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[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 of the first James Bond continuation novel. B…

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…

[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). Paper stock lightly toned, no ink names, gentle reading crease to spine, minor wear at foot. Near fine. BMC No.1 p.4-13 'Fleming and Bond; Related Titles'. Gilbert, Jon; Ia…

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…

[Thriller] PAPERBACK EDITIONS, the first without Ian Fleming quote, the second with Fleming review on rear cover and supporting quote from Graham Greene to front. Octavos (18 x 11cm), in publisher's sofcovers. No ink names, lightly handled, a little soiling to later copy. Very good. Set in South East Asia, 'The Night-Comers' cov…

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…

[Exploration] Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.376; [4], ads. Large format Cape paperback, first reprint. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 16s. Contents clean, soft reading creases to spine; near fine. A quality paperback printing from the original publisher, the sheets being the same size as the current hardback. Lt.Col. Robe…

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…

[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…

[Card game reference] Vintage paperback reprint. Octavo (16 x 11cm), pp.186; [2], ads. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 35c. Contents toned as expected else near fine. Goren was the leading American bridge personality in the 1950s and 1960s and widely known as "Mr. Bridge". Author Ian Fleming was a keen student and p…

[Spy thriller] FIRST UK PAPERBACK EDITION. Pp189; [3], ads. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 5s. Cheap paperback text block toned as expected, covers lightly rubbed, some reading creases to spine. Very good. A 'Johnny Fedora' adventure novel, likened to James Bond in two supporting quotes printed on the covers; "as f…

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…

[Spy novel] FIRST BANTAM PAPERBACK EDITION. Pp.312. Publisher's illustrated softcovers, all edges tinted yellow, priced at 95c. Cheap paperback text block toned as expected. Spine roll else fine. A First World War espionage story concerning the Chief of the Intelligence Bureau in Vienna. Upon first publication, 'James Bond' auth…

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…

Magazine format in pictorial glossy photographic covers, perfect bound. pp.64. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout. Original price $5.95. Fine / as new. Includes a three-page article 'The Birth of Bond', celebrating the 60th anniversary of the novel Casino Royale. Author Michael L. VanBlaricum, Ph.D is the founder and…

[Men's Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Quarto (28 x 21cm), pp.200. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, with two staples to the spine, priced at 75c. Light rubbing to covers. Contains fiction, including this James Bond parody, plus travel, humour and lifestyle articles of a male-oriented nature. From…

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…