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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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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The Man with the Golden Gun -
Ian Lancaster Fleming
1965 - Jonathan Cape, London - First edition, First Impression, First Issue, Second State
Fine first edition of the last of Fleming’s novels, involving the world’s most deadly assassin, the Cuban Paco ‘Pistols’ Scaramanga - the Man with the Golden Gun. Appropriately housed in a bespoke felt-lined morocco clamshell case, titled in gilt.
A brainwashed James Bond tried, and failed, to kill his boss, M. It's time for him to prove he can be trusted again.
Bond finds his man in the sweltering heat of Jamaica. His plan is to infiltrate Scaramanga's gang of criminals to get close to the man himself. But if he fails, Bond will be the next target for the golden gun.
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1965 - Jonathan Cape, London - First edition, First Impression, First Issue, Second State
Fine first edition of the last of Fleming’s novels, involving the world’s most deadly assassin, the Cuban Paco ‘Pistols’ Scaramanga - the Man with the Golden Gun. Appropriately housed in a bespoke felt-lined morocco clamshell case, titled in gilt.A brainwashed James Bond tried, and failed, to kill his boss, M. It's time for him to prove he can be trusted again.
Bond finds his man in the sweltering heat of Jamaica. His plan is to infiltrate Scaramanga's gang of criminals to get close to the man himself. But if he fails, Bond will be the next target for the golden gun.
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A Guide to Family Devotion containing a Hymn, a Portion of Scripture with Reflections, and a Prayer, for the Morning and Evening of Every Day in the Year. With an Appendix of Prayers and Hymns on Various Subjects -
Rev. Alexander Fletcher. D.D.
Circa 1850 - James S. Virtue, London - The Fifty-first Edition of One Thousand
A massive and magnificently presented ‘Guide to Family Devotion’, providing extracts from the bible and a prayer for each morning and evening of the week. In fine intricately decorated contemporary binding and illustrated with twenty six engraved plates.
Illustrated with twenty six engraved plates, including the engraved title page and the frontispiece portrait of Rev. Alexander Fletcher. The text is in double columns.
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Circa 1850 - James S. Virtue, London - The Fifty-first Edition of One Thousand
A massive and magnificently presented ‘Guide to Family Devotion’, providing extracts from the bible and a prayer for each morning and evening of the week. In fine intricately decorated contemporary binding and illustrated with twenty six engraved plates.Illustrated with twenty six engraved plates, including the engraved title page and the frontispiece portrait of Rev. Alexander Fletcher. The text is in double columns.
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Cigars & The Man -
Charles Graves
1938 - Martins Ltd., London - First Edition
Who are the men who smoke cigars? Successful men according to this fascinating guide to 1930’s cigars and their aficionados by Martins Cigar Shippers of Piccadilly. With full page colour illustrations of a selection of the 100’s of brands and classifications offered by Martins.
More than mere promotional puff, Graves provides tips to the new smoker, and outlines histories and traditions of the practice, and a lengthy Q&A section.
Complete with signed letter from Martins’ Sales Manager to a Charles James Hupfield of Ashtead, Surrey, dated 2nd December, 1938, together with a folding order form and addressed envelope.
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1938 - Martins Ltd., London - First Edition
Who are the men who smoke cigars? Successful men according to this fascinating guide to 1930’s cigars and their aficionados by Martins Cigar Shippers of Piccadilly. With full page colour illustrations of a selection of the 100’s of brands and classifications offered by Martins.More than mere promotional puff, Graves provides tips to the new smoker, and outlines histories and traditions of the practice, and a lengthy Q&A section.
Complete with signed letter from Martins’ Sales Manager to a Charles James Hupfield of Ashtead, Surrey, dated 2nd December, 1938, together with a folding order form and addressed envelope.
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Modern Development of the Dry Fly -
Frederic M. Halford
1910 - George Routledge & Sons, London - Edition de Luxe, Number 3 of 75 copies. Signed by the author.
A classic work by the greatest proponent of the dry fly, signed by him and containing one complete volume of thirty three actual flies, dressed by Messrs. Hardy Bros. Ltd., and C. Farlow & Co., Ltd. in nine sunken mounts of thick card leaves.
This is number 3 of only 75 ‘Edition de Luxe’, two volumes in the publisher’s red calf and gilt bindings. In addiiont to the dry fly samples, there are nine colour plates of flies, eighteen colour charts, and sixteen mounted photogravures with tissue guards.
Housed in a later bespoke slipcase.
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1910 - George Routledge & Sons, London - Edition de Luxe, Number 3 of 75 copies. Signed by the author.
A classic work by the greatest proponent of the dry fly, signed by him and containing one complete volume of thirty three actual flies, dressed by Messrs. Hardy Bros. Ltd., and C. Farlow & Co., Ltd. in nine sunken mounts of thick card leaves.This is number 3 of only 75 ‘Edition de Luxe’, two volumes in the publisher’s red calf and gilt bindings. In addiiont to the dry fly samples, there are nine colour plates of flies, eighteen colour charts, and sixteen mounted photogravures with tissue guards.
Housed in a later bespoke slipcase.
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MASH -
Richard Hooker
1968 - William Morrow and Company, New York - First Edition
A supreior example of the first edition and scarce thus.
Written by former military surgeon H. Richard Hornberger (aka Hooker) about a fictional U.S. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in South Korea during the Korean War, and the basis for the legendary series M*A*S*H.
After graduating from Cornell University Medical School, Hornberger himself was drafted into the Korean War and assigned to the 8055 Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (M.A.S.H. or MASH).
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1968 - William Morrow and Company, New York - First Edition
A supreior example of the first edition and scarce thus.Written by former military surgeon H. Richard Hornberger (aka Hooker) about a fictional U.S. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in South Korea during the Korean War, and the basis for the legendary series M*A*S*H.
After graduating from Cornell University Medical School, Hornberger himself was drafted into the Korean War and assigned to the 8055 Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (M.A.S.H. or MASH).
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Lions and Shadows - An Education in the Twenties -
Christopher Isherwood
1938 - Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, London - First Edition, First Impression
First edition of the first of Isherwood’s fictional biographies. A captivating account of a young novelist’s development in the literary culture of 1920s Cambridge and London and of his experiences as he forged lifelong friendships with his peers W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, and Edward Upward.
‘That young man holds the future of the English novel in his hands.’ - W. Somerset Maugham, after reading Lions and Shadows.
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1938 - Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, London - First Edition, First Impression
First edition of the first of Isherwood’s fictional biographies. A captivating account of a young novelist’s development in the literary culture of 1920s Cambridge and London and of his experiences as he forged lifelong friendships with his peers W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, and Edward Upward.‘That young man holds the future of the English novel in his hands.’ - W. Somerset Maugham, after reading Lions and Shadows.
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The Major Novels and Short Stories -
Jerome K Jerome
1886-1908 - Various, Bristol and London - All first edition first issue except for Three Men in a Boat (Second Issue) and Tommy and Co. (cheap edition).
A beautiful Zaehnsdorf bound set in ten volumes, consisting of: On the Stage and Off. London; The Idle Thoughts of An Idle Fellow; Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog); Told After Supper; Diary of a Pilgrimage; Novel Notes; The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel; Tea-Table Talk; and Tommy and Co.
obviously the set includes one of the funniest English books ever written, ‘Three Men in a Boat’, of which in the words of Jerome K. Jerome ‘other books may excel this in depth of thought and knowledge of human nature: other books may rival it in originality and size; but, for hopeless and incurable veracity, nothing yet discovered can surpass it’, which could sum up a number of the other works here.
Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859-1927) was born in Walsall, but moved to London with his family as a young boy. After leaving school at fourteen, he worked as a railway clerk, but spent much of his spare time acting with various theatre companies and reading in the library of the British Museum; his first novel, On the Stage – and Off was loosely based on his thespian experiences. His 1899 novel, Three Men in a Boat – a fictional though exaggerated account of an actual boat trip on the River Thames that Jerome took with two friends – became a best-seller on both sides of the Atlantic, despite lacklustre critic reviews, selling a million copies in America alone, and bringing it’s author world wide fame.
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1886-1908 - Various, Bristol and London - All first edition first issue except for Three Men in a Boat (Second Issue) and Tommy and Co. (cheap edition).
A beautiful Zaehnsdorf bound set in ten volumes, consisting of: On the Stage and Off. London; The Idle Thoughts of An Idle Fellow; Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog); Told After Supper; Diary of a Pilgrimage; Novel Notes; The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel; Tea-Table Talk; and Tommy and Co.obviously the set includes one of the funniest English books ever written, ‘Three Men in a Boat’, of which in the words of Jerome K. Jerome ‘other books may excel this in depth of thought and knowledge of human nature: other books may rival it in originality and size; but, for hopeless and incurable veracity, nothing yet discovered can surpass it’, which could sum up a number of the other works here.
Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859-1927) was born in Walsall, but moved to London with his family as a young boy. After leaving school at fourteen, he worked as a railway clerk, but spent much of his spare time acting with various theatre companies and reading in the library of the British Museum; his first novel, On the Stage – and Off was loosely based on his thespian experiences. His 1899 novel, Three Men in a Boat – a fictional though exaggerated account of an actual boat trip on the River Thames that Jerome took with two friends – became a best-seller on both sides of the Atlantic, despite lacklustre critic reviews, selling a million copies in America alone, and bringing it’s author world wide fame.
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