"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me."
— C. S. Lewis
James Bond 007
Ian Fleming 28th May 1908 - 12th August 1964. An Address Given at the Memorial Service.
Westerham Press, Privately Printed 1964. Slim octavo. Black card wraps, with black dust-wrapper, printed title label to upper. An immaculate copy of the book in fine original semi-transparent paper jacket, a touch frayed to rear. The book-form printing of the address given at Fleming's memorial, 15th September 1964, was also..... More
Zur Chirurgie des Herzens und des Herzbeutels, in 'Archiv fur Klinische Chirurgie'.
Berlin: Verlag von August Hirshwald 1907. Pp.904. Original printed wrappers. Prof. Dr. Rehn's treatise appears on pp.723-778. A fine copy, in a folding protective case with gilt-titled orange leather label to spine and gilt crest to upper (some wear to box). This is an account of the first successful suture..... More
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[James Bond] Goldfinger Portfolio ['Steelbook'].
UK: 007 Magazine and Archive Ltd, [1964] 2014. [Film reference] LIMITED EDITION, No 135 of 350 numbered copies. Octavo, pp.350. Includes over a thousand images (many never seen before), call sheets, sketches, press releases and much more. Comb bound in colour-printed sheet-metal covers, wrapped in gold tissue paper and housed..... More
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[James Bond] Ian Fleming. Sixty Years of 007 [within Fine Books and Collections].
Chapel Hill, NC: Journalistic, Inc. / Webb C. Howell, Spring 2013. Magazine format in pictorial glossy photographic covers, perfect bound. pp.64. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout. Original price $5.95. Fine / as new. Includes a three-page article 'The Birth of Bond', celebrating the 60th anniversary of the novel Casino Royale..... More
Ian Fleming: The Book Collector.
London: The Book Collector / Queen Anne Press, 2017. Ten monographs, SIGNED LETTERPRESS EDITIONS, being the FIRST SEPARATE PRINTING. 10 vols., slim octavo (26 x 18cm), limited variously to 60 or 120 copies, each hand-numbered and signed by James and Fergus Fleming. Finely printed on 150gsm Bockingford paper and bound..... More
The James Bond Dossier. Pre-publication Publicity File
London: To be Published by Jonathan Cape at 16s. on May 27th, no date [1965]. [James Bond] The complete pack, comprising a colour promotional poster for the book designed by Jan Pienkowski (52cm x 76cm), an 'Obituary of Commander James Bond' (35cm x 52cm), a cross-section and information regarding the..... More
James Bond In Focus.
UK: Mervyn Brodie and Associates Ltd. 1964. Magazine format in pictorial photographic covers, perfect bound, pp.64. Original price 3s/6d. A commemorative photo book published to co-incide with the release of the 1964 James Bond film 'Goldfinger'. With numerous photographs from the first three Bond films (some in colour) and accompanying..... More
Airline Detective. The Fight Against International Air Crime. Introduced by Ian Fleming.
London; Collins, 1962. Pp.224, with photographic plates. Publisher's blue cloth with red titles in the pictorial dustjacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill. The book is fine; the jacket has two discreet closed tears and a little soiling to spine panel. Airline Detective was Fleming's fourth book related to illicit trading, following..... More
The Light's on At Signpost. Memoirs of the Movies, Among Other Matters.
London: Harper Collins, 2002. [Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxiv; 338. With two suites of black and white plates. Publisher's brown cloth hardcover, bronze titles, yellow endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. Autograph of George Fraser in black ink to the title page. Signature obtained in person..... More
GoldenEye
London: Hodder and Stoughton 1996. FIRST HODDER EDITION. Royal octavo, pp.218. Publisher's hardcover in original photographic dust-wrapper priced at £16.99. This copy in the standard black binding with gilt lettering; this title was also issued for libraries in plain red cloth. Some trivial wear and faint toning to the cheap..... More
Death Is Forever.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1992. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.248. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket with no price to front flap- copies without a printed price were intended for export. With presentation note to title page in black ink; "To..... More
Death Is Forever.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1992. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.248. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £14.99 for the UK market (non-priced export copies were also produced). A fine copy. 'Death Is Forever' plunges James Bond into the dangerous, shadowy world of post-Cold-War Europe. Loaded..... 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. With good, strong colour to the spine (often fades), a little rubbed to extremities. A lightly handled copy in near fine condition. An original..... 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 with no price to the front flap - copies without a printed price were intended for export. No inscriptions. Some rubbing and acceptable wear..... 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. [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 light handling. Near fine The author's second film novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Gilbert, Jon;..... 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: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novel] ISBN: 978 0 857 82048 8. Quality hardback re-issue of the first Jonathan Cape edition (1983) featuring the same dust-jacket artwork. FIRST EDITION thus, with a full strike-line number sequence. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.243. Publisher's black cloth lettered..... More
IceBreaker.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.250; [6], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket by Bill Botten, priced at £7.50. No inscriptions. Some rubbing and acceptable wear. A very good copy. John Gardner's third 007 novel as official successor to..... More
The James Bond Collection. Licence Renewed; For Special Services; Icebreaker; Role of Honour; Nobody Lives For Ever.
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 in publisher's illustrated red card slip-case, showing the original printed..... 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
Licence Renewed.
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 THUS, with a full strike-line number sequence. Octavo, pp.259; [3], blank. Black hardcovers blocked in gilt, red endpapers, illustrated jacket priced at £16.99..... 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
Never Send Flowers.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [James Bond Continuation] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 212 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £14.99. Some trivial handling; a fine copy. When an officer of the British Security Service is murdered in Switzerland..... More
No Deals Mr Bond.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1987. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.240. Black cloth-effect paper over boards, gilt titles, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Trevor Scobie, priced £10.95. A remarkably fresh-looking copy. Virtually as new. John Gardner' sixth original novel starring Commander Bond, set in Eastern Europe, London..... More