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Jamaica: Sangster's Book Stores / Andre Deutsch, 1965. [Travel book] FIRST EDITION, Second Impression, JAMAICAN ISSUE. 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. Neat ink inscription, jacket with some edgewear..... More
William Heinemann, 1964. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt with titles in orange compartment, publisher's motif blocked in blind to rear board. With dust jacket. Housed in custom blue quarter morocco solander case. A very good copy, extremities rubbed, edges foxed, light offsetting to endpapers, in like dust..... More
Jonathan Cape, 1968. Octavo. Original green wrappers, lettered in black, decorated with white publisher's motif. With dust jacket. Housed in custom blue quarter morocco solander case. A very good copy, spine creased and lightly stained, otherwise in good condition for a proof copy, in like dust jacket, edges rubbed and..... More
Jonathan Cape, 1965. Octavo. Original green wrappers, lettered in black and decorated with white publisher's motif. A near-fine copy, spine creased otherwise in excellent condition for a proof copy. Uncorrected proof copy, Kingsley Amis's first venture into the world of James Bond. He also wrote a light-hearted work The Book..... More
Hodder & Stoughton, 2002. Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in silver. With dust jacket. A fine copy. First edition, first impression, signed by the author and cast members who starred in the film. This copy is signed by Samantha Bond, Judi Dench, Rosamund Pike and Rick Yune on the..... More
Jonathan Cape, 1959]. Artwork measuring 406 x 508 mm. Matted within mountboard measuring 571 x 660 mm. In fine condition. Richard Chopping's personal, signed copy of the final proof sheet artwork, being the glorious full-sized image taken from the original painting, before the spine lettering and publisher's imprint were added..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. [Historical Fiction] Octavo. Publisher's red wrappers, with printed blurb on a white label affixed to the front panel. Frontispiece illustration. A very good copy indeed, rubbed, spine faded and creased, otherwise a well-preserved proof copy. Uncorrected proof copy, one of 35 copies only, with an introduction..... More
Doubleday, 2008. Octavo. Original black paper-backed boards, spine lettered in silver, red endpapers. With dust jacket. A fine copy. First US edition, first printing. Published simultaneously with the first UK edition. This copy is from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), with his bookplate. Schøyen's private collection..... More
Penguin 007 in association with Bentley Motors, 2008. Large octavo. Original brown leather covers with red stitching, spine and front board lettered and blocked in silver, edges red, red leather doublures, black endpapers, black silk bookmarker. With pewter car model housed within contents. Housed in clear Perspex slipcase. A fine..... More
Kemsley House [Privately Published], [1947-8]. Small booklet (binding 133 x 95 mm; leaves 126 x 76 mm) comprising 64 ring-bound leaves and black card free endpapers, all in a pigskin binder, front cover lettered in gilt "Ian Fleming". Housed in a custom black cloth box. Coloured map ("Kemsley Newspapers Publishing..... More
1963-67. Collection of 19 letters comprising original typescript and carbon copies. Housed in pink foolscap folder. A fine set. Archive of correspondence between Jonathan Cape, the publisher of Fleming's Bond series, and the author's favoured typist Jean Frampton. The papers mainly consist of friendly professional letters, telegrams, notes and postcards..... More
Bloomsbury, 2008. Quarto. Original red illustrated boards and endpapers, spine lettered in red. With dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with photographs from the Fleming and EON archives, many of which are in colour. Bookseller's sticker on front panel, otherwise a fine copy. First edition, first impression, of this superb reference book..... More
Rome: Arti Grafiche F. Casano [1970s]. [Cinema promotion] Italian RI Photobustas. Six posters, featuring collages of hand-tinted stills, 'for additional, eye-catching impact' [Gassner & Dougall]. Each 18 x 25.5 inches. Some minor handling and small edge tears, perforated code numbers as issued, not folded (6). Issued for the 70s re-release..... More
Rome, [1970s]. [Cinema promotion] RI Locandina. Artwork by Renato Fratini, conceived by Eric Pulford. Colour illustration. Approx. 28 x 13 inches. Excellent colours. Single fold, condition A. This re-release [Post Transamerica logo] shows Sean Connery in the classic 'pistol' pose, which would become synonymous with the franchise. From the James..... More
Rome: Rotopress, [1970s]. [Cinema promotion] RI Locandina, 'Oscar' style. Artwork by Renato Fratini, conceived by Eric Pulford. Colour illustration. Approx. 28 x 13 inches. Excellent colours. Rolled, condition A. This version of the RI Locandina displays participating cinemas at the foot and a bold blue 'Premi Oscar' (Oscar Award) notice..... More
Rome: Rotolitoservice, 1964. [Cinema promotion] Italian photobustas. Four posters, featuring collages of hand-tinted stills, some rarely seen. Stated 'Anno Di Edizione MCMlXIV', with with United Artists Europa logo. Each 18 x 26 inches. With perforated code number. Single fold, some minor age-related wear. Very good. From the James Bond collection..... More
Rome: Graphocolor/Rotolitografica (1964). [Cinema promotion] Seven posters, featuring collages of hand-tinted stills, some rarely seen. Each 18 x 26 inches. Stated 'Prima Edizione Italiana 1964', some with later U.A./M.G.M. snipes. Folded, some with rubs at fold, two with perforated code numbers. (7). This set features some curious hand-tinting colour choices;..... More
Printed in England. [1987]. [Cinema promotion] JUMBO LOBBY CARDS. Nine original UK jumbo-sized lobby cards for the movie adaptation of Ian Fleming's short story produced by Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions, starring Timothy Dalton as James Bond 007. Colour lithographic images on card stock. Faint vertical fold, some light handling..... More
Rome: Rotolitoservice, 1987. [Cinema promotion] Italian Photobustas. Five posters, featuring a range of scenes from the movie adaptation of Ian Fleming's short story, produced by Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions, starring Timothy Dalton as James Bond 007. Stated 'Prima Edizione Italiana 1987' and showing the Italian film title, translated as..... More
007 Magazine and Archive Limited, 2014. Octavo (32 x 25cm). Comb-bound in colour-printed metal boards. Wrapped in gold tissue paper. A fine copy. Limited edition, number 133 of of 350 copies only. Issued to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark movie which became the blueprint for the entire James..... More
Allen Lane/The Penguin Press, 2000. Octavo. Original green boards, spine lettered in silver, front cover lettered in blind, pictorial endpapers. With dust jacket. With numerous monochrome illustrations. Small bumps to corners; a near-fine copy in fine dust jacket, not price-clipped. First edition, first impression. Editor Simon Winder was the senior..... More
London: Movie Publishing, 1983. [James Bond Film] Magazine format (31 x 23cm), pp.[24]. Notes on the plot, leading actors, and key production team, brief biography of Ian Fleming. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs. Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers, stapled twice. A fine copy. Published to accompany the hit James Bond film..... More
[London] 2008. An illustrated colour programe for the gala event celebrating the Ian Fleming Centenary held at the London Palladium on 5th October 2008. Pp.28, magazine format, illustrated. A fine copy. Includes an extract text 'From Russia With love (1957), articles from Lucy Fleming & Kate Grimond (Ian Fleming's nieces)..... More
London: Health for All Publishing Co., 1950. [Bondiana] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[1-8] 9-185, [3]. Publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in with black, dust-wrapper priced 7/6 to spine and flap. Contents clean, small tear to cloth at crown, jacket lightly handled with a couple of small chips to..... More
New Zealand: Privately Published (Printed by Printhouse Nelson) 1994. [Letters] FIRST (and only) EDITION. Author's PRESENTATION COPY, together with two handwritten letters. Octavo, a softcover original, pp.112. Signed inscription to half-title "To James Pickard / Best Wishes / J Lenart." With two loose related manuscript letters, one signed, one initialled..... More