James Bond 007 from Adrian Harrington Rare Books

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. Contents and page clean, discreet ownership to free endpaper, covers lightly handled with as few minor marks. A very good copy without jacket. Gilbert, Jon:… Ler mais sobre este item

New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2015. [Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.403. Number 50 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over boards. Lilac endpapers. A fine, as-new… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Dropmore Press, 1949. [Literature/Theology] LIMITED EDITION. Number 195 of 550 copies. Large Octavo (27 x 21cm), pp.xxii; 102; [6], hand-printed on cream wove paper, title and colophon printed in two colours. Selected, with an introduction by Evelyn Waugh. Original full brown buckram with gilt titles, t.e.g., illustrated dust-wrapper priced £2, 2s, 0d. A stylish and expensive book… Ler mais sobre este item

Sheffield: Tomahawk Press, 2008. ['Thunderball' film reference] Royal octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[i]-[xi]; 12-251; [5], adverts. Revised edition (first thus). Publisher's illustrated softcovers. With photographs and reproductions of documents. Very gently used. Jon Gilbert's copy (pencil signature within), with a loose note to fellow bibliographer Dr Philip Errington, to whom this copy was once lent. The Battle for Bond… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, First impression, second issue, bibliographer's copy. 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 or markings within. Very good indeed in like jacket, slightly nicked at crown. The second issue is… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. [James Bond novel] FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY. Lejeune Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, silver titles to spine. Second state binding, with the 'Dancing Lady' design to the upper. Illustrated dust-wrapper by Pat Marriott, priced 13/6. Minor reading marks within, edges a little dusty/spotted, jacket worn at at flap folds,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, First State, Binding B, British export/colonial copy. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers, dust-jacket by Richard Chopping. Some light spotting to edges commensurate with the climate, light marks to covers, fresh… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. [Espionage novel] FIRST EDITION, State A. An association copy, formerly belonging to Sefton Delmer, a fellow intelligence agent, journalist colleague and close friend of Ian Fleming. Delmer bookplate (Valley Farm) to pastedown, with lot slip and provenance label inserted. Crown octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.221. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards with scarlet endpapers in a… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION, BINDING A, ADVANCE COPY. 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 10/6 to flap. With publisher's review slip inserted. A little spotted and handled. A very good copy, housed in a leather-spined clamshell… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1949. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.253; [1], advert. Publisher's pale blue cloth in dust-wrapper priced at 8/6. Contents clean. No inscriptions or price-clipping. Edges gently toned/spotted, minor discolour to cloth, one small nick to rear panel of jacket. A clean, near fine copy. Uncommon thus; the pale blue covers are usually heavily… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION, BINDING A, export copy, bibliographer's copy. 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. With Canadian publisher/distributor's slip inserted. Price clipped as expected for export, else fine, in a leather-spined clamshell box. This copy was… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. [Espionage novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.222 [2]. Publisher's black cloth-effect material over boards, gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Bill Botten, priced at £3.50. An ex-library copy, but not heavily used; one stamp to copyright page, one to top edge, library pocket to f.e.p, 'withdrawn' notice to same. Jacket… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, fifth impression. 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. Ex-library copy with expected handling, institutional marks and wear, although quite presentable. 'Withdrawn' stamp to title, lacks free endpaper and… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Andre Deutsch, 1961. [Cookery anthology] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.260. With vignette illustrations within the text. Publisher's green cloth hardcovers in pictorial dust-jacket. Editor's inscription the endpaper: "Renee Hellman - Christmas 1961", with recipient's name 'Dawn Field' above. A fine copy of the book in a very good jacket with some small nicks… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Book Club Associates, 1973. [Spy novels] FIRST EDITION of the first James Bond omnibus to be published in the UK, preceding the Jonathan Cape equivalent. Bibliographer's copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.748. Publisher's black hardcover in original metallic effect dust-wrapper. No inscriptions. Jacket gently handled and showing few of the expected marks and scratches to the foil jacket;… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1983. [Crime Fiction] FIRST UK HARDBACK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.191; [1], advertisement. Publisher's blue cloth hardcover blocked in gilt to the spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced £7.95. No inscriptions. Edges a little dusty, spine sunned. Near fine. Uncommon to find a privately-owned copy as most went to libraries. The fiftieth and penultimate 'Saint'… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. [Travel book] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240, illustrated throughout with colour plates, map endpapers printed in colour. Handsomely rebound in half midnight black calf with contrasting twin red morocco title labels, spine ruled in six compartments with traditional raised bands, matching cloth sides, top edge gilt. A clean, fine copy. Novelist Ian Fleming… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1942. [Exploration] NEW CHEAP EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.376; [6]. With two maps and four photographic plates. Publisher's blue blocked in silver. Contents clean, edges gently tanned. Near fine. Lt.Col. Robert Peter Fleming OBE was a British adventurer and travel writer, brother of novelist Ian Fleming, and unofficial editor of his James Bond… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Pan Books, 1966. [Thriller] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo, pp.237; [3], ads. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 3/6, a film tie-in with stills and blurb from the 20th Century Fox Release,. Cheap paperback text block toned as expected, reading creases to spine; very good. The first Modesty Blaise thriller, developed from the popular comic strip series chronicling a streetwise… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Pan Books, 1967. [Thriller] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo, pp.284; [2], ads. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 5s. Cheap paperback text block toned as expected, gentle reading creases to spine; very good indeed. The second Modesty Blaise thriller from author Peter O'Donnell, had adapted into comic-form Ian Fleming's James Bond novel 'Dr. No'. A review on the rear cover… Ler mais sobre este item