James Bond 007
Contribute 'A Golfing Nightmare' and 'The Terrible Dr. No' to Encore; The Sunday Times Book, Second Year. Edited by Leonard Russell.
London: Micheal Joseph, 1963. [Literary articles/essays/anecdotes] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.406. Publisher's red cloth, top edge blue with original pictorial dust-jacket priced at 25s, and original WRAPAROUND BAND, promoting two large colour prints accompanying the book (not present). The band is clearly marked 'Encore 2' on rear..... More
Contributes 'My Monte Carlo System' to Encore; The Sunday Times Book.
London: Michael Joseph, 1962. [Literary Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Large Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.488. Publisher's blue cloth with original pictorial dust-jacket priced at 25s. Contents clean, edges slightly toned, no inscriptions. The jacket is simply exceptional having been protected by a custom-made red cloth outer cover, with gilt titles to..... More
From Russia, With Love.
New York: The Macmillan Company. 1957. [Spy novel] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.253; [3], blank. Publisher's beige/grey cloth lettered in black, in the original pictorial dust-wrapper with illustration by Richard Chopping, priced at $3.50. The book is near fine with slight toning to edges of text block..... More
The Man With the Golden Gun.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Thriller] FIRST ISSUE, second state, binding B, British colonial/export copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221; [1]. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with bronze lettering to the spine, plain covers, patterned green endpapers. In the original pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping, priced at 18s..... More
You Only Live Twice (a James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, Second State, binding B, bibliographer's copy. Octavo, pp.256. With 'First Published March 1964' on the copyright page. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, yellow-tinted bamboo patterned endpapers, in original..... More
The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel; Secret Servant; Final Fling.
London: John Murray, 2005; 2006; 2008. [James Bond Spin-Off] FIRST EDITIONS, first and final volumes SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Complete in three volumes. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.272; pp.311; pp.282. Publisher's variously coloured cloth with silver titles to spines. With the pictorial dust-jackets, variously priced. No ink writing. Contents clean..... More
Peter Fleming. A Biography.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1974. [History/biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.419; [1], blank. Illustrated with black & white plates. Elegantly hand-bound in half deep red calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands, top edge coloured, original cloth spine bound in at rear..... More
Dr. No
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [James Bond novel] FIRST EDITION, sixth printing, binding 'B'. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's brown cloth with 'Dancing Lady' design, illustrated dust-wrapper by Pat Marriott priced at 16s. No inscriptions, contents clean. Edges of text block a little tanned, raised circle/pimple on cover which appears..... More
'The Many Lives of James Bond' contained within 'Esquire' Magazine, March 1967.
New York: Arnold Gingrich / Esquire, 1967. [James Bond Reference] 007 Special issue, with James Bond cover art and a twelve-page feature on the forthcoming film 'You Only Live Twice'. Magazine format, pp.164 illustrated throughout. Scuff to cover where subscribers label was removed, spine worn at head and tail. Very..... More
Aston Martin. The Postwar Road Cars.
Yeovil, UK: Haynes, 1988. [Motoring] Oblong quarto (26 x 27cm), pp.128, illustrated throughout with colour photos. Publisher's cloth hardcovers in dust-wrapper glossy photographic covers. Contents fine, jacket with some scratches to panels, one creased tear to rear. Very good. A comprehensive illustrated history of the Aston Martin marque. From the..... More
Motoring journals. The Automobile.
UK, 2014-2022. Fifteen British motoring magazines, each with an article on the Bentley or Aston Martin Lagonda marques. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Publisher's softcovers displaying various prices. These two iconic British luxury sports car companies are synonymous with James Bond. Bentley was Bond's choice of car in the original books..... More
The Thirty-Nine [39] Steps.
London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1915. [Espionage classic] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253; [1]; [2], publisher's advertisements. Elegantly hand-bound in full dark blue calf, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, gilt titles to upper cover, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. A few light marks..... More
The River Watcher.
London: Collins, 1965. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine, typographic dust-wrapper priced at 21s. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some spotting to edges of text block and jacket panels, spine panel lightly toned. Very good indeed. A novel about poaching..... More
[James Bond] A group of seven Comic Book volumes comprising [1] Casino Royale, Live & Let Die, Moonraker (and other stories); [2] Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No; [3] Goldfinger, Risico, From A View To A Kill, For Your Eyes Only, Thunderball; [4] OHMSS, You Only Live Twice; [5] The Man With The Golden Gun, The Living Daylights; [6] Octopussy, The Hildebrand Rarity; [7] The Spy Who Loved Me, The Harpies.
US/UK: Titan Books, 2004-5. [Comic strip anthologies, series 1-3] Tall paperbacks in illustrated glossy covers. Strips written by Ian Fleming, Henry Gammidge, Anthony Hern and Jim Lawrence, illustrated by John McLusky and Yaroslav Horak. Mixed printings. With introductions by Roger Moore, Eunice Gayson, Shirley Eaton, George Lazenby, Lucy Fleming, Maud..... More
Room 3603. With a Foreword by Ian Fleming.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Co, 1963. [Espionage] FIRST EDITION, fourth printing, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xiii [3] 257 [3]. Publisher's brown cloth hardcovers, top edge coloured black, in pictorial dust-wrapper. Contents clean, jacket worn at edges and extremities, some rubs, spine toned, price clipped. Very good. Published..... More
James Bond 007 'Licence de Tuer'.
Paris: Edilig, 1987. [Bond Film reference] Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.192. Illustrated throughout with colour and black and white photographs. Publisher's photographic softcovers. Text in French (no English language edition was published). Contents clean, covers lightly handled. A near fine copy. An unofficial illustrated guide to the James Bond films..... More
James Bond The Legacy.
London: Boxtree / Pan Macmillan, 2002. [James Bond reference] UNBOUND PROOFS of the FIRST EDITION. Quarto (37 x 27cm), pp.320. A set of page proofs/galley sheets, unsewn, folded in quires, together with two sets of unused black endpapers, with the glossy gold pictorial dust-jacket priced at £35. Includes a foreword..... More
Goldfinger. Press Book [Exhibitor's Campaign Book].
Printed in U.K. by Rawlings and Walsh Ltd., 196.4. [Promotional material] PUBLICITY SERVICES BROCHURE (Press Book / Exhibitor's Campaign Book). Sole printing. 15 x 10 inches. A fourteen-page stapled booklet providing cast and credits, editorial comment, competitions, plus advertising and promotional tie-ins for soundtracks, book sales, Rolex watches, confectionery, display..... More
'How To Write A Thriller' contained within 'Show' magazine. Vol. 2, No 8, August 1962.
New York; Hartford Publications, Inc. 1962. [James Bond literary reference] FIRST APPEARANCE. Pp.106. Magazine format, fully illustrated. The article appears on pp.58-62, and including a full-page colour portrait illustration by Paul Davis, who would later design the cover art for the British book-form edition of Thrilling Cities. This issue also..... More
The James Bond Films: Front of House Sets - UK; Lobby Card Sets - USA; Portfolio.
UK: 007 Magazine, no date (circa 2012). [James Bond Films] LOBBY CARD ARCHIVE. A4 ring-bound portfolio (30 x 22cm), unpaginated. A comprehensive collection of images of lobby cards and front of house sets ranging from Dr. No (1962) to Die Another Day (2002), including the 'non canonical' 007 films Casino..... More
Casino Royale.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954. [Bond] FIRST U.S. EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.176. Bound in original dark green cloth boards in the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Leo Manso. Priced to the front flap ($2.75) but with both corners clipped, as was the publisher's method. Decorative bookplate..... More
Moonraker.
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1955. [Thriller] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.220. Bound in original pale green cloth blocked in black, in the pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Leo Manso, priced at $2.75, with other prices clipped away, as was the publisher's practice. No inscriptions, contents clean..... More
Thunderball.
New York, NY: Viking, 1961. [Spy novel] FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, VARIANT ISSUE. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.248. Publisher's yellow cloth, top edge red, in striking original pictorial dust-jacket priced at $3.95. No inscriptions, contents clean, jacket with a little wear to spine ends and extremities. Near fine. The first US..... More
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (a James Bond novel).
New York, NY: New American Library, 1963. [Spy novel] FIRST US EDITION, fifth printing (stated). Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.299; [1], blank. Cloth-backed blue paper-covered boards, decorated in gilt to the spine, ochre top edge and endpapers, illustrated jacket priced at $4.50. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket is used, with..... More
Octopussy (James Bond short stories).
New York, NY: New American Library, 1966. [Short adventures] American book club edition, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.121. Publisher's cloth in pictorial wrapper, white endpapers, top edge red, twelve black and white illustrations plus vignette illustration to title page, pictorial dust-wrapper. No inscriptions, contents clean. A fine copy..... More