James Bond 007
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.228. Publisher's salmon pink hardback cloth binding blocked in red and gilt, in two pictorial dust-jackets priced $3.95- one of which was supposedly a trial jacket and not issued, but in reality very many copies came with the..... More
How to Play Your Best Golf All The Time.
New York: Simon and Schuster 1953. [Sport] FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.viii; 152. Illustrated by Lealand Gustavson. Printed in red and black throughout. Publisher's hardcovers blocked in silver, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $2.95. A near fine copy of the book, in a very good wrapper, shipped..... More
Red Eagle. The Story of the Russian Revolution and of Klementy Efremovitch Voroshilov, Marshal and Commissar for Defence of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics.
London: Hutchinson, 1937. [Military History] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.390 [26]. With a coloured halftone frontispiece, 16 plates (30 illustrations), and 8 maps. With author's gift note in blue ink to the title page: 'For / Percy Muir / With the best of / good wishes /..... More
Twentieth-Century British Book Collectors and Bibliographers. Dictionary of Literary Biography Volume 201.
Detroit, Washington DC, London: A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book, Gale Research, 1999. FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp.393 [21]. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's pale blue cloth covers blocked in navy and gilt. A clean, fine copy. Uncommon to find a privately-owned copy as most went to libraries. Includes a lengthy portrait of Ian..... More
Contributes to 'The Concise Encyclopedia of Crime And Criminals'. Edited by Sir Harold Scott [two copies].
London: Andre Deutsch, 1961. [History] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.351; [1], blank. Title page printed in two colours. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Publisher's hardback grey cloth blocked in red to backstrip, top edge green, photographic endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 50s. [Together with] Book Club edition published by..... More
The Seven Deadly Sins. With a Special Foreword by Ian Fleming, introduced by Raymond Mortimer.
New York: William Morrow and Company (Printed and Bound in Great Britain), 1962. [Morality Essays] FIRST US EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 87. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket, priced $3.50s. UK sheets in the US (Morrow) binding, with Morrow..... More
The Diamond Smugglers.
New York, NY: Collier Books, 1964. [True Crime/Documentary] FIRST AMERICAN PAPERBACK PRINTING. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.124; [4], advertisement. With black and white photographic plates. Publisher's softcovers priced at 95c. A near fine copy with some mild wear and sunning to spine, date stamp (1964) to lower edge. Gilbert A15b..... More
The James Bond Dossier.
New York, NY: Signet Books, 1966. [Bond reference /critique] FIRST U.S. PAPERBACK. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.127 [1], advertisement. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 60c, all edges red. Owner's rubber stamp to margin, cheap paper stock toned as expected else a clean, fine copy. Now a rather elusive paperback, published..... More
The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner).
New York: Viking, 1965. [Bondiana] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.111 [5]. Publisher's white glossy hardcovers, red endpapers. Illustrated throughout. With Raymond Hawkey-designed book-jacket priced at $2.50. Discreet initials to flyleaf, light soil to covers and jacket; near fine. An unusual piece of Bondiana. Bill Tanner is a...... More
The World is Not Enough.
London: Coronet Books, 1999. [Movie novelisation] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.200; [2], publisher's advertisements. Softcovers priced at £5.99 to rear. Fine/as new with no toning, no marking. A pristine copy. Novelisation of the nineteenth Bond film, which was released in cinemas in late 1999. Hubin; Crime Fiction..... More
The Diamond Smugglers.
New York: Dell Publishing, 1965. [True Crime/Documentary] FIRST DELL PRINTING. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.159; [1], advertisements. Publisher's softcovers, all edges tinted green. Gentle reading crease to spine else a fine, fresh copy. An interesting edition; boldly advertised as the 'First Popular-Priced Edition', rather than the first paperback edition (which..... More
'Moonraker' review contained within 'Now and Then' magazine, Number 94, Spring 1955.
London: Jonathan Cape. [1955]. [Journal] Pp.24. Price sixpence. Magazine format, illustrated. Fine. Publisher Jonathan Cape's literary magazine for the publishing industry, booksellers and the public alike. Contains Charles Fortescue's review of the latest James Bond novel 'Moonraker' (p.5). There is also an advertisement for the forthcoming book printed on the..... More
'Live & Let Die' announcement within 'Now and Then' Magazine. No. 90, Autumn 1953.
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd. [1953]. [Journal] Pp.24. Price 6d. Magazine format, illustrated. Fine. This issue contains an advance notice of Ian Fleming's second novel Live & Let Die, "which will be published next year, James Bond of the British Secret Service is again the hero" Gilbert A2a 'Advertising', p.63... More
'Casino Royale' advert within 'Now and Then' Magazine. No. 88, Spring 1953.
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd. [1953]. [Journal] Pp.24. Price 6d. Magazine format, illustrated. Staples rusted, two small ink 'x' marks to final page of ads. Near fine. This issue contains a portrait sketch of Ian Fleming (p.8) as used on the jacket of Casino Royale, also features an advert for the..... More
'Diamonds Are Forever' reviews contained within 'Now and Then' magazine, Number 97, Summer 1956.
London: Jonathan Cape. [1956]. [Journal] Pp.16. Price sixpence. Magazine format, illustrated. A fine copy. Publisher Jonathan Cape's literary magazine for the publishing industry, booksellers and the public alike. Contains two quotes from reviews of the latest James Bond novel 'Diamonds are Forever' (p.13), from the Birmingham Post and the Sunday..... More
'Operation Thunderball' contained within 'Now and Then' magazine, Number 107 Spring, 1961.
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1961. [Journal] 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
'From Russia With Love' announcement contained within 'Now & Then' magazine, Winter 1956-7.
London: Jonathan Cape. [1956]. [Journal] (25 x 17 cm) pp.24. Price sixpence. Magazine format, illustrated. With folio colour advertisement for 'Books and Bookmen' tucked in. Near fine. Publisher Jonathan Cape's literary magazine for the publishing industry, booksellers and the public alike. Contains a paragraph in the 'News' section (p.21) which..... More
The James Bond Dossier.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean's copy, with a printed label loosely inserted. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.159 [1]. Publisher's hardcover in pictorial dust-wrapper, based on the familiar Chopping 'trompe l'oeil' designs from the Ian Fleming first editions. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some trivial wear..... More
Diamonds Are Forever.
[Taipei] Central Publishing Co., 1960s. [Thriller] Taiwanese Pirated edition, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.248. Bound in brown cloth hardcovers, titled in silver to the spine, with illustrated jacket design. The text in this copy reproduces the 1964 Pan paperback. The flame dust jacket artwork is adapted from the..... More
Thunderball.
[Taipei] Central Publishing Co., 1960s. [Thriller] Taiwanese Pirated edition, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.248. Bound in blue cloth hardcovers, titled in silver to the spine, with illustrated jacket design. Both the text and the dust jacket are reproduced from the first US edition published by Viking. Contents clean..... More
'The Hildebrand Rarity' contained within 'The Playboy Book of Crime and Suspense'.
London: Souvenir Press, 1967. [Mystery/Adventure] FIRST UK EDITION. An anthology of crime stories originally appearing in Playboy magazine. Hardback (24 x 18cm), pp.x; 405; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth clocked in red and silver to spine, red endpapers, top edge red, dust-jacket illustrated by Frank Bozzo. A near fine copy..... More
How to Play Your Best Golf All The Time.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1954. [Sport] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[12]; 145; [3]. Illustrated by Lealand Gustavson. Printed in red and black throughout. Publisher's green cloth, silver titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 12/6. Contents clean, no inscriptions, later presentation label to flyleaf, old tape strip..... More
The Hired Killers.
London: W.H. Allen, 1964. [True Crime] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.185; [1], blank. Illustrated with photographs. Publisher's black cloth with titles in gilt to the spine. With the photographic dust-jacket with bold quote by Ian Fleming printed on the front panel. Contents clean, jacket lightly edge worn..... More
For Your Eyes Only.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1960. [James Bond short stories] FIRST EDITION. First Impression, Binding A. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.252. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, lettered in gilt, pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping. No inscriptions or bookplates. Contents clean. A fine copy of the book, in a very good..... More
The Arms of Time, The Power of Chance, and Halfway To Heaven. A Memoir.
London: Hamish Hamilton, Sinclair-Stevenson, Sutton Publishing, 1979, 1991, 1998. [Autobiography] FIRST EDITIONS, three volumes. Octavo (24 x 16 x 6cm) pp.xii; 157 [1], pp.xii; 196, pp.xii; 163 [1]. Publisher's hardcovers in photographic dust-jackets, variously priced (first vol. p/c). No ink inscriptions, contents clean, crisp jackets (spine sunned to first title)..... More