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For Your Eyes Only -
Ian Lancaster Fleming
1960 - Jonathan Cape, London - First Edition
A fine first edition in exceptionally clean dust jacket with none of the usual fading to the spine’s red lettering or toning commonly encountered on this notoriously delicate laminated dust jacket, the only one of the series to be laminated.
The first selection of James Bond short stories, which was followed by ‘Octopussy’, ‘The Living Daylights’, and ‘The Property of a Lady’. This collection includes ‘For Your Eyes Only’, ‘From A View to a Kill’ and ‘Quantum of Solace’, all of which, although heavily rewritten, were filmed as part of the 007 movie series. Also included are 'Risico' and 'The Hildebrand Rarity'.
Appropriately housed in a bespoke black cloth clamshell case, lined in scarlet red felt, the spine with gilt stamped lettering and thematic gilt stamped gold eye.
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Price HK$ 28,000
1960 - Jonathan Cape, London - First Edition
A fine first edition in exceptionally clean dust jacket with none of the usual fading to the spine’s red lettering or toning commonly encountered on this notoriously delicate laminated dust jacket, the only one of the series to be laminated.The first selection of James Bond short stories, which was followed by ‘Octopussy’, ‘The Living Daylights’, and ‘The Property of a Lady’. This collection includes ‘For Your Eyes Only’, ‘From A View to a Kill’ and ‘Quantum of Solace’, all of which, although heavily rewritten, were filmed as part of the 007 movie series. Also included are 'Risico' and 'The Hildebrand Rarity'.
Appropriately housed in a bespoke black cloth clamshell case, lined in scarlet red felt, the spine with gilt stamped lettering and thematic gilt stamped gold eye.
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Price HK$ 28,000
On Her Majesty's Secret Service -
Ian Lancaster Fleming
1963 - Jonathan Cape, London - First Edition
A sharp and smart first edition of the second of the Bond books now known as the ‘Blofeld’ trilogy, sitting between Thunderball (1961) and You Only Live Twice (1964).
Filmed in 1969; directed by Peter Hunt, with a terrific story line and slick script from the ever-reliable screenwriter Richard Maibaum, O.H.M.S.S. features superb action, spectacular locations, a marvellous John Barry score, and, in Diana Rigg’s Contessa Teresa de Vicenzo (aka Tracy, aka Mrs James Bond), probably the greatest Bond Girl of all time. The movie, unlike most in the franchise, was faithful to the original Ian Fleming novel and is a fine thriller; one of the grittiest movies of the series.
Appropriately housed in a bespoke black cloth clamshell case, lined in scarlet red felt, the spine with gilt stamped lettering and Queen of Spades logo.
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Price HK$ 16,000
1963 - Jonathan Cape, London - First Edition
A sharp and smart first edition of the second of the Bond books now known as the ‘Blofeld’ trilogy, sitting between Thunderball (1961) and You Only Live Twice (1964).Filmed in 1969; directed by Peter Hunt, with a terrific story line and slick script from the ever-reliable screenwriter Richard Maibaum, O.H.M.S.S. features superb action, spectacular locations, a marvellous John Barry score, and, in Diana Rigg’s Contessa Teresa de Vicenzo (aka Tracy, aka Mrs James Bond), probably the greatest Bond Girl of all time. The movie, unlike most in the franchise, was faithful to the original Ian Fleming novel and is a fine thriller; one of the grittiest movies of the series.
Appropriately housed in a bespoke black cloth clamshell case, lined in scarlet red felt, the spine with gilt stamped lettering and Queen of Spades logo.
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Price HK$ 16,000
Nobody Lives Forever -
John Gardner
1986 - Jonathan Cape and Hodder &, London - First Edition
A fine first edition of the fifth James Bond novel by James Gardner, who, after a stint as a commando with the Royal Marines, studied theology at Cambridge, had a short career as an Anglican priest before finally turning to writing.
‘Take care 007. Take special care. The continent’s a hotbed of villainy these days and you can never be too careful.’
Bond was supposed to be on leave. But SPECTRE leader Tamil Rahani, dying from injuries suffered at Bond’s hand, is determined to make it the holiday to die for.
The dust jacket for Nobody Lives For Ever was designed by Trevor Scobie and is the last novel to have its first edition cover in the iconic style of Richard Chopping. Chopping had previously drawn nine Ian Fleming novels from 1956 to 1966 as well as Gardener's Licence Renewed in 1981.
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Price HK$ 1,200
1986 - Jonathan Cape and Hodder &, London - First Edition
A fine first edition of the fifth James Bond novel by James Gardner, who, after a stint as a commando with the Royal Marines, studied theology at Cambridge, had a short career as an Anglican priest before finally turning to writing.‘Take care 007. Take special care. The continent’s a hotbed of villainy these days and you can never be too careful.’
Bond was supposed to be on leave. But SPECTRE leader Tamil Rahani, dying from injuries suffered at Bond’s hand, is determined to make it the holiday to die for.
The dust jacket for Nobody Lives For Ever was designed by Trevor Scobie and is the last novel to have its first edition cover in the iconic style of Richard Chopping. Chopping had previously drawn nine Ian Fleming novels from 1956 to 1966 as well as Gardener's Licence Renewed in 1981.
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Price HK$ 1,200
Icebreaker -
John Gardner
1983 - Jonathan Cape and Hodder &, London - First Edition
A fine first edition of the third James Bond novel by James Gardner, who, after a stint as a commando with the Royal Marines, studied theology at Cambridge, had a short career as an Anglican priest before finally turning to writing.
‘A deadly assignment undertaken in cohort with Bond’s opposite numbers from the United States, the Soviet Union, and Israel in the desolate Arctic wastes of Lapland’
One of the final Bond titles to be issued in the same size format as the original Fleming titles, and with the Chopping style dust jacket by Bill Botten.
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Price HK$ 1,200
1983 - Jonathan Cape and Hodder &, London - First Edition
A fine first edition of the third James Bond novel by James Gardner, who, after a stint as a commando with the Royal Marines, studied theology at Cambridge, had a short career as an Anglican priest before finally turning to writing.‘A deadly assignment undertaken in cohort with Bond’s opposite numbers from the United States, the Soviet Union, and Israel in the desolate Arctic wastes of Lapland’
One of the final Bond titles to be issued in the same size format as the original Fleming titles, and with the Chopping style dust jacket by Bill Botten.
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Price HK$ 1,200
The Master Spy -
Arthur Gask
1937 - The Macaulay Company, New York - First American Edition
Featuring detective Gilbert Larose. As a last resort the Secret Service recruits Larose to track down an unknown agent who is stealing secrets from arsenals and aircraft factories throughout Great Britain.
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1937 - The Macaulay Company, New York - First American Edition
Featuring detective Gilbert Larose. As a last resort the Secret Service recruits Larose to track down an unknown agent who is stealing secrets from arsenals and aircraft factories throughout Great Britain.
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Price HK$ 1,200
Gun Cotton - Adventurer - Inscribed -
Rupert Grayson
1933 - Grayson &, London - First Edition
Inscribed ‘With best wishes to my old friend Arthur Richardson from Rupert Grayson’.
This time Gun Cotton sails for New York.
First edition of the third ‘Gun Cotton’ book, in a bright example of the scarce and delicate dust jacket.
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Price HK$ 8,000
1933 - Grayson &, London - First Edition
Inscribed ‘With best wishes to my old friend Arthur Richardson from Rupert Grayson’. This time Gun Cotton sails for New York.
First edition of the third ‘Gun Cotton’ book, in a bright example of the scarce and delicate dust jacket.
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The Prisoner of Zenda -
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins
1894 - J.W. Arrowsmith, Bristol - First Edition, First State
The rare first edition, first state of the classic swashbuckling romance, appropriately housed in folding cloth chemise and burgundy morocco slipcase, with spine lettered in gilt.
This adventure story was enjoyed by Ian Fleming as a child, and Hope's chivalrous hero is a 'literary ancestor' of the debonair British agent 007 [The Rough Guide to James Bond].
The basis for David O. Selznick's Oscar-nominated movie (1937), starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and David Niven. Hawkins most well-known work.
‘For my part, if a man must needs be a knave, I would have him a debonair knave... It makes your sin no worse, as I conceive, to do it à la mode and stylishly.’
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Price HK$ 18,000
1894 - J.W. Arrowsmith, Bristol - First Edition, First State
The rare first edition, first state of the classic swashbuckling romance, appropriately housed in folding cloth chemise and burgundy morocco slipcase, with spine lettered in gilt.This adventure story was enjoyed by Ian Fleming as a child, and Hope's chivalrous hero is a 'literary ancestor' of the debonair British agent 007 [The Rough Guide to James Bond].
The basis for David O. Selznick's Oscar-nominated movie (1937), starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and David Niven. Hawkins most well-known work.
‘For my part, if a man must needs be a knave, I would have him a debonair knave... It makes your sin no worse, as I conceive, to do it à la mode and stylishly.’
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Chipstead of the Lone Hand -
Sydney Horler
1929 - Henry Holt and Company, New York - First American Edition
The second Bunny Chipstead novel.
‘Amateur gentleman hero, Bunny Chipstead once again comes to the aid of Sir Robert Heddingly, chief of the British Secret Service. Chipstead owns a flat in Paris, an apartment in New York, and a pied-à-terre in St. James, London; he is accustomed to travelling first class, promotes tea drinking to one of the finer arts, smokes a pipe (an infallible marker of virile masculinity and decency), and serves unofficially for both the British and U.S. Intelligence Services (”for the sheer thrill of the game” as the story puts it). In this adventure, Bunny is once again up against the master criminal “The Disguiser,” who has kidnapped Heddingly from a sanatorium.’ – Alan Burton, British Spy Fiction.
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1929 - Henry Holt and Company, New York - First American Edition
The second Bunny Chipstead novel.‘Amateur gentleman hero, Bunny Chipstead once again comes to the aid of Sir Robert Heddingly, chief of the British Secret Service. Chipstead owns a flat in Paris, an apartment in New York, and a pied-à-terre in St. James, London; he is accustomed to travelling first class, promotes tea drinking to one of the finer arts, smokes a pipe (an infallible marker of virile masculinity and decency), and serves unofficially for both the British and U.S. Intelligence Services (”for the sheer thrill of the game” as the story puts it). In this adventure, Bunny is once again up against the master criminal “The Disguiser,” who has kidnapped Heddingly from a sanatorium.’ – Alan Burton, British Spy Fiction.
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Price HK$ 2,500