"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka

London: Jonathan Cape, 2009. [Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Royal quarto (31 x 24cm), pp.224. With a foreword by Maurice Sendak, and an introduction by Brian Alderson. Illustrated in colour throughout. Signed by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the..... More
London: Michael O'Mara Books, 2012. [James Bond Film Reference] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 22cm), pp.224. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's black cloth blocked in silver to spine, with colour-illustrated endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £25. A fine, as-new copy. More
Yeoville: Haynes Publishing, 2009. [Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.352. With two suites of sixteen photographic plates. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and grey endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £25. A fine, as-new..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1990. FIRST EDITION. An original novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp. 218. Publisher's red cloth in pictorial dustwrapper; flap is priced at £12.95 for the UK market (non-priced export copies were also produced). Page edges age toned, otherwise a fine copy..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1964. [anthology of spy stories] Large format paperback. First softcover edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's card covers with typograpic design in yellow and black. Minor handling, reading crease; very good. Contains an excerpt from Ian Fleming's James Bond novel 'Live and Let Die'. Fleming..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.240. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, embossed in gilt, with purple dust-wrapper showing the original price of 10/6 to both flaps. With 'author's skill' text correctly spaced to rear panel, as described in the bibliography, page 61..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1956. FIRST EDITION, Binding B (Type 'B' cloth, designated without priority). Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.257; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth titled in silver, with the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Pat Marriott, priced at 12/6. A well-preserved copy, gently handled and with some light rubbing and a...... More
Stroud: The History Press, 2018. [James Bond] FIRST HARDCOVER EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Illustrated with a central suite of colour plates. Publisher's black cloth binding lettered in gilt to the spine, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £14.99. A fine/as new copy. Hardcover reissue of an elusive text first published..... More
Designed and Produced for the Ian Fleming Foundation by The James Bond 007 International Fan Club & Archive, no date [2000]. [Ian Fleming Foundation] EVENT PROGRAMME. Octavo pamphlet (24 x 16cm), pp.[12] Illustrated in colour and black and white, with glossy soft covers, stapled twice. A fine, as-new copy. A...... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles and 'heart' design to upper, tail edge untrimmed, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. Some light toning and mild spotting, jacket with some chips and..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. With 'First Published March 1964' on the copyright page, being the rarer of the two First printing states (Gilbert). Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, Binding 'A'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.254. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards with embossed skeleton hand design to upper board, gilt titles to spine. In dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping priced at 15s. A lightly used copy in mildly toned..... More
London: Collins, 1966. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.62, with two photographic illustrations comprising a frontispiece portrait of the subject and Ian Fleming's only meeting with James Bond. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper, designed by Barbosa, after Richard Chopping's designs for the jackets of the original 007 novels. A...... More
United Artists, Printed in Great Britain, 1969. [Cinema promotion] A complete set of 8 original UK Front of House Stills for the movie adaptation of Ian Fleming's 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', produced by Harry Saltzman Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions and directed by Peter Hunt, starring Diana Rigg, Telly..... More
United Artists, Printed in Great Britain, [1979]. [Cinema promotion] A complete set of 8 original UK Front of House Stills for the 1979 UA film 'Moonraker', produced by Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions and directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, and Richard Kiel. Colour lithographic..... More
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 priced at 13/6. A lightly used copy with a few minor marks to edges and..... More
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 (Dr. No technically a white band), and Pan's '007' and bullets logo. Colour-illustrated..... More
London: The Reprint Society, World Books, 1956. [Spy novel] FIRST UK BOOK CLUB EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.247; [1] blank. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to red leather title label, pictorial dust-wrapper. A very good copy in like jacket, toned to spine with chips to head and tail..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1956. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Binding B (Type 'B' cloth, designated without priority). Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.257; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth titled in silver, with the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Pat Marriott (price-clipped). Light spotting to edges and extremities else a near fine copy of..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2018. [James Bond] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xii; 274. With seven colour plates by Dalton, including a frontispiece. SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to title page. Publisher's metallic grey cloth, with silver and bronze titles to spine and upper. Grey..... More
London: Twenty First Century Publishers, 2006. [James Bond Film Autobiography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[8] 178 [6]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue marker 'To Simon' to title page. Publisher's glossy photographic soft covers. A fine, as-new copy. Rare thus. More
London: Puffin Books, 2008. [James Bond continuation] REGULAR FIRST HARDBACK EDITION, SIGNED and LIMITED to 1500 numbered copies, this being no.51. Octavo, (21 x 13cm), pp.355. Publisher's gold-coloured covers with all edges gilt and original wraparound sash- no jacket was issued. 'Signed by the author' series roundel applied to front..... More
London: Foyles [The Book Club], no date [1965]. [Spy thriller] FIRST BOOK CLUB EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's green cloth lettered in black, with pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Cuthill. Edges and endpapers spotted, jacket worn with some chips to head and tail of spine. A used yet serviceable..... More
London: Foyles [The Book Club], no date [1964]. [Spy thriller] FIRST BOOK CLUB EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's light-blue cloth lettered in black to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Cuthill. A clean copy of the book, jacket with some tape marking along top and..... More
London: Foyles [The Book Club], no date [1966]. [Spy thriller] FIRST BOOK CLUB EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.152. Publisher's mid-blue cloth lettered in black to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by C H Richard. A fine copy in a near fine jacket, toned to the spine. 70,000 copies..... More