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Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1965
Seller: Bookwood, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, published 1965, with the "REVERSIBLE BOOKJACKET for WORK in the FIELD". The dustjacket is printed on the reverse side with The Bible (see photographs), enabling the reader to disguise what one is reading. Illustrated in b&w. Text & illustrations printed in red & black. Classic 1960s-vintage design throughout. Design and art direction by Raymond Hawkey. Photography by Ken Denyer. Purported author "William Tanner" is a pseudonym used by Kingsley Amis for the book (William Tanner is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel series. Tanner is an employee of the Secret Intelligence Service who acts as M's chief of staff). Tongue-in-cheek 007 spy manual. Contents include a foreword, plus chapters on drink, food, smokes, looks, exercise, clothes, accessories, cars, places, chat, culture, gambling, M, girls, research, plus sources. Printed in Great Britain. Bound in original black boards with bright multi-coloured gilt lettering to spine (gold, blue, red), gold endpapers, in publisher's pictorial dustjacket. Ex-Library copy with minimal library markings (only one page with ink stamps, & trace of label removal to ffep, though nothing external), slight handling wear, inner front flap of the dustjacket has been cut off & a portion affixed to verso of ffep (see photographs), bookseller's small label to front pastedown, front hinge a little tender, otherwise a clean tight solid hardcover copy. 111pp. Uncommon first edition with the classic reversible dustjacket. SB-38.
Published by The Viking Press, New York, New York, 1965
Seller: Charles Bartman, Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Dust jacket with one short tear on front cover bottom right corner; printed in red and black ink; design and art direction by Raymond Hawkey; photography by Ken Denyer; previous owner's name neatly in ink on front first free end paper.
Published by Pan Books, 1966
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
Pan Books Ltd. London. 1966. First Edition Thus. First Pan Edition. Unabridged. Paperback. Illustrated. Some wear and rubbing to edges of covers and front cover is a little worn and pages browned. Generally a clean and tight copy.
Published by Jonathan Cape in 1965, 1965
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Publication of 111 pages. Supplied with a Photocopy Jacket. Photocopy is inside and Outside. The dust jacket is in good condition. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Pan Books, 1966
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pan Books 1966 edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.
Published by VIKING, 1965
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
HARDBACK WHITE. Condition: VG. JACKET: VG. General wear on DJ, orange inpapers, Jacket design by Hawkey, Raymond DATE PUBLISHED: 1965 EDITION: 111.
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1965
Seller: Plane Tree Books, Taupo, New Zealand
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. 111pp with black/red illustrations - black cloth - previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper - minor surface dents to rear board - dustwrapper is very lightly soiled - corresponding dents to surface of rear cover - SCARCE.
Published by London Jonathan Cape, 1965
Seller: Handsworth Books PBFA, Woodford Green, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
18cm x 14cm [pocket size] 111pp, Illustrated, Design and Art Direction by Raymond Hawkey. Photography by Ken Denyer. Full of invaluable advice for the prospective secret agent. Gilt endpapers, Internally some creasing o/w in Good+ condition. Reversible dust jacket with minor creasing, soiling and fading o/w in Good++ condition.
Published by Jonathan Cape, 1965
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. By Lt. Col-William (Bill) Tanner. Designed and Art Direction Raymond Hawkey. Photography Ken Denyer. First edition, with reversible Jacket. Publication of 111 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and small tears. The boards are in good condition. The text is legible. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1965
Seller: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS, UXBRIDGE, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. pp: 111. The FIRST EDITION identified by the words 'First Published 1965' on the copyright page. Pictorial dust jacket, black cloth covered boards. William Tanner, ostensibly the author of the book, is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel series. He works for the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Kingsley Amis wrote The Book of Bond or Every Man His Own 007, which is a tongue-in-cheek manual for prospective secret agents, illustrated with examples from Fleming's novels. Amis adopted Tanner's name for the book. This is a very good, or better, copy with minimal edge wear. The very good, price-clipped dust jacket has two stains to the base of the rear panel, a touch of toning to the spine, and light soiling.
Published by Viking, 1965
Seller: Neverland Books, Waalre, Netherlands
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition.
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1965
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ken Denyer  photography (illustrator). First Edition. there is no damage apart from the price clipping. Illustrated with photographs and drawings printed on bright orange paper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 112 pages. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Ken Denyer  photography. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: fiction; humour. Inventory No: 0244231.
Published by New York:The Viking Press, (1965)., 1965
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First U.S. edition. Bound in white cloth with black spine titles and a cover illustration of a gun; in an illustrated dust jacket with the front flap price of $2.50 still intact. Price-sticker to the front pastedown endpaper, else fine in a fine dust jacket. Note: the price-sticker cannot be removed without leaving a scar to the red paper. A tongue-in-cheek work written by Kingsley Amis using the Tanner pseudonym. In Ian Fleming's novels, Tanner is M's chief of staff--a recurring character throughout the series. 12mo. [115] pages. Illustrated.
Published by Johnathan Cape, 1965
Seller: bmyguest books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Uk Edition. The Dust Jacket Is Slightly Creased At The Edges With Some Small Tears. Price Clipped Dust Jacket. The Pages Are Yellow From The Age. First Edition, First Printing Uk Edition.- We ship from Canada and the USA. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.
Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1965
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First US edition/first printing copy in about Fine condition in alike dust-jacket showing the original price of $2.50; Kingsley Amis' tongue-in-cheek publication, written under the pseudonym of M's chief of staff Lt. -Col. William ("Bill") Tanner, is a manual for prospective agents on how to live like Agent 007. Sir Kingsley William Amis (1922 1995) was the first author James Bond commissioned after the death of Ian Fleming ; 8vo.
Published by Pan Books Ltd, 1965
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. TANNER, Lt.-Col. William ('Bill") [111] pp. Pan Books Ltd 1965 7" x 4.5".
Published by New York: Viking, 1965, 1965
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition
[Bondiana] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.111 [5]. Publisher's white glossy hardcovers, red endpapers. Illustrated throughout. With Raymond Hawkey-designed book-jacket priced at $2.50. Discreet initials to flyleaf, light soil to covers and jacket; near fine. An unusual piece of Bondiana. Bill Tanner is a fictional character in the James Bond novel series, who holds the position of MI6 Chief of Staff; Fleming reveals that he is James Bond's closest friend in the service, and he was a regular character in the later continuation series by John Gardner. In 1965, Kingsley Amis wrote 'The Book of Bond' as a tongue-in-cheek manual for prospective secret agents, illustrated with examples from Fleming's novels. For this work, Amis used the pseudonym "Lt. Colonel William ('Bill') Tanner" BMC No.1 p.4-13 'Fleming and Bond; Related Titles'. Ian Fleming The Bibliography pp.634, 644.
Published by Jonathan Cape, London., 1965
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. Small square octavo. 111 pages. Gold endpapers. Design and art direction by Raymond Hawkey. Photography by Ken Denyer. Full of invaluable advice for the prospective secret agent, e.g.: ''Owning a lot of books tends to go with serious criminal tendencies'' (I like that ''serious'').Covers lightly faded and a bit bowed. Very good in very good indeed reversible dustwrapper (The Bible Revised to be Read as Literature ''for work in the field'') which is slightly creased at edges.
Published by Viking, 1965
Seller: HOWLGLEN, Seven Valleys, PA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book itself near fine with only light shelving wear to boards and lightly toned page edges; square and completely unmarked. Dust jacket is neither faded nor price clipped ($2.50) with light shelving wear and light edge/surface toning/staining. 1st American ed., 1st printing.
Published by London: Jonathan Cape, 1965, 1965
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition
[James Bond] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Small octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.111; [1]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt endpapers. Illustrated throughout. With Raymond Hawkey-designed 'reversible' book-jacket for work in the field; the pictorial dust-wrapper can be rapidly disguised as a bible. Ink ownership to endpaper, small patch of soiling to foot of jacket at spine, price clipped. An unusual piece of Bondiana. Bill Tanner is a fictional character in the James Bond novel series, who holds the position of MI6 Chief of Staff; Fleming reveals that he is James Bond's closest friend in the service, and he was a regular character in the later continuation series by John Gardner. In 1965, Kingsley Amis wrote 'The Book of Bond' as a tongue-in-cheek manual for prospective secret agents, illustrated with examples from Fleming's novels. For this work, Amis used the pseudonym "Lt. Colonel William ('Bill') Tanner" BMC No.1 p.4-13 'Fleming and Bond; Related Titles'. Ian Fleming The Bibliography pp.634, 644.
Published by New York: Viking, 1965, 1965
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition
[Bondiana] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 14cm). Publisher's white glossy hardcovers, red endpapers. Illustrated throughout. With Raymond Hawkey-designed book-jacket priced at $2.50. A fine copy in clean, bright jacket. An unusual piece of Bondiana. Bill Tanner is a fictional character in the James Bond novel series, who holds the position of MI6 Chief of Staff; Fleming reveals that he is James Bond's closest friend in the service, and he was a regular character in the later continuation series by John Gardner. In 1965, Kingsley Amis wrote 'The Book of Bond' as a tongue-in-cheek manual for prospective secret agents, illustrated with examples from Fleming's novels. For this work, Amis used the pseudonym "Lt. Colonel William ('Bill') Tanner" BMC No.1 p.4-13 'Fleming and Bond; Related Titles'. Ian Fleming The Bibliography pp.634, 644.
Published by London: Jonathan Cape, 1965
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, octavo, pp 111. Brown cloth covered hard boards, in the original dust jacket designed by Raymond Hawkey, un-clipped (12s 6d net). The jacket was designed double-sided with the verso purporting to be a bible. This copy has had all lettering on the verso obscured with black marker pen; this apparently was done by South African censors to all copies entering that country, as they objected to the use of the bible theme on this book. Book and jacket both in Near Fine condition.
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1965
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Tanner, Lt-Col. William ('Bill'). [Kingsly Amis]. THE BOOK OF BOND OR EVERY MAN HIS OWN 007. With Reversible Bookjacket For Work in The Field. London: Jonathan Cape, London, 1965. First edition of this Bond spoof by Kingsley Amis. Sm 8vo., Publisher's black cloth, gold end-papers. Design and art direction Raymond Hawkey. Photography by Ken Denyer. A fine copy [neat gift presentation on the front pastedown], in a fine fresh reversible dustwrapper showing the original price of 12s 6d net on front flap & with ('' What THEY said of THE BIBLE") title on the verso. An excellent example.
Published by London: Jonathan Cape, 1965, 1965
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
[James Bond] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Small octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.111; [1]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt endpapers. Illustrated throughout. With Raymond Hawkey-designed 'reversible' book-jacket for work in the field; the pictorial dust-wrapper can be rapidly disguised as a bible. Price clipped, else a clean, fine copy. An unusual piece of Bondiana. Bill Tanner is a fictional character in the James Bond novel series, who holds the position of MI6 Chief of Staff; Fleming reveals that he is James Bond's closest friend in the service, and he was a regular character in the later continuation series by John Gardner. In 1965, Kingsley Amis wrote 'The Book of Bond' as a tongue-in-cheek manual for prospective secret agents, illustrated with examples from Fleming's novels. For this work, Amis used the pseudonym "Lt. Colonel William ('Bill') Tanner". From the collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Otto Penzler, purchased by ourselves at Swann Auctions in 2010, with a pencil note to that effect signed by his bookseller friend and colleague Jon Gilbert. BMC No.1 p.4-13 'Fleming and Bond; Related Titles'. Ian Fleming The Bibliography pp.634, 644.
Published by London: Jonathan Cape, 1965, 1965
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition
FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 14cm). Publisher's black cloth, gilt endpapers. Illustrated throughout. With Raymond Hawkey-designed 'reversible' book-jacket for work in the field; the pictorial dust-wrapper can be rapidly disguised as a bible. A fine copy in clean, bright jacket, with a couple of faint impressions to the rear panel. An unusual piece of Bondiana. Bill Tanner is a fictional character in the James Bond novel series, who hold the position of MI6 Chief of Staff; Fleming reveals that he is James Bond's closest friend in the service, and he was a regular character in the later continuation series by John Gardner. In 1965, Kingsley Amis wrote 'The Book of Bond' as a tongue-in-cheek manual for prospective secret agents, illustrated with examples from Fleming's novels. For this work, Amis used the pseudonym "Lt. Colonel William ('Bill') Tanner".
Published by Jonathan Cape, 1965
ISBN 10: 0670179248ISBN 13: 9780670179244
Seller: BooksByLisa, Highland Park, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Stored new never used sanitized then wrapped. Photos emailed upon request. Book.
Published by London: Jonathan Cape, 1965, 1965
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition
[James Bond] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Small octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.111; [1]. Attractively bound in half deep red oasis morocco, titled and ruled in gilt to the spine, raised bands, matching cloth sides, original gold endpapers bound in at the rear. A fine copy. An unusual piece of Bondiana. Bill Tanner is a fictional character in the James Bond novel series, who holds the position of MI6 Chief of Staff; Fleming reveals that he is James Bond's closest friend in the service, and he was a regular character in the later continuation series by John Gardner. In 1965, Kingsley Amis wrote 'The Book of Bond' as a tongue-in-cheek manual for prospective secret agents, illustrated with examples from Fleming's novels. For this work, Amis used the pseudonym "Lt. Colonel William ('Bill') Tanner". From the James Bond collection assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled ownership. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. BMC No.1 p.4-13 'Fleming and Bond; Related Titles'. Ian Fleming The Bibliography pp.634, 644.