"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me."
— C. S. Lewis
James Bond 007
Devil May Care. Carte Blanche. Solo.
London: Penguin / Hodder / Vintage 2009, 2012, 2014. [Spy Fiction] Three volumes, octavo (20 x 13cm). FIRST UK PAPERBACK EDITIONS, with a strikeline 10 through to 1. A group of three recent James Bond paperbacks. Publisher's photographic card covers, two with embossed titles. Gently read, minor toning to paper..... More
"Tomorrow Never Dies" (Released Through United Artists).
Eon Productions Limited, Pinewood Studios, UK, 18th August, 1997. [James Bond screenplay] Final Shooting Script for the UA film 'Tomorrow Never Dies' produced by Barbara Broccoli, and Michael G.Wilson. Complete script, bound in paperback form, gloss black card cover with titles printed in silver with a facsimile signature of James..... More
"Tomorrow Never Dies" (Released Through United Artists).
Eon Productions Limited, Pinewood Studios, UK, 18th August, 1997. [James Bond screenplay] LIMITED EDITION PACK. Comprising Final shooting script, together with a VHS of the film Tomorrow Never Dies, a documentary video film The World of James Bond, a set of seven behind-the-scenes postcards and numbered certificate. Housed within a...... More
Airline Detective. The Fight Against International Air Crime. Introduced by Ian Fleming.
London: Collins, 1962. [True crime] FIRST EDITION. Two volumes (first and second impressions) Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xx; 7-197; [1], blank. Publisher's smooth cloth-effect paper over boards, with red titles to the spine, top edge tinted orange, in pictorial dust-wrapper. First printing with slightly chipped jacket, price clipped; second printing..... More
'The James Bond Phenomenon' by Leslie Charteris, appearing in The Saint Magazine, vol.12 no.1.
London: Atlas Publishing, March 1966. [Literary journal]. Pp.112. Digest magazine format in illustrated covers. Text block toned as expected, a few small insect holes, wrappers with some light general wear. Very good. A scarce issue of The Saint magazine, with a controversial article on 007 and his creator. From Jon..... More
'Operation Thunderball' contained within 'Now and Then' magazine, Number 107 Spring, 1961.
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1961. [Fleming] Pp.24. Price ninepence. Magazine format, illustrated. Publisher Jonathan Cape's literary magazine for the publishing industry, booksellers and the public alike. Contains the first separate appearance of S.P.E.C.T.R.E.'s ransom letter sent to the Prime Minister, extracted from the novel 'Thunderball' (Chapter 1 'Fasten your lap-strap'..... More
Ian Fleming's Life Story: The Man With The Golden Pen, appearing in Woman's Mirror (two issues, extracted complete text).
London: Fleetway Publications, [1966]. [Literary Biography] Loose leaves, extracted from the publication, 18pp., 22pp., stapled to top left. Some browning, minor edge wear. Signature and pencil note of bibliographer Jon Gilbert. This is a serialisation of Gant's biography of Fleming, in two magazine appearances [April 23rd 1966 & April 30th..... More
Ian Fleming: The Fantastic 007 Man.
New York: Lancer Books, 1966. [Biography] FIRST U.S. EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A paperback original. pp.174; [2], advertisements. Publishers card covers with photographic illustrations to upper and lower panel, all edges tinted purple. Discreet ink stamp. Text block gently toned as expected. Covers fresh and unworn (usually quite rubbed). An unusually..... More
![Item #64493 The Letters of Ann Fleming [Proof and first edition copies]. Ann FLEMING, Mark AMORY](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/64493.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699634646)
The Letters of Ann Fleming [Proof and first edition copies].
London: Collins Harvill, 1985. [Letters] two volumes; PROOF and FIRST EDITION. Bibliographer's copies. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.448. Publisher's green softcovers with proof-only jacket, or blue hardcovers with dust-jacket. Endpapers show Ann Fleming's family tree. Illustrated with two suites of black and white photographs (no plates within proofs). Some light..... More
Amaryllis Fleming.
London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993. [Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.x; 293; [1], blank. With a suite of photographic plates. Bound in the publisher's green cloth blocked in cream, patterned endpapers, in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £20. Autographed to the title page in our presence. Contents clean, page edges..... More
Barrow's Boys.
London: Granta, 1998. [Travel and exploration] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xiv; [4], maps; 489; [5], blank. With photographic plates. Bound in the publisher's blue cloth blocked in silver, in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £20. Lightly handled with a few minor nicks to..... More
Killing Dragons. The Conquest of the Alps.
London: Granta, 2000. [Travel / exploration / adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xii; 398; [6]. With two suites of photographic plates, double-page map and vignette illustrations. Bound in the publisher's blue cloth blocked in silver, in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £20. Autographed to the title page in..... More
Ian Fleming and the Book Collector.
London: Queen Anne Press, 2017. [Bibliography] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, being the first separate edition. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[vi]; 28; [6], Endmatter. Edition limited to 125 numbered copies signed by the author (co-publisher at Queen Anne Press) and his brother James Fleming (publisher of The Book Collector). Finely printed on..... More
Casino Royale.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. [Spy thriller] FIRST IMPRESSION, EXPORT COPY. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles and 'Heart' design to upper, tail edge untrimmed. Housed in a bespoke leather-spine clamshell box. Contents clean, edges toned, endpapers with identity marks of..... More
Introduces Jamaica. Edited by Morris Cargill.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. [Travel book] FIRST EDITION, Second Impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240, illustrated throughout with colour plates, map endpapers printed in colour. Publisher's russet cloth hardcover, gilt titles, top edge ochre, in photographic dust-jacket. A clean, fine copy of the book in a an attractive near fine..... More
Introduces Jamaica. Edited by Morris Cargill.
New York: Hawthorn Books 1965 [actually published early 1966]. [Travel book] FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, printed at the same time as the British sheets and sharing the same pagination. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240, illustrated throughout with colour plates, cartographic endpapers printed in colour. Publisher's russet cloth hardcover, gilt titles, top..... More
![Item #63213 The Diamond Smugglers [together with] Thrilling Cities. Ian FLEMING](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/63213.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1667583840)
The Diamond Smugglers [together with] Thrilling Cities.
London: Ian Fleming Publications Limited, 2009. [Documentaries] Two volumes, FIRST EDITIONS THUS. Octavos (21 x 14cm). Publisher's green cloth with silver titles to spines, pictorial dust-jacket, priced at £15. Fine / as-new copies. Featuring new forewords by Fergus Fleming and Jan Morris. Fleming's only two non-fiction books, published in-house by..... More
The Diamond Smugglers.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. [True Crime] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.160. Illustrated with photographs. Publisher's black cloth with titles to the spine in bronze, original dust-jacket illustrated by Denis Piper, priced at 12/6. A near fine copy with usual tarnish to cheap foil used for lettering, jacket near..... More
The Diamond Smugglers.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. [True Crime] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.160. Illustrated with photographs. Elegantly hand-bound in half black calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands. A near fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. Ian Fleming's first non-Bond book, and..... More
The Diamond Smugglers.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. [True Crime] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.160. Illustrated with photographs. Elegantly hand-bound in half navy calf over marbled paper-covered cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands. Some dampmarking to plates else fine, in an attractive recent leather binding. Jon..... More
The Diamond Smugglers.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. [True Crime] FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.160. Illustrated with photographs. Publisher's black cloth with white titles to the spine. A working copy with associated handling and use, some copy editing, offset browning to half title, lacks f.e.p, provided with a...... More
The Diamond Smugglers.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. [True Crime] FIRST EDITION, second impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.160. Illustrated with photographs. Publisher's black cloth with white titles to the spine in original dust-jacket illustrated by Denis Piper, priced at 12/6. Fine in near fine jacket, with some sunning to the spine. Ian Fleming's..... More
Introduces Jamaica. Edited by Morris Cargill.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. [Travel book] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240, illustrated throughout with colour plates, map endpapers printed in colour. Handsomely rebound in half midnight black calf with contrasting twin red morocco title labels, spine ruled in six compartments with traditional raised bands, matching cloth sides, top..... More
Introduces Jamaica. Edited by Morris Cargill.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1973. [Travel book] REVISED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.236; [4], illustrated throughout with colour plates, map endpapers printed in colour. Publisher's russet cloth hardcover, gilt titles, top edge ochre, in photographic dust-jacketpriced at £2.25. A clean, fine copy of the book in similar jacket. An excellent..... More
Introduces Jamaica. Edited by Morris Cargill.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. [Travel book] FIRST EDITION, Second Impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240, illustrated throughout with colour plates, map endpapers printed in colour. Publisher's russet cloth hardcover, gilt titles, top edge ochre, in photographic dust-jacket priced at 42s. Trivial wear to jacket, corner bumped; remains a fresh, bright..... More