. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 223; [1], blank. A paperback original. Signed by the author, with promotional bookmark loosely inserted. Fine/As new. Autographs obtained at the launch party held at the Bond In Motion exhibition, London Film Museum, Covent..... More
The Stretton Street Affair.
London: Cassell and Co., 1924. [Spy fiction] ASSOCIATION COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's burgundy cloth titled and decorated in black to spine and front board. Gift inscription to title page: "To Enid Agabeg | from Uncle | William Le Queux ". Internally clean, very light spoting to page..... More
Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Publisher's brown cloth blocked in gilt to spine, beige endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper. Some minor soiling to edges of first few leaves else a lightly used copy in near fine condition. 'The most..... More
Ian Fleming. The Man Behind James Bond.
Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing, 1995. [Literary biography] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Publisher's two-tone hardcovers cloth blocked in gilt to spine, black endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at $24.95. A clean, near fine copy. 'The most comprehensive biography of Ian Fleming' - Gilbert. Ian..... More
For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond.
London: Bloomsbury, 2008. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated Quarto (25 x 20cm), pp.224. Silk-screen pictorial hardcover, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at £20. Book appears unread, jacket lightly handled only. A fine copy. A superb reference book from journalist Ben Macintyre, covering both the literary and screen James Bond. The volume was originally conceived..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. 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. Contents clean, some wrinkling to spine, covers a little dusty and soiled, showing some general light handling; very good..... More
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. 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. Edges of text block toned, some wrinkling to spine, covers a little dusty and soiled, moderately handled. Very good..... More
003½: The Adventures of James Bond Junior
London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. [Young Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.175; [1], blank. Illustrated by Christopher Chamberlain. Publisher's black cloth blocked to the spine in gilt, cartographic endpapers, pictorial jacket. Contents clean, a few faint marks to endpaper, discreet tape mark beneath flap, price clipped jacket with a...... More
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The Most Famous Car in the World [the James Bond Aston Martin DB5].
UK, 1991. [Bondiana] limited edition ART print after Stephen Massey, limited to 850 copies SIGNED and numbered by the artist, depicting the 'Goldfinger' Aston Martin DB5. Approximate total dimensions 56 x 48cm, image size approximately 35 x 24cm. Presented in an elegant archival window mount, professionally glazed with 2mm float..... More
The Master Book Of Spies.
London: Hodder and Causton, 1973. [Espionage] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.190. Illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings. Printed flyleaves as issued. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver, glossy photographic dust-wrapper priced at £1.75. Minor wear to crown else a fine, fresh copy. Author Donald McCormick was a cloak-and-dagger..... More
Army Diary 1899-1926
London: Oliver and Boyd 1960. FIRST EDITION. Royal Octavo. Pp.viii; 301; [3], blank. With 39 black and white plates and 25 maps printed in colour. Publisher's red cloth in pictorial jacket. A used copy with ownership label, note card and military photograph attached to flyleaf; jacket worn but without the..... More
Bond On Bond The Ultimate Book on 50 Years of Bond Movies
London: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd. 2012. FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp.224, illustrated throughout. Black cloth blocked in silver in pictorial dust-wrapper. Absolutely fine/as new. More
The 007 Diaries. With a Foreword by David Hedison.
Stroud: The History Press, 2018. [James Bond] FIRST HARDCOVER EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Illustrated with a central suite of colour plates. Publisher's black cloth binding lettered in gilt to the spine, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £14.99. A fine copy. Hardcover reissue of an elusive text first published in..... More
Modesty Blaise: The Silver Mistress.
London: Souvenir Press, 1973. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.254. Publisher's cyan cloth with silver titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £2.20. Ownership sticker to top left of front pastedown. Very lightly sunned to jacket spine. Near fine. The sixth full-length Modesty Blaise thriller, developed..... More
Modesty Blaise: The Silver Mistress.
London: Souvenir Press, 1973. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.254. Publisher's cyan cloth with silver titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £2.20. A clean, near fine copy. The sixth full-length Modesty Blaise thriller, developed from the popular comic strip series chronicling a streetwise refugee-turned undercover..... More
Goldeneye. Where Bond was Born: Ian Fleming's Jamaica.
London: Hutchinson, 2014. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xii]; 388. With eight photographic plates in colour. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, bottle green endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £20. A lovely fine, unread copy. Jacket has an unfortunate cut along the spine (from box-opening with..... More
The Life of Ian Fleming. Creator of James Bond.
London: The Companion Book Club, 1966. FIRST REGULAR EDITION from the Companion Book Club, who also released a 'De Luxe' version. Octavo, pp.368 + photographic plates. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth with pale blue label and topstain, in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 5/9. Some trivial toning to the spine..... More
The Life of Ian Fleming. Creator of James Bond.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Large octavo (24 x 16cm). pp.346, with pp.16 photographic plates. Publisher's patterned green softcovers. Prelims spotted, spine wrinkled, some toning to edges and extremities, joints rubbed. Very good, in a custom-made quarter green morocco clamshell box. Scarce in this format. The proof features..... More
The Life of Ian Fleming. Creator of James Bond.
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill 1966. [Literary biography] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.339; [1], blank, with sixteen pages of photographic plates. Publisher's orange cloth blocked in black and yellow, pictorial jacket priced at $6.95. With a supplied copy of the statement from McGraw-Hill, acknowledging some factual errors in..... More
Ian Fleming: The Man With The Golden Pen.
Swan Books, [1966]. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A paperback original. Octavo, pp.160. Publishers card covers with photographic illustrations to upper and lower panel. Cheap paper toned as expected, covers lightly worn. Very good indeed. This is Swan Book S-102, understood to be the US version. The Canadian version was designated..... More