James Bond 007
Goldfinger.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Second impression. Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean's copy, with his printed visiting card and Cape book label loosely inserted. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.318. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with 'skull' design stamped to upper, pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Richard Chopping, priced at..... More
The Man With The Golden Gun.
New York, NY: New American Library, 1965. [Spy thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.183; [1]. Publisher's hardcovers, stamped in gilt and colours with golden gun motif boldly blocked to all three panels, dust-jacket with die-cut bullet holes to upper. This is the correct binding with the code..... More
Ian Fleming: The Man With The Golden Pen. A Life by Richard Gant.
UK: Mayflower-Dell, April 1966. [Biography] FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A paperback original (18 x 11cm), pp.172 [4]. Publishers card covers with photographic illustrations to upper and lower panel. Usual toning to textblock otherwise a clean, fine copy. An elusive early biography of James Bond creator Ian Fleming, published some six..... More
A Grue of Ice.
New York: Viking, 1962. [Thriller] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp242. Publisher's grey hardcovers, top edge purple, in illustrated dust-jacket priced at £3.95. Contents clean, jacket fresh and bright. An excellent copy. Geoffrey Jenkins was a South African thriller writer of the 'Ian Fleming school', and a protege..... More
The Fourth of June.
London: Anthony Blond. 1962. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION, second printing. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.208. Publisher's hardback cloth in a pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Richard Chopping priced 18s. Text block a little dusty, jacket spotted to rear. Very good. The author's debut novel set in Eton College. This title was..... More
One of Our Submarines.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952. [Naval biography] FIRST EDITION, third impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.320. With black & white plates. Publisher's green cloth hardcovers, in jacket illustrated by Roy Sanford, priced 18s, with Peter Fleming advertisement on rear panel. A clean, fine copy of the book in a near fine..... More
A Twist of Sand.
London: Collins, 1959. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY with publisher's slip noting 'Compliments of the author'. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.320. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by John Rose, with a reference to Jenkins' journalist colleague Ian Fleming on the rear..... More
Hunter Killer.
London: Collins, 1966. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.288. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper by Dell 'Orco, with two quotes from Ian Fleming on the back flap. Contents clean, edges very dlightly toned, jacket with some light wear to spine ends..... More
The Watering Place of Good Peace.
London: Collins, 1960. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY with publisher's slip noting 'Compliments of the author'. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.318; [2]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 15s. Contents clean, edges very slightly dusty, jacket with a few small chips and..... More
The Gold of Malabar.
London: Collins 1967. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY with publisher's slip noting 'Compliments from the author'. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.222; [2], blank. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Lubrani priced at 21s. Contents clean, appears unread, jacket very lightly rubbed. A crisp, fine copy. Suspense..... More
The Achilles Affair.
London: Collins 1959. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY with superb, double-page inscription signed by the author. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by John Rose, priced at 10/6. Inscribed by the author in blue ink to flyleaf:To Anne - and Jim /..... More
A Moveable Feast.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Memoir] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.92. Publisher's lime-green softcovers. A clean, fine copy. Proof copies feature the mis-print 'movable' for 'moveable' to the title page and the wraps. This memoir features Hemingway's recollections and experiences of the prominent characters and personalities including Aleister..... More
The Saint And The Fiction Makers.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1970. [Crime Fiction] FIRST UK HARDBACK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's mid-blue cloth hardcovers blocked in gilt to spine, in a cheesy 'Pop-Art' dust-wrapper priced 21s / £1.05. Some spotting/toning to edges and endpapers, jacket also lightly foxed. Very good. One..... More
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.250. Publisher's hardback black cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 16s. With author's ink note to flyleaf; Thank you, thank you. / Eric Ambler / Jan' 1965. Spine edges and extremities toned else near fine..... More
The Holy Places.
London: The Queen Anne Press. November 1952. [Travel] LIMITED EDITION, designed by Robert Harling, with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. No.263 of 950 copies. Large Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.37; [5], printed on cream wove paper. Original red Buckram with gilt titles, and gilt 'QA' monogram to upper board, top..... More
Loxfinger. A Thrilling Adventure of Hebrew Secret agent Oy-Oy-7.
New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1965. [James Bond pastiche] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.127; [1], blank. Publisher's colour softcovers with original price $1.00. A very good, used copy. The first of four novels featuring Israel Bond. More
The Impossible Art of Golf. An Anthology of Golf Writing.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. [Golfing omnibus] FIRST EDITION, with full strike-line. Large octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.321; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth in photographic dust-wrapper. Fine / as new. Includes 'Bond v Goldfinger' being the famous showdown on the golf course between 007 and Auric Goldfinger, from Ian Fleming's..... More
The Diamond Smugglers.
London: Ian Fleming Publications Limited, 2009. [True Crime] FIRST EDITION THUS, SIGNED COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.116. Autographed by Fergus Fleming in black ink to the title page, in our presence. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket, priced at £15. A fine /..... More
The Third Hour.
Lonsdon: Chatto & Windus, 1937. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.452. Publisher's beige cloth lettered in red and blue, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6, printed wraparound band (Evening Standard's 'Book of the Month' selection). Some gentle toning to the rear panel else a lovely fine copy. The..... More
My Old Man's A Dustman.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1956. [Modern fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.187; [1], blank. Black hardback cloth binding lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 10/6. No inscriptions. Some spotting, endpapers browned else near fine. Author Wolf Mankowitz introduced Cubby Broccoli to Harry Saltzman, who formed Eon..... More
A James Bond Omnibus Volume 1 [together with] A James Bond Omnibus Volume 2. Containing From Russia With Love, Doctor No, Goldfinger, Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and You Only Live Twice.
New York: MJF Books, 1997. [Spy thrillers] FIRST EDITIONS THUS. Two volumes, octavo (22 x 15cm) pp.318, pp.256. Publisher's quarter black vinyl over paper-covered boards, dust-jackets with typographical design. No ink names or inscriptions. A gently used set with some minor bumping/pushing to extremities, jackets lightly creased. Very good indeed..... More
The Man With The Golden Gun.
New York, NY: New American Library, 1965. [Spy thriller] FIRST American book club edition, Binding 'B', bibliographer's copy. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.121. Publisher's black vinyl with yellow trim, revolver gun blocked in gilt to spine, olive green endpapers, top edge coloured yellow, fore-edge untrimmed. With the typographic dust-jacket. Contents..... More
Goldfinger.
New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Co. [Book Club], no date [circa 1970]. [James Bond] US BOOK CLUB EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.x; 214. Publisher's grey paper-covered boards with blue titles to spine. With the pictorial blue dust-jacket. Whole lower edge of book tinted purple (other copies are similarly noted..... More
[contribute to] The Story of James Bond. A Tribute to Ian Fleming.
[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
The Achilles Affair.
New York: Scribner's Sons, 1959. [Adventure Thriller] FIRST US EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY with superb, lengthy inscription signed by the author. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's hardcovers, illustrated duct-wrapper priced at $3.50, with promotional wraparound band with supporting quote by Erle Stanley Gardner. Inscription reads; To Tony and..... More