"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
— Ernest Hemingway
James Bond 007
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
Cause for Alarm.
London: Hodder and Stoughton 1938. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.320; [6], advertisements. Publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in black, mid-blue endpapers, striking 'bullet' jacket by Thomson, priced 7/6. A few descreet blue ink numbers to rear pastedown, cloth toned to extremities. Jacket with a few chips and..... 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
Uncommon Danger.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.314; [6], advertisements. Publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in black, mid-blue endpapers, pictorial jacket by Gibbs, priced 7/6. Trivial toning to edge of text block, jacket with very light rubbing/wear to extremities. Overall a lovely fine copy of..... More
The James Bond Films: Front of House Sets - UK; Lobby Card Sets - USA; Portfolio.
007 Magazine, no date [circa 2002]. [James Bond Films] LOBBY CARD ARCHIVE. A4 ring-bound portfolio (30 x 22cm), unpaginated. A comprehensive collection of images of lobby cards and front of house sets ranging from Dr. No (1962) to Die Another Day (2002), including the 'non canonical' 007 films Casino Royale..... More
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The James Bond 007 Annual [1968].
Manchester: Published by World Distributors [by arrangement with Eon Productions / Glidrose Publications], 1968. [Film annual] FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Large octavo (27 x 21cm), pp.93 (the pagination, as with all copies, is awry, beginning at p.4). Publisher's glossy boards without jacket as issued. Illustrated throughout including several colour photographs..... More
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Ian Fleming's Incredible Creation. My Friend, Ian Fleming [and] The World of James Bond.
Chicago, IL: Novel Books, 1965. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo paperback (18 x 11cm), pp.128. Publisher's colour illustrated soft covers priced at 60c; all edges yellow. Gently toned, Portland bookstore stamp to half-title, very light wear to covers, single red pen mark to fore-edge; an unusually well-preserved copy. Near fine..... More
Signed Mickey Baker Still from the film 'You Only Live Twice' (1967).
2006. [James Bond Films] SIGNED STILL. One colour film still montage from Lewis Gilbert's 1967 film, SIGNED by the stunt man Mickey Baker in silver marker. Mounted on white card ready to frame. Total dimensions 31 x 26cm. More
Die Another Day.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 2002. [Spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp[vi]; 245; [5], blank. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers lettered in silver to spine, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. Autographed by Raymond Benson in black ink to the title-page. The signature was obtained privately by us -the..... More
Die Another Day.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 2002. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp[vi]; 245; [5], blank. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers lettered in silver to the spine, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. A fine/as-new copy, carefully warehoused by ourselves since publication. A novelisation of the James Bond movie starring Pierce..... More
Die Another Day.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 2002. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm). The novelisation of the James Bond movie. Publisher's hardcovers, autographed to the dust-wrapper in silver marker. The signature was obtained privately by us- the author did not appear in the UK to promote this, his..... More
Doubleshot.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2000. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.274. Publisher's cloth with pictorial dust-wrapper. The signature was obtained during the book launch event held at our London bookshop. A fine/as-new copy, carefully dark stored by ourselves since publication. While officially on..... More
The Facts of Death.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1998. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.274; [2], blank. Publisher's hardcover cloth in illustrated dust-jacket.SIGNED by the author in his customary sharpie to title page. Signature obtained during one of his many book launch events held at our shop. Both the book and..... More
The Man With The Red Tattoo.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.292; [2], blank. Hardback volume, bound in publisher's cloth with pictorial dust-wrapper. SIGNED by the author in his customary sharpie to title page. Signature obtained during one of his many book launch events held at our shop..... More
The World is Not Enough.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.274; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver to backstrip, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £16.99. The signature was obtained during the book launch event held at our shop. A fine/as-new copy, carefully..... More
The World is Not Enough.
London: Coronet Books, 1999. [Movie novelisation] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.200; [2], publisher's advertisements. Signed by the author to the title page. The signature was obtained at the book launch event held at our shop. Front cover bears the original 'Playstation' competition sticker. Fine/as new. Hubin;..... More
The Ian Fleming Collection of 19th-20th century Source material Concerning Western Civilization together with the Originals of the James Bond-007 Tales:
Indiana; Lilly Library Publication Number XII [1970]. A Catalogue of the Ian Fleming Collection as purchased by the Lilly Library at the University of Indiana. FIRST (and only) EDITION. Slim octavo, pp.50, stapled. Publisher's matt covers in a custom-made collectors cloth case, titled in gilt to the spine. Some discreet..... More
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The Book Collector: Ian Fleming and Book Collecting [a special issue]. Edited by James Fergusson; Consultant Editor, Nicolas Barker.
London: The Collector Limited, 2017. [Literary Journal] Vol. 66, No.1, Spring 2017. Octavo, pp.288. A bumper number (profusely illustrated), in gold wrappers, SIGNED by contributor Jon Gilbert (p.182). A fine, unread copy. To celebrate its 65th anniversary, The Book Collector magazine devoted its Spring 2017 issue to Ian Fleming, who..... More
The Book Collector. Autumn 2020. Edited by James Fleming.
Cirencester: The Collector Ltd., 2020. [Literary Journal] Vol. 69, No.3, Autumn 2020. Octavo, with illustrations (some in colour). Bound in the publisher's red-coloured softcovers with text printed in white and black. Fine/as new. This number contains a SIGNED review of biographer John Pearson's book 'Ian Fleming The Notes', by the..... More
The Book Collector. Spring 2021. Edited by James Fleming.
Cirencester: The Collector Ltd., 2021. [Literary Journal] Vol. 70, No.1, Spring 2021. Octavo, with illustrations (some in colour). Bound in the publisher's purple-coloured softcovers with text printed in white and black. Trivial handling; fine. This number contains James Pickard's review of 'Ian Fleming and James Bond' by Jon Gilbert, SIGNED..... More
'You Only Live Twice' (released through United Artists). Six original photographs for 'Cinema 66' magazine.
n.d. [25th August 1966]. Six original black and white photographs of Sean Connery as James Bond, taken on location in Japan during the filming of Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice. Three photos capture a relaxed Connery in full Japanese costume, in between takes. The other three photos were taken..... More
James Bond in the Cinema.
Cranbury, NJ: A.S. Barnes and Co, 1972. [Bond on film] FIRST US EDITION, being published in a larger format than the UK equivalent. Octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.176. Illustrated throughout with great stills, mostly provided by United Artists. Publisher's grey hardcovers cloth, titles in black to spine. Pictorial dust-jacket with..... More
Mr. Standfast.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1919. Advance proof copy. 8vo. Publisher's original plain brown wraps, slightly spotted with minor edgewear. Internally clean, unifom light toning to page block. A most unusual and scarce advance proof copy of Mr. Standfast, one of Buchan's scarcer Richard Hannay stories. Protected by a tailor-made brown..... More
John Burningham.
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
Signed Michael Chow Still from the film 'You Only Live Twice' (1967).
[James Bond Films] SIGNED STILL. One colour still from Lewis Gilbert's 1967 film, SIGNED by Michael Chow (Spectre 4) in blue marker. Mounted on white card ready to frame. Total dimensions 26 x 31cm. More