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You Only Live Twice - Author s Presentation Copy -
Ian Lancaster Fleming
1964 - Jonathan Cape, London - First Edition, First Impression, First State
Inscribed by Ian Fleming to Amherst Villiers; 'read it, damn you!'.
A superb association; legendary engineer Charles Amherst Villiers (1900-1991) designed a supercharger for the 4½ litre 'Blower' Bentley; Fleming chose the 'blower' as James Bond's own vehicle, which appears in the first three novels. Villiers worked on jet engines, rocket propulsion, world-speed records and was also an accomplished portrait artist. So engaged with these interests, Villiers had little time to read, and this was reflected in the author's succinct inscription. Additionally signed in pencil by Janie Villers, who cooked sausages for Fleming to eat while sitting for the portrait of him painted by her father, together with a signed letter of provenance from Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert.
A fine first edition, in fine dust jacket, elegantly housed in a bespoke leather clamshell case, black morocco spine with gilt lettering and felt lining.
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Price HK$ 220,000
1964 - Jonathan Cape, London - First Edition, First Impression, First State
Inscribed by Ian Fleming to Amherst Villiers; 'read it, damn you!'.A superb association; legendary engineer Charles Amherst Villiers (1900-1991) designed a supercharger for the 4½ litre 'Blower' Bentley; Fleming chose the 'blower' as James Bond's own vehicle, which appears in the first three novels. Villiers worked on jet engines, rocket propulsion, world-speed records and was also an accomplished portrait artist. So engaged with these interests, Villiers had little time to read, and this was reflected in the author's succinct inscription. Additionally signed in pencil by Janie Villers, who cooked sausages for Fleming to eat while sitting for the portrait of him painted by her father, together with a signed letter of provenance from Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert.
A fine first edition, in fine dust jacket, elegantly housed in a bespoke leather clamshell case, black morocco spine with gilt lettering and felt lining.
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Price HK$ 220,000
You Only Live Twice -
Ian Lancaster Fleming
1964 - Jonathan Cape, London - First Edition, First Impression, First State
A wasted Bond is given a ‘mission impossible’ to the exotic orient, which in turn leads him to the maniacal westerner Dr. Shatterhand; a ‘collector of death’. ‘Shatterhand’ is the working title for the 25th James Bond film, currently in production.
Fabulously Fleming characters include Bond's nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Tiger Tanaka the head of the Japanese Secret Service, Kissy Suzuki, pearl diver and ex-movie star, and not to forget Irma Bunt, Stavro's henchwoman responsible for the death of Bond's wife Tracy Di Vicenzo.
First edition of the last title in what has become known as the ‘Blofeld’ trilogy and Fleming's last published novel before his death.
Appropriately housed in a bespoke felt lined clamshell case, with gilt lettering and logo to the spine.
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Price HK$ 10,000
1964 - Jonathan Cape, London - First Edition, First Impression, First State
A wasted Bond is given a ‘mission impossible’ to the exotic orient, which in turn leads him to the maniacal westerner Dr. Shatterhand; a ‘collector of death’. ‘Shatterhand’ is the working title for the 25th James Bond film, currently in production.Fabulously Fleming characters include Bond's nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Tiger Tanaka the head of the Japanese Secret Service, Kissy Suzuki, pearl diver and ex-movie star, and not to forget Irma Bunt, Stavro's henchwoman responsible for the death of Bond's wife Tracy Di Vicenzo.
First edition of the last title in what has become known as the ‘Blofeld’ trilogy and Fleming's last published novel before his death.
Appropriately housed in a bespoke felt lined clamshell case, with gilt lettering and logo to the spine.
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Price HK$ 10,000
On Her Majesty's Secret Service -
Ian Lancaster Fleming
1963 - Jonathan Cape, London - First Edition
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
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
Goldfinger -
Ian Lancaster Fleming
1959 - Jonathan Cape, London - First Edition, First Issue, Second State (see &lsquo
First edition, sartorially sharp in a bespoke black cloth clamshell case, lined in scarlet felt, the spine with gilt stamped lettering and Skull logo.
Auric Goldfinger, the most phenomenal criminal Bond has ever faced, is an evil genius who likes his cash in gold bars and his women dressed only in gold paint. After smuggling tons of gold out of Britain into secret vaults in Switzerland, this powerful villain is planning the biggest and most daring heist in history-robbing all the gold in Fort Knox. With two of the most memorable villains ever created, a human weapon named Oddjob, and a luscious female crime boss named Pussy Galore.
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Price HK$ 35,000
1959 - Jonathan Cape, London - First Edition, First Issue, Second State (see &lsquo
First edition, sartorially sharp in a bespoke black cloth clamshell case, lined in scarlet felt, the spine with gilt stamped lettering and Skull logo.Auric Goldfinger, the most phenomenal criminal Bond has ever faced, is an evil genius who likes his cash in gold bars and his women dressed only in gold paint. After smuggling tons of gold out of Britain into secret vaults in Switzerland, this powerful villain is planning the biggest and most daring heist in history-robbing all the gold in Fort Knox. With two of the most memorable villains ever created, a human weapon named Oddjob, and a luscious female crime boss named Pussy Galore.
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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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Price HK$ 8,000