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'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
The Property of a Lady [within] A Treasury of Modern Mysteries.
New York: Doubleday, 1973. [Thriller collection] FIRST EDITION thus. A Book Club-only publication. Two volumes, containing Ian Fleming's 1963 James Bond novella. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.463; 536. Bound in publisher's red and yellow cloth hardcovers, illustrated dust-jackets. Near fine in wrappers which are gently toned to the spine. Also..... More
A View To A Death.
London: Cassell, 1958. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.185; [3]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 12s 6d. Contents clean. Library label and marking to endpapers, no stamps to text pages, edges speckled green, jacket is close to fine but for..... More
The Rolls-Royce Twenty.
Abingdon, Oxon: Burges & Son, for John M. Fasal., 1988. [Motoring] SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.560; [2], blank, illustrated throughout. Second Edition. Publisher's blue cloth in glossy photographic dust-wrapper. A fine copy. A comprehensive history of the Rolls-Royce marque. From the comprehensive James Bond archive assembled..... More
The Spy Who Loved Me.
New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1962. [Espionage novel] FIRST US EDITION, second printing (stated), bibliographer's copy. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.211; [5], blank. Publisher's salmon-coloured cloth blocked in brown to spine, brown endpapers, tinted top edge, pictorial jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping, priced at $3.95. A clean, fine copy..... More
The Spy Who Loved Me.
New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1962. [Espionage novel] Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.211; [13], blank. Publisher's vinyl-covered hardback with cream spine and red boards, white endpapers, top edge red, pictorial jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping, bordered in green. A clean, fine copy, in a crisp jacket with a few..... More
Octopussy (James Bond short stories).
New York, NY: New American Library, 1966. [Short adventures] First American Printing being the FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.121. Publisher's cloth in pictorial wrapper, mustard coloured endpapers, twelve black and white illustrations plus vignette illustration to title page, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at $3.50. A clean, fine copy..... More
The Man With the Golden Gun.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Thriller] FIRST ISSUE, binding 'A'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with gilt lettering to the spine (twice as scarce as bronze lettering), plain covers (usual second state without gun motif), patterned green endpapers. In the original pictorial dust-jacket illustrated..... More
The Man With the Golden Gun.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, scarce second issue with WHITE ENDPAPERS instead of the usual green. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards with bronze lettering to spine, plain covers, white endpapers, original illustrated jacket by Richard Chopping priced at 18s. Edges very lightly..... More
You Only Live Twice.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, First State, Binding B, British export/colonial copy. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's black Fabroleen cloth-effect paper [type 'A'] over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers, dust-jacket by Richard Chopping. No inscriptions..... More
You Only Live Twice (a James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, third impression BINDING A, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's dark grey Excellin bookcloth over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers, dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping priced at 16s. Contents..... 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
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
New York, NY: Random House, 1964 [1965]. [Childrens classic] Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.118. Dated 1964 but issued in 1965. Publisher's hardcover, top edge coloured black, in pictorial jacket. This is the Book Club issue (often mistaken as the first US edition). Exhibits some minor toning and handling; price-clipped as..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
New York, NY: Random House / Columbus, OH: Weekly Reader Children's Book Club, 1964 [1965]. [Childrens classic] Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.116. Dated 1964 but issued in 1965. Publisher's illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers in black and white, no jacket was issued. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Covers show some use with..... More
Mercedes-Benz.
London: Frederick Muller, 1956. [Motoring] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.224, illustrated with black & white plates. Publisher's hardcovers in dust-wrapper priced at 16s. Very good in like wrapper with some rubs and tears. A history of the luxury margue and their racing endeavours. Mentions Count Louis Zborowsk, Stirling..... More
The Sports Car Development & Design. Drawings by John Dunscombe
London: Batsford, 1957. [Motoring] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.224, illustrated with black & white plates. Publisher's hardcovers in dust-wrapper priced at 25s. Very good in like wrapper with some chips and tears. A history of the sports car and their manufacturers including Mercedes, Bentley, Alfa Romeo and Ferrari..... More
The Racing Car Development & Design. Drawings by George A. Oliver.
London: Batsford, 1956. [Motoring] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.288, illustrated with black & white plates. Publisher's hardcovers in dust-wrapper priced at 25s. A very good copy in a used wrapper with some chips and tears. A history of race cars and their manufacturers including Mercedes, Bentley, Jaguar and..... More
My Life and My Cars.
London: Hutchinson, 1967. [Motoring] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 15cm), pp.240, illustrated with black & white plates. Publisher's green cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt to the spine, photographic dust-wrapper priced at 42s. A clean, fine copy. The autobiography of the British engineer, founder of Bentley Motors, one of the world's..... More
My Thirty Years of Speed.
London: Hutchinson, [1935]. [Motoring] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.270, illustrated with black & white plates. Publisher's red cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt to the spine. Publisher's presentation copy, so stamped to title page. Some minor toning and marks within, cloth lightly rubbed, joints a little frayed; a very..... More
The Life of Samuel Johnson, including a Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides. By the Right Hon. John Wilson Crocker. A New Edition, Thoroughly Revised, With Much Additional Matter. With Portraits.
London: John Murray, 1900. [Literary biography] FINELY BOUND. Large octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.874. Illustrated with engravings. Contemporary full red morocco by R. Grant & Son, Edinburgh, with raised bands, full gilt backs, seal of Fettes College stamped in gilt to upper, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate of William John..... More
The Diamond Smugglers [together with] Thrilling Cities.
London: Ian Fleming Publications Limited, 2009. [Documentaries] Two volumes, FIRST EDITIONS THUS. Octavos (21 x 14cm). Publisher's green cloth with silver titles to spines, pictorial dust-jacket, priced at £15. Fine / as-new copies. Featuring new forewords by Fergus Fleming and Jan Morris. Fleming's only two non-fiction books, published in-house by..... More