London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond Reference] FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.159 [1]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, with gilt titles to spine, and the pictorial dust-wrapper, based on the familiar Chopping 'trompe l'oeil' designs from the Ian Fleming first editions. Decorative bookplate, SIGNED by..... More

New York, NY: Signet Books, 1966. [Bond reference /critique] FIRST U.S. PAPERBACK. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.127 [1], advertisement. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 60c, all edges red. A clean, fine copy. Uncommon thus. Now a rather elusive paperback, published in the same year as the UK Pan paperback. From..... More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Reference critique] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY IN PROOF-ONLY JACKET. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.159; [1], blank. Publisher's paper covers, with pictorial proof dust-wrapper (entirely unclipped and with original setting of the text) with design based on the familiar 'trompe l'oeil' art which decorated the Ian Fleming first..... More

France: Plon, 1965. [Reference critique] FIRST FRENCH EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.215; [5], endmatter. Publisher's hardback cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-wrapper showing Sean Connery as James Bond, publisher's scarce flyer tucked in. SIGNED in black ink to free endpaper. Lightly..... More

London: Hutchinson, [1935]. [Motoring] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.270, illustrated with black & white plates. Publisher's red cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt to the spine. Publisher's presentation copy, so stamped to title page. Some minor toning and marks within, cloth lightly rubbed, joints a little frayed; a very..... More

UK/USA: various, 1957-2008. [Spy stories] 10 volumes, octavos. First editions or first editions thus (Bedside Book and Three Great Adventure Stories are second printings). Various publisher bindings in hardback or softcovers. Contents clean, one has a bookplate, one with owner name, one with owner stamp, jackets lightly are handled, one..... More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Cartographical endpapers at rear. Elegantly hand-bound in half green calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, publisher's original titled cloth spine bound in at rear, top edge gilt. Near fine..... More

London: Pan Books Ltd., 1970. [Spy novel] The FIRST Pan paperback edition. 'M' Series. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221 [3]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 5 shillings (25 pence). Some gentle age-toning to paper stock, trivial wear to covers, slight lean; a near fine copy of the striking softcover version..... More

Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, no date [1898]. [Adventure Novel] SIGNED ILLUSTRATED EDITION, first thus. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] vi; 391 [3]. With a black and white frontispiece and one further plate illustrated by Gibson. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to the first blank: 'yours very truly | Anthony..... More

London: Cassell, 1955. [Espionage] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY with associated material. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xviii; 206. Illustrated with black & white plates. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt, typographic dust-wrapper priced at 15s. With SIGNED inscription to title page, two spy-related newsclippings tucked in, loose invitation to the Sir..... More

London: The Dropmore Press, February 1951. [Military history /politics / espionage] LIMITED EDITION. One of five hundred copies. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.viii;80; [4], printed on hand-made cream wove paper, title and colophon printed in two colours. With fine colour illustration of the Masaryk Memorial Medal, 1948. Original full blue..... More

London: Reynolds and Hearn. 2002. [Film memoir] FIRST EDITION. SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY. A Paperback original. Pp.191, illustrated, with a foreword by Roger Moore. Publisher's glossy pictorial covers. Inscribed by the author; To / Lord Montagu / All the best! // Richard Kiel 'Jaws'. A fine copy. Foreword by Sir Roger..... More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean's copy, with a printed label loosely inserted. Version with dropped quad mark to copyright page, vertical 'North' pointer (rather than angled) on the cartographic endpapers. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine..... More