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James Bond 007
How 007 Got His Name.
London: Collins, 1966. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.62, with two photographic illustrations comprising a frontispiece portrait of the subject and Ian Fleming's only meeting with James Bond. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper, designed by Barbosa, after Richard Chopping's designs for the jackets of the original 007 novels. A.... More
Sierra Leone. A Modern Portrait.
London: HMSO, 1954. [Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm). Hardback in pictorial wrapper. With colour frontispiece, fold-out colour map to rear, numerous photographic plates, illustrated endpapers. Slightly dusty and a trifle handled, jacket chipped at extremities; very good. An important source book used by James Bond author Ian Fleming... More
James Bond in the Cinema
London: The Tantivy Press. 1972. FIRST EDITION. Pp.176. Illustrated throughout with great stills, mostly provided by United Artists. 8vo. Publisher's raspberry pink cloth, titles in gilt to spine. Pictorial dust jacket with striking colour wraparound artwork by Stefan Dreja. No inscriptions or price-clipping (both prices hidden by publisher under a.... More
James Bond in the Cinema.
London: The Tantivy Press, 1972. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.176. Illustrated throughout with great stills, mostly provided by United Artists. Publisher's raspberry pink cloth, titles in gilt to spine. Pictorial dust jacket with striking colour wraparound artwork by Stefan Dreja. No inscriptions or price-clipping. Book is near fine, in similar jacket... More
You Only Live Once. Memories of Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.142. With a suite of eight black and white illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth binding with original dust-wrapper, priced at £3.50. Minor wear, top edge dusty, jacket worn along top edge, some tears. Very good. This is the withdrawn... More
Mr. Standfast.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1919. Advance proof copy. 8vo. Publisher's original plain brown wraps, slightly spotted with minor edgewear. Internally clean, unifom light toning to page block. A most unusual and scarce advance proof copy of Mr. Standfast, one of Buchan's scarcer Richard Hannay stories. Protected by a tailor-made brown... More
The Runagates Club.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1928. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR in the month of publication. Octavo, pp.331; [1], blank; [4], advertisements. Publisher's mid-blue cloth, titled and ruled in dark blue. A very cood copy with some acceptable wear, backstrip a little toned with a short tear at the crown... More
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The Thirty-Nine [39] Steps,
London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1915. [Espionage classic]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.253; [2], adverts. Elegantly hand-bound in full blue oasis, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, gilt titles to upper cover, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. A little of the usual edge toning to the cheap wartime paper... More
The Heart of Japan
London: Longmans, Green and Company Ltd. 1962. FIRST UK EDITION. Pp.298 + index. Publisher's white cloth in pictorial dustjacket. This particularly copy was exported to Australia and has a bookseller ticket to the pastedown and price-clipped as required. Both book and jacket show some mild toning and wear with a.... More
James Bond The Legacy.
New York: Harry N Abrahams 2002. FIRST EDITION. Large octavo. Pp.320. Bound in black cloth boards stamped in gilt with the 007 device to upper, in a glossy pictorial dust-jacket. Includes a foreword by the James Bond film producer Michael G.Wilson. A fine, unused copy. 'A visually exciting, deeply informative... More
Carte Blanche.
London: Bentley 007 2011. [Spy novel] LIMITED EDITION by Bentley Motors, just one of 500 numbered copies of their 'White' edition, issued with a chrome box in the shape of a Bentley GT as featured in the novel (a 'Red' edition was also issued, without the elaborate outer case and... More
Carte Blanche. A James Bond Novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton 2011. FIRST PRINTING; 'INDIES' SIGNED EDITION, limited to 1500 copies autograped by Jeffery Deaver. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xiv]; 436. Publisher's red cloth blocked with metallic red foil, metallic 'smoke effect' endpapers with original tissue guards present (often missing), illustrated dust-jacket. With a signed limitation page... More
Carte Blanche. A James Bond Novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton 2011. FIRST TRADE EDITION, Signed by the author. Publisher's red cloth in white dust-jacket. A fine, unread copy. A James Bond adventure set in Afghanistan and Dubai, written by acclaimed thriller writer Jeffrey Deaver, who is a life-long admirer of the James Bond novels and the... More
Carte Blanche. A James Bond Novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton in partnership with Waterstones 2011. SIGNED LIMITED BOXED EDITION, limited to 750 copies signed by the author. Publisher's red cloth in dust-jacket, as per the trade edition, but with a signed limitation page and housed in a custom made-flip-top box with alternative metallic red titles (the... More
Carte Blanche.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xii]; 436. Publisher's red cloth with metallic 'smoke' patterned endpapers in white dust-jacket. A fine copy. An original novel featuring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Gilbert, p.613. More
Funeral in Berlin. Secret File No.3.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Cold-war spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.320. Publisher's hardcover, printed black endpapers, dust-wrapper designed by Raymond Hawkey, priced at 18s. A lightly used copy with some acceptable wear and toning, a couple of small nicks to jacket; very good. Basis for the classic... More
Horse Under Water. Secret File No.2. A Novel by Len Deighton.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. [Cold War spy thriller] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1]. Publisher's lime green softcovers with 'greek urn' device repeated in white, titles printed in black. Inevitable spine wrinkling else a lovely fine copy which appears unread. The author's second novel, being the first... More
Yesterday's Spy.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1975. Spy thriller, set in the dangerous world of Arab gun-running. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket. No inscriptions, price-clipped to flap. A lovely fine copy. The jacket artwork is by Raymond Hawkey, who designed the classic 1960's James Bond paperbacks for Pan Books... More
Yesterday's Spy.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1975. Spy thriller, set in the dangerous world of Arab gun-running. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket. The jacket artwork is by Raymond Hawkey, who designed the classic 1960s James Bond paperbacks for Pan Books. No inscriptions, spine a touch sunned. Near fine. With... More
The Great Spy Race.
London: Michael Joseph, 1968. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.208. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, in Richard Chopping-esque pictorial dust-jacket designed by Broom Lynne. Top edge a little dusty, spine a shade toned else a clean, fine copy. Typical 'sixties James Bond cash-in, complete with a.... More
All Night at Mr. Stanyhurst's Introduced by Ian Fleming.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xx; 7-197; [1], blank. Publisher's smooth cloth-effect paper over boards, with gilt titles to the spine, top edge tinted orange, in pictorial dust-wrapper. Trivial wear to one corner. An unquestionably fine copy. This is one of the... More
All Night at Mr. Stanyhurst's. Introduced by Ian Fleming.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xx; 7-197; [1], blank. Publisher's smooth cloth-effect paper over boards, with gilt titles to the spine, top edge tinted orange, in pictorial dust-wrapper. A lightly used copy, jacket with some wear and tear, soiling to rear panel... More
All Night at Mr. Stanyhurst's.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1933. [Modern fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.197; [1]. Publisher's burgundy bookcloth, blocked in yellow to the spine, in the pictorial dustwrapper illustrated by Eric Fraser. 'Times Book Club' ticket to rear pastedown. A little bumped and marked, jacket with a few small nicks and... More
Devil May Care. Sebastain Faulks writing as Ian Fleming
New York, NY: Doubleday, 2008. FIRST EDITION (published simultaneously with the UK first edition). Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.278. Publisher's quarter black cloth over paper-covered boards, stamped in silver to the spine with poppy red endpapers. Complete with pictorial dust-wrapper. A fine, unread copy. More
Devil May Care. Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming
Penguin 007 2008. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author to title page. Publisher's hardback in dustwrapper. A near fine copy. The presentation note reads "To Allan Coffee / With best wishes / Sebastian Faulks / (underline)." Inscribed copies appear to be rarer than 'flat' signed copies in commerce... More