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Never Dream of Dying.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2001. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. SIGNED by the author to loose publisher bookplate. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.293; [1], advert. Black hardcovers in illustrated dust-jacket. A clean, fine copy. A James Bond novel. From the collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Otto Penzler, purchased by..... More
Scorpius [James Bond series].
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author, bibliographer's copy. Royal octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.190; [2], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper priced £10.95 to flap. A clean, fine copy. Virtually as new. An original novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. From the collection..... More
Never Send Flowers.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [James Bond Continuation] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 212 [2]. Certified library binding of full blue vinyl over boards, lettered in silver along the spine, top edge yellow. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £14.99. Institutional marks to endpapers and copyright..... More
Never Send Flowers.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [James Bond Continuation] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 212 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £14.99. A fine copy. When an officer of the British Security Service is murdered in Switzerland, James..... More
The Man With The Red Tattoo.
New York, NY: Putnam, 2002. [Spy novel] FIRST U.S. EDITION. A superb association copy, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO HUGH HEFNER. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.291; [1], blank. Hardcover in jacket. Author's presentation note in his customary sharpie to title page; For / Hef - / keep the faith! //..... More
Win, Lose Or Die (a James Bond novel).
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1989. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Tall octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.220. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper with original price £11.95 to flap. A fine, fresh copy, virtually as new. Britain's greatest spy returns in John Gardner's eighth original 007 novel. 'Win, Lose or Die' finds Bond..... More
Casino Royale.
USA: Berkley Books, 1986. [Spy Fiction] PROMO COPY of the Berkley paperback. Octavo (19 x 13cm). Publisher's softcovers. With silhouette cover design. Minor toning as expected, no inscriptions, coves lightly handled. Near fine. from the Jon Gilbert collection (pencilled ownership within). A promotional copy of the first James Bond novel..... More
Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, the complete 'Great Pan' Yellow Band paperback series. Comprising: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories inc. From A View To A Kill, Quantum of Solace).
London: Pan Books, 1962-3. [Spy thrillers] COMPLETE AS ISSUED. 8 volumes [all that were issued in this series], octavo (16 x 10 x 9cm). A vintage set of the 'Great Pan' paperbacks with the Yellow Band covers and Pan's '007' and bullets logo (Dr. No technically a white band). Various..... More
The Bookman Christmas Double Number 1915. December 1915. No. 291. Vol. 49.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, December 1915. [Literary Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE SPECIAL. Folio (34 x 23cm), pp.xx; 65-108; 149; xxi-xxix. Not including the special portfolio of colour plates by Bernard Partridge. With numerous in-text black and white illustrations, and occasional colour plates by various artists, including a frontispiece by Rackham. Publisher's..... More
The Bookman Christmas Double Number 1912. December 1912. No. 255. Vol. 43.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, December 1912. [Literary Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE SPECIAL. Folio (34 x 23cm), pp.xvi; 133-196; 217; xvii-xxxv. Not including the special portfolio of colour plates by Dulac, and also lacking the frontispiece portrait of Kipling. With numerous in-text black and white illustrations, and occasional colour plates by various..... More
Utopia, written by Sir Thomas More in Latin, and translated by Ralph Robynson, to which are added The Life of the Author by his son-in-law William Roper, and some of his Letters. The Chiswick Library of Noble Writers.
London: printed at the Chiswick Press for George Bell and Sons, 1903. [Utopia] LIMITED PRIVATE PRESS EDITION. Quarto (35 x 22cm), pp.xii; 265 [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and decorated title page by W.L. Bruckman, as well as two woodcuts taken from the 1518 Basel edition by Ambrose Holbein. Number..... More
Tunbridge Wells and It's Neighbourhood, Illustrated by A Series of Etchings, and Historical Descriptions.
London: William Miller and Edmund Lloyd, 1810. [Topography] FIRST TRADE EDITION. Folio (35 x 28cm), pp.[4] 87 [5]. With 31 engraved plates, and 12 vignettes. Contemporary brown half morocco with gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over boards. Also with original printed paper title label to upper board. Black..... More
Hamlet. The Letterpress Shakespeare.
London: The Folio Society, 2007. [Drama] LIMITED EDITION. Folio (37 x 27cm), pp.[2] 129 [5]. Number 1667 of 3750 copies thus, set 'monotype' Baskerville, printed by Hand and Eye Letterpress, London, on Zerkall mould-made paper. Hand-bound in red half morocco by G. Lachenmailer, Reutlingen, with gilt titles to spine and..... More
Cowboy Kate.
London: Bodley Head, 1965. [Fashion Photography / Sixties Culture] Influential photography book. Folio (36 x 28cm), unpaginated. Publisher's grey cloth hardcover in original dust-wrapper. Photographed throughout in black and white. Flyleaves spotted, top edge dusty, jacket is particularly fresh. An attractive copy. Cowboy Kate was awarded the Prix Nadar, France..... More
[ALPINE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM].
[Hand-made], [c.1930]. HAND-MADE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM. Large Quarto (38 x 28cm), unpaginated. Twenty two thick leaves with official tourist black and white photographs pasted to both sides. Eight leaves blank to rear, with one loose photograph showing vendor's stamp to reverse. Most images neatly labelled in black ink, from the late..... More
Oiling The Wheels.
London: A. White and Co., 1957. [Oil Industry Advertisements] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 29cm), pp.[26]. A full page colour illustration by Kneebone to face every page of text. Publisher's pink illustrated paper over boards, showing a mustachioed gentleman with an oil can against a pink background to upper; rear..... More
The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Small octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.111; [1]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt endpapers. Illustrated throughout. With Raymond Hawkey-designed 'reversible' book-jacket for work in the field; the pictorial dust-wrapper can be rapidly disguised as a bible. Price clipped, else a clean, fine..... More
The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner).
New York: Viking, 1965. [Literary critique] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. 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. A lovely fine copy. An unusual piece of Bondiana. Bill Tanner is a fictional character in the James..... More
One of Our Submarines.
London: Penguin Books, Pan Books, 1952, 1968, 1973. [Naval warfare] First Penguin edition, First Pan edition, and revised edition reprint. Octavos. A group of three paperbacks in publisher's softcovers, each with a supporting quote from Ian Fleming. Clean copies, with some expected toning and gentle reading creases to spine. near..... More
Group of Berkley series uniform James Bond paperbacks. Comprising: Live and let Die, Diamonds Are Forever, Doctor No, Goldfinger, The Spy Who Loved Me.
USA: Berkley Books, 1982-90. [Spy Fiction] Five volumes, octavo (19 x 13cm). Publisher's softcovers. With silhouette cover designs. Mixed printings. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Two with publisher's punched hole to cover, reading creases to 'Diamonds' else near fine. See Gilbert, Jon. Ian Fleming The Bibliography. More
The Ipcress File [IPCRESS-streng geheim].
Bern & Munich: Phoenix, 1965. [Spy thriller] FIRST GERMAN EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's black cloth in photographic dust-jacket featuring Len Deighton in conversation with Ian Fleming on the rear panel. A clean, fine book in near fine jacket with a little wear to extremities. Basis for the..... More
From Russia, With Love.
USA: Penguin Ink, 2010. [James Bond novel] Bibliographer's copy. First Edition thus, with strike-line 10 to 1. Pp.259; [3]. Publisher's illustrated card covers with internal flaps, fore-edge untrimmed. Absolutely fine. Penguin's 'Ink' edition, celebrating 75 years of paperbacks. This copy is from the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil..... More
Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, the complete Pan paperback 'Models' series. Comprising: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories inc. From A View To A Kill, Quantum of Solace),The Spy Who loved Me, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Living Daylights (short stories)
London: Pan Books, 1969-1972. [James Bond] 11 volumes [all that were issued], octavo (18 x 12 x 15cm). A vintage set of Pan paperbacks in the classic white 'Model' series with photo covers and the bold 'James Bond' lettering designed by Raymond Hawkey. Single ink name 'Simon' to Dr.No else..... More
The Deep Blue Good-bye [Good-by].
London: Pan Books, 1970. [Thriller] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, second printing. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.172; [4], ads. Publisher's sofcovers priced at 4s. Discreet ink ownership inside cover,contents clean, covers very lightly handled. Fine. The first Pan printing features a supporting quote by Ian Fleming (dropped for this printing). The second..... More
The Levanter.
New York: Atheneum, 1972. [Spy thriller] PROOF COPY / ADVANCE COPY of the first edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.310. Publisher's ARC in illustrated self-wraps. With presentation note to the title page; Danny, from / Eric Ambler / February 77 //. Fine throughout. Acclaimed thriller from..... More