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The Bombay Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling. [Set of writings / novels / poems including:...

The Bombay Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling. [Set of writings / novels / poems including: The Jungle Book, Kim, Wee Willie Winkie, Just So Stories, Captain Courageous, Rewards and Fairies, Stalky and Co, Puck of Pook's Hill, Rewards and Fairies, etc.]

by KIPLING, [Joseph] Rudyard (1865-1936)

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London: Macmillan and Company, 1913-1938. LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED by the author in volume I to half title. Complete in 31 volumes; large octavo (25 x 132cm). Finely bound in deep red half morocco, raised bands and gilt rules to spines, matching cloth sides, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Printed from Florentine Press type on hand-made paper bearing the watermark "RK". First published in 25 volumes and limited to 1050 sets, the collection eventually grew to 31 volumes as Kipling continued to write. The later volumes were limited to just 500 copies, meaning complete sets are scarce. Stewart p.572.
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The Spy Who Loved Me
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The Spy Who Loved Me

by FLEMING, Ian Lancaster, (1908-1964)

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, State A. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Crown Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.221; [1]. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards with scarlet endpapers in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping, priced at 15s. A near fine copy with a slight spine lean, one tiny tear to the jacket. Signed by Ian Fleming to the flyleaf. With Christies' lot number ticket from a previous auction sale loosely inserted. A lightly handled, near fine copy with one tiny tear to the jacket. Housed in a collector's leather-spined clamshell box. Gilbert A10a (1.1). Provenance: Christies, London. Printed Books, 5th May 1995 (lot 119, £1300). Adrian Harrington Ltd., Inventory No.38892 (2012, £11,000).
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Live and Let Die (a James Bond novel)
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Live and Let Die (a James Bond novel)

by FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964)

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.240. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, embossed in gilt, with purple dust-wrapper showing the original price of 10/6 to both flaps. With 'author's skill' text correctly spaced to rear panel, as described in the bibliography, page 61. Housed in a custom leather spined clamshell case. Contents and page edges clean, gilt remains very bright (often discoloured), jacket a little browned to rear panel, some light wear to crown and with a neat, historic repair to one small area at upper edge. An attractive copy, housed in a fleece-lined protective clamshell box. Gilbert A2a (1.1).
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For Your Eyes Only

For Your Eyes Only

by FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964)

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London: Foyles' Book Club, n.d. [1961]. UK BOOK CLUB EDITION. ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo, pp.192. Publisher's green cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Cuthill. With presentation note to the flyleaf 'The sixth will have / to wait. / x / Ian. (underlined). A fine copy in a near fine jacket. Inscribed copies of book club editions are particularly scarce. Housed in a bespoke black cloth clamshell to a uniform design by Gilbert. The recipient is Marion 'Oatsie' Leiter, a close friend of the author whose name Fleming had appropriated for James Bond's trusted ally Felix Leiter of the CIA and Pinkerton's Detective Agency. Marion Leiter had recommended the James Bond novels to her friend Senator John F. Kennedy while recovering from an operation, and she subsequently hosted a dinner so both men could meet. The two became friends and, in a literary article in Life Magazine, President Kennedy cited 'From Russia With Love' as one of his favourite reads giving Fleming… Read More
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For Your Eyes Only

For Your Eyes Only

by FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964)

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New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1960. FIRST US EDITION. ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo, pp.218. Publisher's yellow and green cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping, priced at $3.50. With presentation note to the flyleaf 'The rest will have / to wait. / x / Ian. (underlined). A fine copy in a very good jacket with a few chips and tears. Inscribed copies of American editions are notably scarce. The recipient is Marion 'Oatsie' Leiter, a close friend of the author whose name Fleming had appropriated for James Bond's trusted ally Felix Leiter of the CIA and Pinkerton's Detective Agency. Marion Leiter had recommended the James Bond novels to her friend Senator John F. Kennedy while recovering from an operation, and she subsequently hosted a dinner so both men could meet. The two became friends and, in a literary article in Life Magazine, President Kennedy cited 'From Russia With Love' as one of his favourite reads giving Fleming significant exposure in America.… Read More
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[An Archive of Books and Papers from the Library of Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin]
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[An Archive of Books and Papers from the Library of Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin]

by VARIOUS; HODGKIN, [Sir] Alan Lloyd (1914-1998)

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1907-1988. [Physiology and Biophysics] ORIGINAL FELLOWSHIP DISSERTATION, NOTEBOOK, OFF-PRINT COLLECTION, AND INSCRIBED BOOKS. A remarkable collection of books and papers associated with the Nobel Prize-winning scientist, including the original typescript of the dissertation which won him a research Fellowship at Trinity College in 1936 and a year's study at the Rockefeller Institute in 1937. 1) HODGKIN, A.L., The Electrical Basis of Nervous Conduction, dated 1936 in pencil to title leaf. A4 type-written leaves in a black ring binder (34 x 26cm), pp.[2] 93. Including charts and diagrams drawn and affixed by hand, as well as occasional corrections and mathematical formulae written in by hand. With a selection of pencil and photocopied notes loose at rear. 2) HODGKIN, A.L., [General Notebook], dated 19th March 1988, inscribed 'A.L. Hodgkin | Physiological Laboratory | Cambridge' and 'please return if | found £5—00 reward' in blue ink to fly-leaf. A rough Chartwell Students' Sketch Book, yellow cloth… Read More
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The Hand of Mary Constable
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The Hand of Mary Constable

by FLEMING, Ian (inscr.); GALLICO, Paul

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William Heinemann, 1964. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt with titles in orange compartment, publisher's motif blocked in blind to rear board. With dust jacket. Housed in custom blue quarter morocco solander case. A very good copy, extremities rubbed, edges foxed, light offsetting to endpapers, in like dust jacket, edges rubbed and nicked, with closed tear of 20 mm to head of spine. First UK edition, first impression, association copy, inscribed by both Gallico and Fleming. With the author's presentation inscription to the front free endpaper; "Dear Ian - / Never mind! If you / find this tiresome there's always / Fanny Hill! / affectionately / Paul" [underlined]. Additionally inscribed beneath by Fleming: "Passed on to / Elizabeth / from / Ian Fleming" [underlined]. The recipient was a nursemaid to Ian Fleming during the final months of his life; from June 1964 he was suffering from pulmonary thrombosis, which was accelerated by a cold he had caught while playing a round of golf… Read More
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Archive of correspondence relating to James Bond typescripts and continuation books
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Archive of correspondence relating to James Bond typescripts and continuation books

by FLEMING, Ian - FLEMING, Ian, & Kingsley Amis

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1963-67. Collection of 19 letters comprising original typescript and carbon copies. Housed in pink foolscap folder. A fine set. Archive of correspondence between Jonathan Cape, the publisher of Fleming's Bond series, and the author's favoured typist Jean Frampton. The papers mainly consist of friendly professional letters, telegrams, notes and postcards concerning Frampton's employment and also contains some significant early material, kept by Frampton as recycled scrap paper. The main body of correspondence is between Frampton and Isabel Ross, Editorial Manager at Jonathan Cape, concerning Frampton's work to re-type the 1965 critical analysis The James Bond Dossier by Kingsley Amis, and the first post-Fleming Bond continuation novel, Colonel Sun published in 1968, also by Amis under the pseudonym Robert Markham. The archive also includes some noteworthy early Fleming material; some of the typist's retained letters were typed on the verso side of some previously-used Fleming and Bond typescripts… Read More
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Collection of seven volumes from the author's library
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Collection of seven volumes from the author's library

by FLEMING, Ian

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1908-31. Mostly octavo, 6 volumes, original bindings. Occasional foxing and browning, extremities occasionally worn, some spines faded, loss of spine to Garet Garrett. Ian Fleming's own reading copies, most acquired by him during his formative years between the ages of 15-30 (during 1920s-30s) whilst a schoolboy at Eton College and a language student at the Universities of Munich and Geneva. Four books have gift inscriptions from friends and two books feature his own ownership inscription. This collection comprises literature, particularly romances, including some poetry, which highlight Fleming's youthful interest in the romantics. The specific volumes comprise: - D'ALBE, E. H. Fournier. Hephaestus or the Soul of the Machine. London: Kegan Paul, no date (circa 1920s). Inscribed by Ian Fleming to the front free endpaper "I. L. Fleming / Chelsea". Hephaestus was a Greek god whose Roman equivalent was Vulcan; the god of technology, blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, fire, and… Read More
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Complete First American Editions of Ian Fleming's James Bond series. [Set of works / novels...
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The Macmillan Company, The Viking Press, and the New American Library, 1955-66. [Spy novels] ALL FIRST PRINTINGS. 14 volumes, octavos (overall dimensions 20 x 13 x 33cm). Publisher's hardbacks in illustrated dust-jackets. The American edition of Octopussy was the first to be illustrated. Ownership signatures to The Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only; endpapers of The Man with the Golden Gun with some rubs/scuffs; toning to spine of From Russia, With Love, some chips to spine ends of jackets (moreso to earlier titles). The Man with the Golden Gun is in the second issue jacket with darker grey lettering than the earlier issue. Gilbert notes that the American dust jackets, from Live and Let Die to Doctor No, are "often" or "invariably" clipped, with the printed price retained elsewhere on the jacket, as here. The Spy Who Loved Me is price-clipped. A very good set in similar dust jackets; generally bright and presenting very nicely. First US editions, first printings, of this complete set of… Read More
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Thrilling Cities
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Thrilling Cities

by FLEMING, Ian

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Jonathan Cape, 1963. Octavo. Original white cloth-backed grey paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, black endpapers. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom black morocco-backed folding box. 48 pages of illustrations from black and white photos. Corners slightly bumped, some browning to edges, a near-fine copy. Minor creases to price-clipped dust jacket with extremities slightly rubbed, a bright and near-fine copy. First edition, first impression, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title-page "For Sari, her Christmas present! [kiss] Ian." This copy was given from the author's own batch of copies for presentation in December 1963 (the book having been published in November 1963). The recipient is Sarah Dugdale, part of the Ivor Bryce set, who was a close friend of Ian Fleming during the last 12 years of his life. Accompanying the book is a note regarding the nature of their relationship, from the previous owner, Sari's housemaid and confidante, who had inherited the book in July… Read More
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Harry Potter Series, Complete UK Adult harback set. Being: The Philosopher's Stone; The Chamber...
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Harry Potter Series, Complete UK Adult harback set. Being: The Philosopher's Stone; The Chamber of Secrets; The Prisoner of Azkaban; The Goblet of Fire; The Order of The Phoenix; The Half-Blood Prince; The Deathly Hallows

by ROWLING, J.K. (born 1965)

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London: Bloomsbury, 2004-2007. [Children's literature] ALL FIRST BRITISH EDITIONS WITH ADULT COVERS, SIGNED IN FIRST VOLUME. Octavo. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, adult artwork dust-jackets designed by William Webb with printed prices of £11.99 - £16.99, portrait of Rowling on back of dust-jacket taken by Michael Wildsmith. Autograph of J.K.Rowling to title page of first book. Fine condition throughout. An exceptionally difficult set to assemble.
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Diamonds are Forever
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Diamonds are Forever

by FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964)

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1956. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Binding A (Fabroleen cloth), an unusual association/presentation copy with signed inscription by Ian Fleming's literary editor William Plomer. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.257; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth titled in silver, pictorial jacket by Pat Marriott. With ink note to flyleaf; A. Franklyn. / from W. Plomer. / March 1956. //. Housed in a custom-made clamshell box. A pre-publication copy (the date of release was 26th March 1956, and all the other Franklyn copies we purchased at the same time were presented before publication). Some spotting to edges and first and final gatherings, externally fine. Correspondingly used jacket supplied, with some torn loss to rear flap ads. William Plomer (1903-73), was a senior reader at Jonathan Cape Ltd., and one of Fleming's most trusted friends. He was instrumental in getting Casino Royale published and read and advised on each successive Fleming manuscript. He was unofficially Fleming's Editor-in… Read More
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Casino Royale (a James Bond novel)
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Casino Royale (a James Bond novel)

by FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964)

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, second Impression, Jacket B, export copy, also bibliographer's copy. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, decorated with heart motif to upper, lettered in red to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. This copy was originally sold in Johannesburg, SA (bookseller ticket to pastedown). No inscriptions, some spotting/toning (likely from climate), jacket with some nicks and tears, chipped at crown. Very good. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's file copy (printed bookplate and pencil notes within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. This printing is twice as scarce as the first. Gilbert A1a (2.2).
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The Organisation of a Foreign News Service [Kemsley Newspapers Reference Book]
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The Organisation of a Foreign News Service [Kemsley Newspapers Reference Book]

by [FLEMING, Ian Lancaster, Editor]

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London: Kemsley House [Privately Published], Winter 1948-9. FIRST [AND ONLY] EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Octavo, pp.[1-2] 3-10; [11-20, marked 'In Course of Preparation']; 21-124. Coloured map ("Kemsley Newspapers Publishing Centres") on p.105. Ring-bound leaves in a limp black leatherette folder binding, stamped 'Walker's Ready Ring Book' to inside cover, black card ends. Holder's annotations to several pages, minor tears to punched holes; very good indeed. A working handbook for journalists, devised by Ian Fleming as Foreign Manager of Kemsley Newspapers, which published (among others) The Sunday Times. It is a privately distributed ring-bound manual published primarily for foreign correspondents, the verso of the title page bearing the name of the recipient, and a note that the book is to be surrendered by the holder upon their leaving the service. This little volume represents author's first book and is a major Fleming rarity. Bibliographically speaking, this is a complex book with various… Read More
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