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James Bond 007
For Special Services
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group 2011. Quality hardback re-issue of the first Jonathan Cape edition (1982) featuring the same dust-jacket artwork. FIRST EDITION thus, with a full strike-line number sequence. Octavo, pp.243 + afterword. A very fine copy. John Gardner' second 007 novel as official successor to..... More
For Special Services
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novel] 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.259; [3], blank. Black hardcovers blocked in gilt, red endpapers, ilustrated jacket. A fine..... More
For Special Services. James Bond 007.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.254; 1 [afterword]. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket. SIGNED on flap by the dust-wrapper artist Bill Botten, who produced the jacket art for both of Christopher Wood's James Bond novels and the early Gardner Bonds in the style of..... More
For Special Services. James Bond 007.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.254; [1], afterword; [1], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket. SIGNED and INSCRIBED ('artist to James Bond') on the flyleaf by illustrator Bill Botten, who produced the jacket art for both of Christopher Wood's..... More
Founder Member
London: Frederick Muller 1969. FIRST EDITION, 8vo, Publisher's dark blue cloth, slight lean to spine, lovely fresh pages, fine. Photographic dustwrapper with a little wear to extremities and a few tiny scratches to the spine, near fine. A Boysie Oakes spy thriller written before Gardner's stint as the official James..... More
GoldenEye.
London, BCA by arrangement with Hodder and Stoughton. 1995. True first hardback EDITION, issued several months before the Hodder edition. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.218. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. Minor toning to page edges. A fine copy of a scarce Gardner 007 novelisation. The author's second film novel..... More
Goldeneye.
London: Coronet Books, 1995. FIRST EDITION. A paperback original. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.218. Publisher's pictorial covers, showing Pierce as James Bond in the motion picture written by Michael France and Jeffrey Caine. Author's second film novelisation starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. A lovely fresh, fine copy. The true first..... More
GoldenEye.
London, BCA by arrangement with Hodder and Stoughton. 1995. [Film novelisation] True first hardback EDITION, issued several months before the Hodder edition. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.218. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. Some toning to page edges. A near fine copy. The author's second film novel starring Ian Fleming's..... More
IceBreaker.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, TWICE-SIGNED, with original artwork. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.250; [6], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket. This remarkable copy embellished with an original painting from the dust-wrapper artist Bill Botten, who illustrated the jacket for this and other..... More
IceBreaker.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the jacket artist. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.250; [6], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket. Autograph (to rear flap, above his credit) of Bill Botten, who illustrated the jacket for this and other Gardner Bond novels..... More
The James Bond Collection. Licence Renewed; For Special Services; Icebreaker; Role of Honour; Nobody Lives Forever.
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novels] BOX SET. Quality hardback re-issues of the first Jonathan Cape editions (1981-6) featuring the same dust-jacket artwork. FIRST EDITIONS thus, with a full strike-line number sequence. Octavo, five volumes. pp.184. An unused / as new set in the original..... More
James Bond: Licence to Kill. From the motion picture written by Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum.
The Armchair Detective Library, 1989. FIRST EDITION, preceeding the cloth-bound 'Collector' and 'Limited' issues. Author's first film novelisation starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Publisher's black cloth in glossy dustwrapper. Fine copy. A scarce book, with the cancelled title-page (showing the British spelling 'Licence'), as called for. Hubin; Crime Fiction IV..... More
James Bond: Licence to Kill. From the motion picture written by Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum.
The Armchair Detective Library, 1989. SIGNED FIRST UK HARDBACK EDITION, preceeding the cloth-bound 'Collector' and 'Limited' issues. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth in glossy dust-jacket, with the cancelled title-page (showing the British spelling 'Licence'), as called for. A fine copy of a...... More
The Man From Barbarossa
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1991. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Pp.231. An original novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. A couple of tiny marks; a lovely fine copy (not a remainder copy). Autographed by the late John Gardner to the title page in..... More
The Man From Barbarossa.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1991. FIRST EDITION. Tall octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.231. An original novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. A near fine copy, price-clipped with pinking shears, as was the publisher's practice. BMC No.1 [1984] p.4-13 'James Bond Revivals'. Gilbert, Jon; Ian..... More
Nobody Lives For Ever.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1986. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Black cloth-effect paper over boards, gilt titles, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Trevor Scobie. Small chip to lower edge of dust-jacket front panel, bumped at foot. Overall a clean, near fine copy. John Gardner's fifth original..... More
Role Of Honour (A James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.222. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket correctly priced at £7.95. Trivial wear to rear panel. A near fine copy. John Gardner's fourth 007 novel as official successor to Ian Fleming; Abandoning his 007 status, James Bond..... More
Win, Lose Or Die
New York: Putnam 1989. FIRST US EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. Octavo, pp.319. Publisher's hardcover in pictorial dustwrapper. Fine, but for heavy price-clipping to the front flap. Haining; Crime Fiction p.208. BMC No.1 [1984] p.4-13 'James Bond Revivals'. Hubin; Crime Fiction IV. 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. Near fine. More
Ian Fleming. A Catalogue.
London: Adrian Harrington Ltd, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-9576041-0-0. Published April 2013. Numbered hardcover edition, limited to 100 copies, this being no.96. Pp.80. With eight colour plate sections and numerous black and white illustrations within the text. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth, lettered to the spine and covers in gilt, with..... More
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Ian Fleming: The Bibliography [DELUXE EDITION].
London: Queen Anne Press, 2012. ILAB-Breslauer Prize Winner [2014]. Deluxe edition, SIGNED by the author, this being one of a small number of copies marked 'For Presentation' and additionally SIGNED by Ian Fleming's niece and nephew (publishers of this volume). Royal quarto (33 x 24cm), pp.x; 692 [2]. With black..... More
Ian Fleming: The Bibliography.
London: Queen Anne Press, 2017. SIGNED by the author. Royal quarto (33 x 22cm), with black and white illustrations throughout plus four suites of eight colour plates. Set in Albertina type and printed in two colours. Elegantly bound in full green cloth with black endpapers, gilt lettering and ornament. A...... More
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Ian Fleming: The Bibliography. [In Custom Slipcase].
London: Queen Anne Press, 2017. Royal quarto, with black and white illustrations throughout plus four suites of eight colour plates. Set in Albertina type and printed in two colours. Elegantly bound in full green cloth with black endpapers, gilt lettering and ornament. SIGNED by the author. Supplied with a felt..... More
A Burnt-Out Case.
London: Heinemann, 1961. [Modern literature] First English Edition. Novel set in the Belgian Congo. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's silver-titled black cloth in original pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 16s. Light spotting to top edge else fine in like wrapper. Greene's previous novel 'Our Man In Havana', had impressed author..... More
The Official James Bond Movie Book
UK: Hamlyn 1987. Hardcover. First edition. Pp.128, illustrated throughout. With a Foreword by Albert R. Broccoli. Publisher's glossy photographic covers in colour dust-wrapper. No inscriptions or price-clipping. A fine copy. Coffee-table reference book, issued to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first Bond movie 'Dr.No'. More