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Quantum of Solace. The Complete James Bond Short Stories.
London: Penguin 007, 2008. [Spy fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.301, with an introduction by the respected Bond authority Henry Chancellor. In the prize-winning binding of silver-grey cloth with a silenced Walther PPK motif to upper, burgundy endpapers. Complete with the wraparound sleeve, which is gummed together at..... More
Never Dream of Dying.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2001. Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.293; [1], advert. SIGNED by the author. Signature obtained during one of his many book launch events held at our shop. Absolutely fine. A lovely copy, warehoused by ourselves since publication. A James Bond novel; the search..... More
Never Send Flowers (A James Bond Novel).
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. FIRST EDITION, EXPORT COPY. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp212. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket with no price to front flap- copies without a printed price were intended for export. Likely read once; a clean, near fine copy. BMC No.1 [1984] p.4-13 'James Bond..... More
My Word is My Bond.
London: Michael O'Mara Books, 2008. [Hollywood memoir] The UK COLLECTOR'S EDITION, One of 1000 copies in de luxe cloth in slipcase. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo, pp.336. Black cloth blocked in silver. Titled 'Limited Edition' on half title, not to be confused with the trade or American editions. A fine..... More
The James Bond Bedside Companion.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead, 1984. [James Bond reference book] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Signed by the author on a decorative 007 Fan Club bookplate featuring the arms of the Bond family. Large octavo (29 x 22cm), pp.[xiv]; 256; [1], About The Author; [1], blank. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's red cloth blocked..... More
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[James Bond] Ian Fleming. Sixty Years of 007 [within Fine Books and Collections].
Chapel Hill, NC: Journalistic, Inc. / Webb C. Howell, Spring 2013. Magazine format in pictorial glossy photographic covers, perfect bound. pp.64. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout. Original price $5.95. Fine / as new. Includes a three-page article 'The Birth of Bond', celebrating the 60th anniversary of the novel Casino Royale..... More
The James Bond Collection. Licence Renewed; For Special Services; Icebreaker; Role of Honour; Nobody Lives For Ever.
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novels] BOX SET. Quality hardback re-issues of the first Jonathan Cape editions (1981-6) featuring the same dust-jacket artwork. FIRST EDITIONS thus, with a full strike-line number sequence. Octavo, five volumes in publisher's illustrated red card slip-case, showing original printed price..... More
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Ian Fleming: The Bibliography [DELUXE EDITION].
London: Queen Anne Press, 2012. ILAB-Breslauer Prize Winner [2014]. FIRST EDITION, DELUXE LIMITED ISSUE No.98 of 250 copies, SIGNED by the author in blue ink to limitation page at rear. Royal quarto (33 x 24cm), pp.x; 692 [2]. With black and white illustrations throughout plus four suites of eight colour..... More
Licence Renewed.
London: Swordfish, an imprint of Orion Publishing Group, 2011. [Spy novel] Quality hardback re-issue of the first Jonathan Cape edition (1981) featuring the same dust-jacket artwork. FIRST EDITION thus, with a full strike-line number sequence. Octavo, pp.259; [3], blank. Black hardcovers blocked in gilt, red endpapers, ilustrated jacket. A fine..... 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. A lightly used copy, clean within, a few marks to corner of front..... More
For Your Eyes Only.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1960. [James Bond short stories] FIRST EDITION, Binding A. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.252. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, titled in gilt to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 15s. A lightly used copy with some toning to spine, red lettering not faded, local soiling to crown..... More
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[James Bond] Goldfinger Portfolio ['Steelbook'].
UK: 007 Magazine and Archive Ltd, 2014. [Film reference] LIMITED EDITION, No 132 of 350 numbered copies. Octavo, pp.350. Includes over a thousand images (many never seen before), call sheets, sketches, press releases and much more. Comb bound in colour-printed sheet-metal covers, wrapped in gold tissue paper and housed in..... More
From Russia With Love.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, BINDING A. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253; [3], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, blocked in silver and red metallic foil, pictorial dust-jacket by Richard Chopping. No inscriptions. Covers clean, some spotting to edges of text block. Jacket with a few..... More
Goldfinger.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. 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 15s. No inscriptions. A very good copy with a few marks, some dustiness/toning to jacket..... More
The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner).
London: Pan Books, 1966. [Bond reference] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.111; [9], endmatter and advertisements. Bound in pictorial card covers designed by Raymond Hawkey, priced at 3/6. Usual page toning, covers lightly worn; near fine. Bill Tanner is a fictional character in the James Bond novel series..... More
Goldeneye. Where Bond was Born: Ian Fleming's Jamaica.
London: Hutchinson, 2014. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xii]; 388. With eight photographic plates in colour. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, bottle green endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £20. A lovely fine, unread copy. An insightful look at Fleming's life in Jamaica, where he spent..... More
Tomorrow Never Dies.
London: Coronet Books / Hodder and Stoughton, 1997. TRUE FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author to the title page. The standard softcover edition, with cover photo of Pierce Brosnan as James Bond and Bruce Feirstein listed as scriptwriter. Published simultaneously with the (very limited) hardcover. The signature was obtained during..... More
Double O Seven. James Bond. A Report.
New York, NY: Signet Books, 1965. [Reference/ Literary criticism] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Pp.127 + [1], advertisement. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 50c, all edges red. Cheap paper stock browned as usual, covers show some rubbing and wear. Very good. A former book illustrator and intelligence operative in Russia, Oswald Frederick..... More
The James Bond Dossier.
London: Pan Books, 1966. [Bond reference / critique] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Pp.157 + [3], advertisements. Publisher's illustrated softcovers designed by Raymond Hawkey. Cheap paper stock browned as usual, covers show some rubbing and wear. Very good. Now a rather elusive paperback. This is Kingsley Amis' first venture into the world..... More
The James Bond Dossier.
New York, NY: Signet Books, 1966. [Bond reference /critique] FIRST U.S. PAPERBACK. Pp.127 + [1], advertisement. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 60c, all edges red. Cheap paper stock browned as usual, covers slightly rubbed. Near fine. Now a rather elusive paperback, published in the same year as the UK Pan..... More
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The James Bond 007 Annual [1965].
Manchester: Published by World Distributors [by arrangement with Danjak S.A., Glidrose Publications, and Melvin Brodie and Associates], 1965. [Film annual] FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Large octavo (26 x 21cm), pp.125 (the pagination, as with all copies, is awry, beginning at p.4). Illustrated throughout including several colour photographs. Publisher's glossy boards..... More
The Light of Day.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[6] 243 [5]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and green decoration to spine, a gilt EA monogram to upper, top edge red, fore-edge..... More
Child 44.
New York, NY and Boston, MA: Grand Central Publishing, 2008. [Crime Fiction] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 439 [1], blank. Publisher's hardcover with cartographic endpapers, photographic dust-jacket priced at $24.99. Sight toning; near fine (jacket is meant to appear distressed or worn). Soviet-era detective thriller, nominated for..... More
The Man With the Golden Gun.
New York, NY: The New American Library, 1965. FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.183; [1]. Publisher's hardcovers, stamped in gilt and colours with golden gun motif boldly blocked to all three panels, dust-jacket with die-cut bullet holes to upper. This is the correct binding with the code number..... More
The Man With the Golden Gun.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. FIRST ISSUE, SECOND STATE, BINDING B. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221; [1]. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with bronze lettering to the spine, plain covers, patterned green endpapers. In the original pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping, priced at 18s. price-clipped. Small mark to..... More