James Bond 007
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
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
From Russia, With Love.
London: Jonathan Cape, [Printed 1957 but released 1958]. [Spy thriller] FIRST PRINTING (sheets subsequently sold to FOYLE'S BOOK CLUB). Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253 [3]. Publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in black to the spine, dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping. Minor spotting, some minor discolouration to cloth, jacket is bright..... 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 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. Housed in an elegant custom-made gilt-titled black buckram chemise case. This issue contains the first American appearance of this original Ian Fleming feature entitled 'The Guns of James Bond', which not..... More
'How I Wrote Diamonds Are Forever' in the Daily Express. 11th April 1956.
London: Express Newspapers [1956]. [Journalism] Folio newspaper. Bibliographer's copy. Some browning as expected to cheap newsprint paper stock, some brittle areas, minor chips, archival repair strip along fold. A very good copy of a scarce item. Apart from the publisher's file copy (Cape also retained the typescript), this is the..... More
Octopussy and the Living Daylights.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, BINDING A. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.95. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards, blocked in silver, patterned grey endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping. Priced at £4.95 via publisher's label to flap. A clean, fine copy in a...... More
On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'A'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine, in original jacket designed by Richard Chopping priced at 16s. Small, neat owner name, slightly dusty, jacket is rather fresh with a little..... More
Thrilling Cities.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1963. [Travel / Adventure] FIRST EDITION in the first state dust-jacket (laminated rear flap). Large octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.223; [1] blank. Illustrated with photographic plates. Publisher's quarter white cloth over patterned grey boards, black topstain and endpapers, pictorial wrapper by Paul Davis priced at 30s. Contents..... More
Thunderball.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'A', British export/colonial copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.254; [2], bank. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards with embossed skeleton hand design to upper board, gilt titles to spine, dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping. Contents clean, edges gently toned/spotted commensurate with the..... More
Thunderball.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'A'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.254; [2], bank. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards with embossed skeleton hand design to upper board, gilt titles to spine, dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping. No inscriptions, a few minor marks to edges. Price-clipped jacket would..... More
Three US Bond Omnibuses. [Gilt-Edged Bonds; More Gilt-Edged Bonds; Bonded Fleming].
New York: The Macmillan Company; The Viking Press, 1961 & 1965. [Thrillers] Together three works, large octavo. Gilt-Edged Bonds: Original original black blue-cloth-backed boards, spine and cover lettered in silver. With dust jacket. More Gilt-Edged Bonds: Original black cloth, spine stamped in gilt, top edge red. With dust jacket. Bonded..... More
The Spy Who Loved Me [printed ephemera].
UK/USA, [1977]. [Film promotion] A folder of material relating to the 1977 UA film starring Roger Moore as Ian Fleming's James Bond, produced by Albert R Broccoli's EON Productions. Comprising; programme for the Royal Film Premiere, film premiere application form, glossy fold-out synopsis (US), fold-out synopsis (UK), official movie magazine..... More
A View To A Kill [printed ephemera].
UK, [1985]. [Film promotion] A box file of material relating to the 1985 United Artists film starring Roger Moore as Ian Fleming's James Bond, produced by Albert R. Broccoli & Michael G. Wilson. Comprising; programme for the Royal Charity Premiere, film premiere, four-page film synopsis (UK), four-page film synopsis (US)..... More
[LOBBY CARDS] Dr. No. Set of official front of house cards.
United Artists, Printed in England, 1962. [Cinema promotion] Complete set of eight original UK Front of House Stills for the 1962 UA film starring Sean Connery as Ian Fleming's James Bond, produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions. Hand-tinted colour printing. Each 8 x 10 inches, in..... More
James Bond: Licence to Kill [3 copies]. From the motion picture written by Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum.
New York, NY: The Armchair Detective Library, 1990. [Film novelisation] Three differing versions of the John Gardner book; FIRST EDITION in hardcover [with] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITIONS (UK and US). Octavos, hardback in glossy dust-wrapper or photographic card covers. Fine condition throughout. From the comprehensive Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by..... More
[You Only Live Twice, United Artists, 1967] Related documents.
UK, 30th March 1967. [James Bond film history] Typed arbitration decision by screenwriter Jack Pulman, regarding a dispute over the credits of the film You Only Live Twice between script writers Roald Dahl and Harold Jack Bloom. A detailed six-page arbitration including two pages of synopsis of Bloom's treatment compared..... More
Loxfinger, Matzohball, On the Secret Service of His Majesty, the Queen, and You Only Live Until You Die. The Complete Thrilling Adventures of Israel Bond, Hebrew Secret agent Oy-Oy-7.
New York, NY: Pocket Books, Trident Press, 1965, 1966, 1966, 1968. [James Bond pastiche] FIRST EDITIONS. Four volumes, complete. The final book is SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the author. Octavos, three vols are softcover originals, the final book is a hardcover in jacket, with presentation note to the flyleaf; Best..... More
Invitation to Die.
London: Robert Hale, 1970. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Harry Saltzman's copy INSCRIBED by the author "To Harry and Jacqueline / with love from the author / Fergus French", dated 4 November 1970. Octavo, pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's brown cloth with photographic dust-jacket. Some fading, near fine. With a loose handwritten..... More
Public Faces. A Novel.
London: Constable, 1932. [Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[viii]; 350; [26], advertisements. Publisher's brown cloth lettered in green to backstrip. photographic dust-wrapper showing an aerial view of London, priced at 7/6. No inscriptions, edges gently toned, jacket with a little wear to crown. Very good indeed. Rare in..... More
James Bond, the Authorized Biography of 007. A fictional biography by John Pearson.
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1973. [Fictional biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 317; [3]. Publisher's black cloth with red endpapers and red top edge, in glossy dust-wrapper priced at £2.75. With author's presentation note to the title page; James Pickard / Best wishes from / John..... More
Ian Fleming 28th May 1908 - 12th August 1964. An Address Given at the Memorial Service.
Westerham Press, Privately Printed, 1964. [Tribute] FIRST EDITION, the limited hardcover copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.10 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with printed title label to upper. With the original glassine jacket. A fine copy of the book, with a very good example of the fragile wrapper (some nicks and..... More
All About Bond.
London: Evans Mitchell Books, 2012. [James Bond Film Reference] SIGNED COLLECTORS EDITION. Quarto (30 x 25cm), pp.185 [7]. SIGNED by O'NEILL in black ink to title page. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photographs by Terry O'Neill. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, gold endpapers, and photographic..... More