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The Man with The Golden Gun [printed ephemera].
UK/USA, [1974]. [Film promotion] A folder of material relating to the 1974 UA film starring Roger Moore as Ian Fleming's James Bond, produced by Albert R Broccoli & harry Saltzman. Comprising; programme for the Royal Film Premiere, fold-out synopsis (UK), official movie magazine/poster, pp.5 Production Notes (vintage roneos), Production-headed notepaper..... More
"The Guns of James Bond." [In: Sports Illustrated Magazine, Volume 16, Number 11, 19 March 1962.]
Time Incorporated, 1962. Magazine format, stapled. Pp. 84, price 25 cents. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Subscriber's label on front wrapper. Slight rubbing and creasing to wrappers; in near-fine condition. Contains the first American appearance of this original Ian Fleming feature entitled "The Guns of James Bond" (pp. 68-78), being an..... More
Ian Fleming Introduces Jamaica. Edited by Morris Cargill.
Andre Deutsch, 1965. Octavo. Publisher's russet-coloured cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt to the spine, with cartographic endpapers printed in orange and brown, top edge tinted ochre, in a photographic dust jacket, priced at 42s. A near-fine copy in a very good dust jacket. First edition, first impression, inscribed copy. This..... 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
Goldfinger. Publicity photograph.
United Artists, 1964. [Film Promotion] A single weight vintage silver gelatin press-used photograph, measuring 8 x 10 inches. Portrait of the lead actor in relaxed mood with the Aston Martin DB5 at Furka Pass in the Swiss Alps. Conservation framed with UV plexiglass; in double card mount backed with pH..... 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
Works of Ian Fleming. Classic Readers Edition. Comprising Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories inc. From A View To A Kill, Quantum of Solace), Thunderball, The Spy Who loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Living Daylights (short stories), The Diamond Smugglers and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
London: Queen Anne Press, in association with Adrian Harrington, [2022]. 15 volumes, octavo (22 x 14 x 15cm). SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER. Publisher's hardcovers stamped in gilt, decorated with author's initials in gilt to to cover, plain black endpapers. As new. This series comprises fifteen selected titles, uniformly cased in..... More
A collection of James Bond-related guides, cultural histories, encyclopaedias, and sales or exhibition catalogues.
[1973-2018]. Together 49 items, comprising 20 works and 29 sales or exhibition catalogues. In excellent and collectible condition. A substantial collection of Bondiana, representing a diverse range of works on the James Bond phenomenon, from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), including the sales catalogues he used..... More
The Ipcress File.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1962. [Cold-War thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's orange cloth in original dust-wrapper (without reviews) designed by Raymond Hawkey. Owner name to f.e.p, minor wear and handling, a little rubbed to crown. Very good indeed. Author's debut spy novel, a landmark in the..... More
For Your Eyes Only.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1960. [James Bond short stories] FIRST EDITION. Binding A. An association copy, formerly belonging to Sefton Delmer, a fellow intelligence agent, journalist colleague and close friend of Ian Fleming. Delmer bookplate (Valley Farm) to pastedown. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.252. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, lettered..... More
Goldfinger.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Second impression. An association copy, formerly belonging to Sefton Delmer, a fellow intelligence agent, journalist colleague and close friend of Ian Fleming. Delmer bookplate (Valley Farm) to pastedown and auction lot slip tucked in [sold through Bonhams, 2009]. Octavo (20 x 13cm)..... More
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 Guns of James Bond' contained within 'Sports Illustrated' Magazine Vol 16, No.11, 19th March 1962.
Chicago, Illinois: Time Inc., 1962. [James Bond Reference] FIRST US APPEARANCE. pp.84. Original price 25 cents. Magazine format, illustrated. Contains the first American appearance of this original Ian Fleming feature entitled 'The Guns of James Bond', which not published in book-form until 2008. Scarce thus. Postal label to upper, minor..... More
Moonraker.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION, Second Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, lettered in silver to front cover and spine. Some foxing to first and final gatherings, edges spotted, covers remain fresh and sharp. A very good copy without the scarce..... More
Moonraker.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION, BINDING A (Fabroleen material). This version with 'shoot' correctly printed to page 10 (state B). Octavo, pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, titled in silver. A respectable ex-library copy; stamp to copyright page partially erased/washed, section H re-inserted with one leaf..... 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
The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel; Secret Servant; Final Fling.
London: John Murray, 2005; 2006; 2008. [James Bond Spin-Off] FIRST EDITIONS, final volume SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Complete in three volumes. Octavo, pp.272; pp.311; pp.282. Publisher's variously coloured cloth with silver titles to spines. With the pictorial dust-jackets, variously priced. Some trivial handling to first and second volume; third as-new..... More
The Man From Barbarossa [James Bond series].
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
A Gun for Sale.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1936. [Thriller] First Edition. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[viii]; 261; [3], blank. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, red endpapers. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some sunning to spine and top edge, minor lean. A very good copy of one of the author's rarest..... More
The Man Died.
London: Rex Collings, 1972. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED by the author "For Harry Saltzman / and the 'universal /communication ideal'" / Wole Soyinka / Jan '73 /. Octavo, pp.315; [5], blank. Publisher's black cloth with typographic dust-jacket. A fine copy. An autobiographical account of the author's imprisonment during the Nigerian..... More
Background to Danger.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. [Intrigue] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.280; [1], blank; [1], advertisements; [2], blank. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in burgundy, pictorial jacket priced at $2.00. Edges of text block toned, ink ownership to flyleaf, jacket with a few chips and tears, clipped..... More
The Night-Comers.
London: William Heinemann, 1956. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY, superb association. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 233. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine, in decorative dust-jacket designed by Judith Bledsoe, priced at 13/6. With author's ink note to flyleaf; Roy and Joan. / with love / Eric..... More
The Book Collector, 1952-1964. The Ian Fleming Years [52 issues].
London: The Queen Anne Press, 1952-1964. [Literary Journal] The first 52 issues published under the stewardship of Ian Fleming. Vol.1, No.1 (Spring 1952) - vol.13, No.4 (Winter 1964). Contributors include John Carter, David A. Randall, T.S. Eliot, Nancy Cunard, Nicolas Barker, William Rees-Mogg, George Sims, B.H. Breslauer and Timothy d'Arch..... More
Black Boomerang. The Story of his secret 'Black Radio' operation in World War 2.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1962. [Wartime memoir] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Peter Barrett, priced 35/-. Contents clean, cloth covers rather mottled and discoloured, jacket near fine. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy (pencilled ownership within). A...... More
The Letters of Ann Fleming [Proof and first edition copies].
London: Collins Harvill, 1985. [Letters] two volumes; PROOF and FIRST EDITION. Bibliographer's copies. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.448. Publisher's green softcovers with proof-only jacket, or blue hardcovers with dust-jacket. Endpapers show Ann Fleming's family tree. Illustrated with two suites of black and white photographs (no plates within proofs). Some light..... More