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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…

[Literary and film Reference] 'SILVER' edition, SIGNED by the author. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.292, printed on Munken Lynx paper. Illustrated throughout in black and white, with a colour frontispiece and 32 colour plates. Bound in full graphite buckram, blocked in two-colour metallic foils with silver titles to front cover, red an…

[Literary and film Reference] 'RED' edition, SIGNED by the author. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.292, printed on Munken Lynx paper. Illustrated throughout in black and white, with a colour frontispiece and 32 colour plates. Bound in full graphite buckram, blocked in two-colour metallic foils with metallic red titles to the front cover,…

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…

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…

[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…

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. [James Bond novel] Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.240. UK book club edition, stated 'Second Printing'. Black cloth-effect paper over boards, gilt titles, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Trevor Scobie. Slight toning to text block else a fine, fresh copy in jacket. John Gardner's sixth original novel starring Commander Bond, set in…

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. [Spy novel] Dollar Mystery Guild Uniform Edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.211 [13]. Publisher's black leatherette with gilt titles to spine and red leatherette strips to fore-edges. Top edge red; fore-edge untrimmed. With the sand-coloured dust-jacket. A nice clean copy with just a couple of chips to jacket edges, and some li…

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…