"Beware of the person of one book."
— Thomas Aquinas

London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. [Wartime Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.494; [2], blank. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers lettered to the spine in silver, plain black endpapers, top edge red. Textured dust-wrapper designed by Raymond Hawkey, based on a painting by J.M.W. Turner. A very good copy in price-clipped..... More
London: Century, 1992. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 15cm), pp.[viii]; 323; [5], blank. Publisher's sand-coloured hardcover cloth blocked in black to the backstrip, cartographic endpapers, illustrated dust-jacket priced at £14.99. Lightly handled; near fine. A novel of conflict, espionage and love, set in Wartime Cairo, 1942. In the 60's..... More
London: Hutchinson / Harper Collins, 1983-1996. [Cold War spy saga] FIRST EDITIONS. Ten volumes. Publisher's various coloured cloths in illustrated dust-wrappers. No ink names, no price clipping, books are clean, one jacket 'Charity' with a short tear else a fine set. Bernard Samson is a middle-aged and somewhat jaded intelligence..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. [Short Stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.205 [3]. Publisher's dark brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, and red endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Christopher Foss, priced at £1.50. A fine copy of the book in a fine jacket but for the usual..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Cold-war spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[1] 319 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with blue rubber-stamp motif and blind 'downgraded to unclassified' box blocked to upper board, gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Raymond Hawkey priced at..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Cold-war spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[1] 319 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with blue rubber-stamp motif and blind 'downgraded to unclassified' box blocked to upper board, gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Raymond Hawkey priced at 18s..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, and decoration stamped in black and blind to upper. Crossword puzzles to endpapers, with the original competition sheet loose at rear. With the dust-jacket designed by Raymond Hawkey. Mildly..... More
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, with PROOF-ONLY dust-wrapper designed by Raymond Hawkey. The jacket is considerably different to the published version; the photograph..... More
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, proof-only dust-wrapper designed by Raymond Hawkey. INSCRIBED by Hawkey in black ink to reverse of jacket: 'To |..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1962. [Cold-War thriller] FIRST EDITION. With accompanying SIGNED letter. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's orange cloth in original dust-wrapper (without reviews) designed by Raymond Hawkey priced at 15s. A fine copy in near fine jacket with very light edge wear. TLS to a university don..... More
London: Harper Collins, 2010. [Cookery] FIRST EDITION, with strike line '1'. Oblong octavo (18 x 25cm), pp.256. Illustrated, with fifty cook-strips. Publisher's pictorial hardcovers, blue endpapers, priced £9.99. Without jacket, as issued. As new. A thoroughly revised hardcover version of Deighton's 1965 'Action Cook Book', which had been chosen as..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. [Counter-culture] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.328. Publisher's pictorial lime-green softcovers. Contents clean, brown spot to top edge, some toning to extremities of covers, spine wrinkled. A very good copy. In our experience, this is one of the most elusive Deighton proofs. Amusing guide..... More
New York: Harper Collins, 1991. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, together with ADVANCE READING COPY. Octavos (24 x 17cm), pp.410, pp.339. Publisher's green linen-backed hardcover in illustrated dust-wrapper, or publisher's illustrated softcovers. Some spotting/toning to edges else fine. Guerilla warfare story set in 1980s South America. In the 60's, Len Deighton was..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1977. [French Cookery] FIRST U.S. EDITION, being the FIRST HARDCOVER EDITION. Oblong octavo (14 x 21cm), pp.224. With frequent in-text illustrations. Publisher's illustrated hardcovers, without jacket as issued. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Price obscured to rear else a fine copy. True first hardback, following the..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1988. [Cold War spy novel] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the FIRST EDITION, limited and numbered (404/500 copies). Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[iv]; 267; [1], blank. Publisher's illustrated softcovers. Light spotting to edges, minor wrinkles to spine. Near fine. The first in a trilogy of spy novels featuring Bernard..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1974. [Cold War spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's hardback cloth, red endpapers and top edge tinted red, in a pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Ray Hawkey priced £2.25. A clean, fine copy, with strong red lettering to the spine. The fifth in the..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1978. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.350; [2], blank. Hardback in dust-wrapper designed by Raymond Hawkey, who designed the classic 1960s James Bond paperbacks for Pan Books. With accompanying booklet of promotional 1941 postage stamps, issued for the book trade; objections from the Royal..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1976. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.240. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge blue; photographic endpapers depicting the sky at night. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Raymond Hawkey, priced at £3.25. A near fine copy (spine a little sunned). With..... More
London: Leslie Frewin, 1966. [Cookery anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.296. With vignette illustrations within the text. Publisher's grey cloth hardcovers in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Nichola Jenkins priced at 35s. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket bright and fresh, spine not faded, a few neat tears to edges..... More
London: MacDonald Orbis, 1988. [Cookery anthology] FIRST EDITION. Oblong quarto (20 x 23cm), pp.120. With vignette illustrations within the text, illustrated endpapers. Publisher's burgundy cloth hardcoverswith pictorial text plates laid down to covers, spine titled in gilt, priced a t£12.95. No jacket (as issued). A fine copy. A gastronomic selection..... More
London: Grafton, 1987, 1988. [Bibliography/biography] FIRST EDITION, together with FIRST PAPERBACK. Octavos (24 x 16cm), (18 x 11cm), pp.336; 336. Publisher's hardcover in jacket and publisher's softcovers. Both books in fine condition (paperback has expected toning to paper stock, minor rubs to spine). An indispensable guide to the writings of..... More
[No place], [1977] 2019. [Ian Fleming / Bondiana] Illustrated digital colour print from an original painting by Richard Delaporte Hearn after 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (1977, Dir. Lewis Gilbert). Copyright remains with the artist. Presented in a simple, elegant card mount, ready for framing. Approximate total dimensions 40 x...... More
[No place], [2006] 2016. [Ian Fleming / Bondiana] Illustrated digital colour print from an original painting by Richard Delaporte Hearn after 'Casino Royale' (2006, Dir. Martin Campbell). Copyright remains with the artist. Presented in a simple, elegant card mount, ready for framing. Approximate total dimensions 40 x 30cm. Fine condition..... More
[No place], [2012] 2016. [Ian Fleming / Bondiana] Illustrated digital colour print from an original painting by Richard Delaporte Hearn after 'Skyfall' (2012, Dir. Sam Mendes). Copyright remains with the artist. Presented in a simple, elegant card mount, ready for framing. Approximate total dimensions 40 x 30cm. Fine condition, SIGNED..... More
[No place], 2016. [Ian Fleming / Bondiana] Illustrated digital colour print from an original painting of James Bond's travel reading, articles and effects, by Richard Delaporte Hearn. Copyright remains with the artist. Presented in a simple, elegant card mount, ready for framing. Approximate total dimensions 28 x 36cm. Fine condition..... More