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First Edition. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. A paperback original. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.viii; 318 [10]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at £9.99. A fine, as-new copy. James Bond continuation novelist Raymond Benson's first story featuring 007's trusted ally Felix Leiter as the main protagonist. Set in…

First Edition. [Military History] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.397; [3]. With 16 monochrome photographs on 4 plates in the centre of text block. Publisher's illustrated softcovers, priced at £9.99. Carefully read once. A clean, fine copy. "The true story of Fleming's wartime Commando unit, th…

First Edition. [Adventure story] Sixtieth Anniversary Edition. FIRST EDITION THUS, with strike line number '001'. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8]; 170. Publisher's 'soft feel' pictorial paperback covers priced at £7.99. Fine / as new. Fleming's only book for children was published in 1964. This celebration edition features the origin…

First Edition. [James Bond novel] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, with additional content. First printing. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[vi]; 178; [4], endmatter. Publisher's illustrated softcovers designed by Mecob, priced £9.99. Fine / as new. Charlie Higson returns to Bond with a brand new adventure, celebrating the Coronation of King Cha…

First Edition. [Spy Fiction] FIRST EDITION of the Charter paperback. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 215 [1]. Publisher's softcovers. With silhouette cover design, edges tinted yellow. Contents clean, some rubbing to joints, reading crease to spine. Very good. This copy is from the library of Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). Hi…

First Edition. [James Bond Continuation] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, first printing. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[vi]; 310; [1], ad; [3], blank. Publisher's illustrated softcovers, priced at £7.99. No inscriptions, edges clean. A crisp, fine copy. The first James Bond novel by Horowitz, incorporating an original concept titled 'Murder O…

First Edition. [Literary biography] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 125; [1], blank. All edges tinted red. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 60c. Contents clean, no inscriptions, very gently toned. A crisp, fine copy. 'The earliest book-length biography of Ian Fleming' (Gilbert, p.597). Ian Fle…

First Edition. [Espionage novel] FIRST EDITION. A paperback original; published simultaneously with the Cape hardcover edition. Slim octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.189 [3]. Pictorial card wrappers. No insciptions, minor wear and handling. This is the original story / novel of the 1977 James Bond film 'The Spy Who Loved Me' written under…

dj. First Edition. [Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.318. Publisher's red cloth blocked in gilt, typographic dust-wrapper priced 18s. A clean ex-library copy with one stamp to endpaper, shelf number written to copyright page, otherwise rather lightly used, jacket with a couple of neat tears at crown. Phyllis Bottom…

First Edition. FIRST UK EDITION in paperback. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.172; [4], advertisements. Pictorial card softcovers with original price of 3/6 to rear (also priced for export to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa). neat ink name to inside cover, contents toned as expected, covers are near fine with a gentle spine roll.…

First Edition. [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…

First Edition. [Spy Fiction] FIRST EDITION of the Berkley paperback. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 232 [2]. Publisher's softcovers. With silhouette cover design. Contents clean, inside covers toned, deletion punch to top corner, minor rubbing, spine sunned. Very good. This copy is from the library of Jon Gilbert (pencil signature w…

dj. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION, second printing. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.208. Publisher's hardback cloth in a pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Richard Chopping priced 18s. Text block a little dusty, jacket spotted to rear. Very good. The author's debut novel set in Eton College. This title was reviewed upon publication by I…

[Spy novel]. FIRST EDITION in paperback, INTERNATIONAL VERSION, without prices to the rear panel (scarce thus - the first printing intended to be priced and sold in the UK was the second printing). Slim octavo, pp.191; [1], advert. Publisher's pictorial card wrappers. Some toning and soiling to cheap paper as expected, joints ru…

[James Bond] First UK Paperback edition (May 1965), being the fourth printing overall- the first three printings (September-December 1964) were not for sale in the United Kingdom. Octavo (16 x 10cm), pp.238 [2]. Softcover in pictorial card wrappers, priced 3/6 to upper cover. Minor wear, toned to extremities as expected. Near fi…

First Edition. The true first paperback edition. Signet Books' series P2712. Pp.160. Publisher's illustrated softcovers with original price 60c to upper panel, all edges tinted red. Pages a little tanned as expected, some acceptable creases and wear, reading lean. A very good copy. Published simultaneously with Pan's Export pape…

dj. First Edition. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.352. With two suites of sixteen photographic plates. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and grey endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £25. A fine, as-new copy. Subtitled 'The Extraordinary story of Charles Amherst Villiers', th…

dj. First Edition. [Espionage] Hardback reissue, with a new introduction and afterword. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.296. Illustrated with a suite of black and white plates. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt, photographic dust-wrapper. A near fine copy. An informative history of wartime Naval Intelligence, Britain's senior inte…

dj. First Edition. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 244 [2]. Publisher's navy quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine and blue paper over boards. With the dust-jacket priced at $15.95. A fine, as-new copy. Westlake wrote two screen treatments for a James Bond film, which were unused…

dj. First Edition. [Crime Novellas] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[2] xx; 182 [4]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and grey endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Greg Couch, priced at $14.95. A fine, as-new copy. Westlake wrote two screen treatments for a James Bond film, whi…

dj. First Edition. [Cold War Thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[10]; 310. Publisher's green cloth with white titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Abis Stribley, priced at 25s. Edges a little toned, jacket a little edge worn, some rubs to extremities. Very good. Fourth in the Boysie O…

First Edition. [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 J…

First Edition. [True Crime/Documentary] FIRST DELL PRINTING. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.159; [1], advertisements. Publisher's softcovers, all edges tinted green. Gentle reading crease to spine else a fine, fresh copy. An interesting edition; boldly advertised as the 'First Popular-Priced Edition', rather than the first paperback edi…

dj. First Edition. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[4]; 296; [1], Acknowledgements; [2], Map; [1], Note. Publisher's black cloth boards blocked in silver, illustrated endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced £12.99 to the rear panel. No inscriptions. A very good copy with a few small nicks to j…

dj. First Edition. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.240. Publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, in rather sultry photographic dust jacket, designed by Larry Learmonth. Contents clean, edges a little dusty/spotted, some toning, offset to endpapers, jacket rubbed with a couple…

dj. First Edition. [Detective novel] FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, dust-wrapper priced at 16s. No ink names. Edges gently spotted, jacket with some light rubs and a couple of short tears. Another case for the eccentric oversized New York armchair…

dj. First Edition. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4] 184 [4]. Publisher's black cloth with purple titles to spine, untrimmed textblock edges. With the dust-jacket designed by Jack Wolf, priced at $4.50. A fine, as-new copy. Westlake wrote two screen treatments for a James Bond film, which…

dj. First Edition. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 183 [1]. Publisher's grey cloth with red titles to spine, untrimmed textblock edges. With the dust-jacket designed by Muni Leiblein, priced at $4.50. A fine, as-new copy. The second in the Alan Grofield series. Westlake wrote two scree…

dj. First Edition. [Oil industry reference] FIRST EDITION. Quarto. (29 x 22cm), pp.143; [1], blank. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Publisher's gilt-stamped grey buckram, illustrated dust-jacket. A clean, fine copy. From the collection of Jon Gilbert (pencil ownership within), used while writing his bibliography of Flem…