Books, James Bond Bird of the West Indies (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. In 1936, an ornithologist called James Bond released the definitive taxonomy of birds found in the Caribbean, titled 'Birds of the West Indies.' Ian Fleming, an active bird watcher living in Jamaica, subsequently appropriated the name for his novel's lead character. This co-opting of names was the first in a series of substitutions that would become central to the construction of the James Bond narrative. In a meticulous and comprehensive dissection of the Bond films, artist Taryn Simon inventoried women, weapons and vehicles, constant elements in the films between 1962 and 2012. The contents of these categories function as essential accessories to the narrative's myth of the seductive, powerful and invincible western male. Maintaining the illusion the narrative relies upon--an ageless Bond, state-of-the-art weaponry, herculean vehicles and desirable women--requires constant replacements, and a contract exists between Bond and the viewer, which binds the narrative to that set of expectations. Continually satisfying those obligations allowed Bond to become a ubiquitous brand, a signifier to be activated with each subsequent novel and film. In 'Birds of the West Indies,' Simon presents a visual database of interchangeable variables used in the production of fantasy, through which she examines the economic and emotional value generated by their repetition.Taryn Simon was born in New York in 1975. She is a graduate of Brown University and a Guggenheim Fellow. Her photographs and writing have been the subject of solo exhibitions at institutions including The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2012), Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2012); Tate Modern, London (2011); Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (2011); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2007) and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York (2003). In 2011 her work was included in the 54th Venice Biennale. Light rubbing on outer, clear acetate dust jacket; otherwise, very nice, clean, tight copy free of any marks.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. In 1936, an American ornithologist named James Bond published the definitive taxonomy Birds of the West Indies. Ian Fleming, an active bird-watcher living in Jamaica, appropriated the name for his novel's lead character. He found it "flat and colourless," a fitting choice for a character intended to be "anonymous. . . a blunt instrument in the hands of the government." In Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies, Taryn Simon (*1975) casts herself as James Bond (1900-1989) the ornithologist, and identifies, photographs, and classifies all the birds that appear within the twenty-four films of the James Bond franchise. The appearance of many of the birds was unplanned and virtually undetected, operating as background noise for whatever set they happened to fly into. Simon's ornithological discoveries occupy a liminal space-confined within the fiction of the James Bond universe and yet wholly separate from it. This taxonomy of 331 birds is a precise consideration of a new nature found in an alternate reality. Taryn Simon (*1975) casts herself as James Bond (1900-1989) the ornithologist, and identifies, photographs, and classifies all the birds that appear within the twenty-four films of the James Bond franchise. This taxonomy of 331 birds is a precise consideration of a new nature found in an alternate reality. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with DJ. Green cloth with green lettering on spine. Green bird on the front cover. Binding good and tight. White DJ with color illustrations of birds; a bit dusty from age, but overall still good. Original price of $6.00 on the inside flap. Title page dated 1961. Stated first edition. 256 pages. Color plates. This copy has Tom Lovejoy's name signed on the back of the front free endpaper. A nice association copy of a classic field guide, made a crossover collectible because of the connection between Bond the ornithologist and Bond the fictional secret agent. This volume comes from the collection of Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, who was a passionate book collector as well as a renowned biologist. His collection recently came to auction near Washington DC, as we were fortunate to purchase a portion of it, which we're proud to offer here. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it s an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book. Oversized and overweight books will require extra shipping for safe delivery.

Second (revised & enlarged) edition. 256pp; 9 colour plates by Don R Eckelberry and 186 line drawings by Earl Poole. Original red cloth with gilt decoration and lettering to spine. Endpaper maps. Neat ownership inscription (name and address only) to title page, otherwise Fine in a bright price-clipped dustwrapper which is very slightly chipped, mainly at top edge, and with an area of scuffing to the spine. [a guide to the species of birds that inhabit the Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles and Bahama Islands].

Condition: Very Good. Artist's Book in two vol. Simon's Birds of the West Indies is a two-part body of work, whose title is taken from the definitive taxonomy of the same name by the American ornithologist James Bond. Ian Fleming, an active bird watcher, appropriated the author's name for his novels' lead character. He found it 'flat and colourless,' a fitting choice for a character intended to be 'anonymous a blunt instrument in the hands of the government.' The first element of Simon's work is a photographic inventory of the women, weapons and vehicles of James Bond films made over the past fifty years. This visual database of interchangeable variables used in the production of fantasy examines the economic and emotional value generated by their repetition. In the second element of the work, Simon casts herself as the ornithologist James Bond, identifying, photographing, and classifying all the birds that appear within the 24 films of the James Bond franchise. Simon's discoveries often occupy a liminal space between reality and fiction; they are confined within the fictional space of the James Bond universe and yet wholly separate from it. 440+608 pp; 31,5x21x10 cm Hardcover in decorative slipcase. Two vol. First edition. Ex. 300. SIGNED and NUMBERED.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Birds of the West Indies Special Collection by Taryn Simon. Published by Hatje Cantz in 2013. Hardcover. In 1936, an ornithologist called James Bond released the definitive taxonomy of birds found in the Caribbean, titled Birds of the West Indies. Ian Fleming, an active bird watcher living in Jamaica, subsequently appropriated the name for his novel's lead character. He found it to be perfectly ordinary, brief, Anglo-Saxon and masculine. This co-opting of names was the first replacement in a series of substitutions that would become central to the construction of the Bond narr. Collectible item in very fine condition.

[Bondiana] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 20cm), pp.440. Illustrated with full-page captioned colour photographs throughout. Publisher's brown cloth in printed dust-jacket. A fine copy. From the comprehensive James Bond collection assembled by Jon Gilbert (with his pencilled ownership signature). His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. An artistic photo essay, which was followed by 'Field Guide to the Birds of the West Indies'. This first element of Simon's vast project is a photographic inventory of the women, weapons and vehicles of James Bond films made over the past fifty years. Rather aptly bound in homage to the original tome upon which this work took it's name, using a similar jacket design and typography to James Bond's bird-watching manual.

Hardcover in decorative slipcase , 2 volumes, 1076 pages, ENG, 310 x 210 x 100 mm, NEW !!, packed with fine illustrations in colour / b/w, truly a collector's item. ISBN 9783775741408. Simon's Birds of the West Indies is a two-part body of work, whose title is taken from the definitive taxonomy of the same name by the American ornithologist James Bond. Ian Fleming, an active bird watcher, appropriated the author's name for his novels' lead character. He found it "flat and colourless," a fitting choice for a character intended to be "anonymous? a blunt instrument in the hands of the government." The first element of Simon's work is a photographic inventory of the women, weapons and vehicles of James Bond films made over the past fifty years. This visual database of interchangeable variables used in the production of fantasy examines the economic and emotional value generated by their repetition. In the second element of the work, Simon casts herself as the ornithologist James Bond, identifying, photographing, and classifying all the birds that appear within the 24 films of the James Bond franchise. Simon's discoveries often occupy a liminal space between reality and fiction; they are confined within the fictional space of the James Bond universe and yet wholly separate from it. 5220 g.

First Edition. FIELD GUIDE TO BIRDS OF THE WEST INDIES, Macmillan, 1947, first edition, remants of small label and a stamped name to the upper right corner of the f.e.p., tape stains to the upper and lower margins of the verso of the half-title (which have become faint ghosts to the half-title page itself), else a vg+/near fine copy with dust-wrapper flaps laid in. Profusely illustrated. Bond was an ornithologist specializing in birds of the Caribbean and while living in Jamaica, met and befriended Ian Fleming, who like wise was an avid bird watcher. Fleming decided on Bond's name for the protagonist of his first book, "Casino Royale", and the rest is---you know---history!.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. JAMES BOND - FIELD GUIDE TO BIRDS OF THE WEST INDIES (although on the DJ the title is listed as "Field Guide Of Birds Of The West Indies"), published by Macmillan, copyright 1947, Stated First Printing (no reference to subsequent printings), map illustrated endpapers, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, $3.75 price on DJ front flap. IAN FLEMING HAD THIS BOOK ON HIS SHELF AT HIS VACATION HOME "GOLDENEYE" IN JAMAICA AND USED THE AUTHOR'S NAME AS THE NAME FOR HIS FICTIONAL SPY - YOU SEE JAMES BOND HOLDING THIS BOOK IN "DIE ANOTHER DAY" WHILE VISITING CUBA POSING AS AN ORNITHOLOGIST. Book has no creased page corners, slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges (no foxing), former ownership writing/highlighting throughout the book (original owner was clearly a serious bird watcher that took several trips to look for birds in the Carrebean) otherwise no used bookstore stamps/stickers inside, clean endpapers with no staining or scotch tape marks, no internal hinge splitting, no wear to board edges, corners or spine tips, no bumped board corners, no soiling/markings to boards, no wear to spine lettering. Dust Jacket has sliver loss at spine tips otherwise no chipping, tearing or creasing, wear to spine tips, slight wear to front flap crease (nick losses to flap crease corners), slight wear to left/right on spine, hint of edge wear, edges were reinforced by original owner (likely the owner had the book with him 'in the field' and thus reinforced all edges), no spine sun fading, no foxing to panels or spine, no soiling/staining to panels or spine, slight dust rubbing to the all-white rear panel (common defect with this DJ). Overall a VG- book in VG- condition dust jacket (not price clipped) of a Ian Fleming related 1st printing hardcover book. I have a number of other U.S. and U.K. Ian Fleming James Bond 1st printing hardcover appearances up for sale.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 257pp. color frontispiece. 211 Black and White line drawings throughout. Map endpapers. A hint of edgewear and toning, otherwise a fine, unmarked copy. Price-clipped pictorial jacket is bright with minor color loss along the extremities. in mylar sleeve."Birds of the West Indies" was a book owned by novelist Ian Fleming, who used the ornithologist's name for his own fictional British secret agent character, Commander James Bond. Fleming, a keen bird watcher while living at his estate in Jamaica, owned this book. He later explained that the author's name was 'brief, unromantic, Anglo-Saxon, and yet very masculine just what I needed'. The book has since become a collector's item amongst Bond fans". Though the book states First Edition, the orgiinal edition came out in 1936. Size: Octavo.

First Macmillan edition, first printing; the edition that gave the world the name "James Bond". Ian Fleming, seeing his copy of this book at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica, took the author's name for his literary creation. An exhaustive handbook of more than 400 species of birds found throughout the Caribbean, the work was first published under the title Birds of the West Indies in 1936. Fleming had sketched out his character and was looking to name it when he spied this retitled and revised Macmillan edition on his bookshelves and saw the potential of the author's name, James Bond. Fleming later told Mrs Bond, "it struck me that this name, brief, unromantic and yet very masculine was just what I needed and so James Bond II was born" (Letters, p. 280). Fleming contacted James Bond for permission to use his name, to which Bond replied, "fine with it" (Buckland, p. 19), unaware that his name would thereby become synonymous across the world with one of the defining characters of 20th-century literature and of British popular culture. By way of recompense, Fleming offered Bond the opportunity to christen "some particularly horrible species of bird. Ian Fleming" (Letters, p. 280). Fleming and James Bond met only once, when the ornithologist and his wife attended lunch at Goldeneye in 1963. Fleming recorded that the Bonds were "a charming couple who are amused by the whole joke" (Pearson, p. 364). On the occasion, Fleming presented Bond with a copy of You Only Live Twice with the inscription, "To The real James Bond from the thief of his identity, Ian Fleming". In homage to Bond, in the 2002 film Die Another Day, Pierce Brosnan picks up a copy of the book in a Havana hotel, and takes cover as an ornithologist "just here for the birds". Damien Buckland, Collection Editions: James Bond, 2016; Fergus Fleming, ed., The Man with the Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters, 2015; John Pearson, The Life of Ian Fleming, 1966. Octavo. Original brown cloth, spine and front cover lettered in black, map endpapers printed in brown. With dust jacket. Colour frontispiece by F. L. Jacques, half-tone photographic plate, and line drawings throughout the text by Alexander Seidel. Spine ends a little rumpled, contents mildly toned but clean; price-clipped jacket slightly rubbed with trivial tears to fold ends, rear panel and flap lightly toned, else bright: a near-fine copy in very good jacket.

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1936. 8vo (19.0 x 13.0 cm). xxv, 456 pp.; full colour frontispiece, numerous fine engravings. Original grey buckram with gilt title on the front board and spine. Map on front endpapers. = The sought-after first edition, first printing of this well-illustrated and influential book on Caribbean birds. Ian Fleming named his world-famous fictional spy after its author, the ornithologist James Bond (1900-1989), after purchasing this work while staying in Jamaica. This is a must for James Bond aficionados. Ian Fleming, an accomplished birder himself, explained the use of Bond's name to Bond's wife as follows: "It struck me that this brief, unromantic, Anglo-Saxon and yet very masculine name was just what I needed, and so a second James Bond was born." The ornithologist was born in Philadelphia, worked there as a curator of the bird department of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and often visited the West Indies, including Jamaica, where the two men met. The "real" James Bond never complained about Fleming using his name. Provenance: the H.S.P.A. Experiment Station Library, with a label on the spine, their library stamp on the front pastedown, and a small blind-stamp on the title and one text leaf; small, weak damp-stain in top gutter; skilful repair to two text leaf margins; otherwise an excellent, clean copy, with the boards clean and fresh, and the gilt lettering strong.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First American Edition. 456pp. color frontispiece. Map endpapers. Prev.owner ink inscription on the dedication page. The spine has been rebound in brown fabric with gilt lettering and ruling. Grayish blue boards are faded as well as the gilt lettering on the front panel. The corners of the panels are worn. The frontispiece has foxing, as well as significant foxing on a couple of index pages. Overall a serviceable copy of this extremely rare first edition. "Birds of the West Indies was a book owned by novelist Ian Fleming, who used the ornithologist's name for his own fictional British secret agent character, Commander James Bond. Fleming, a keen bird watcher while living at his estate in Jamaica, owned this book. He later explained that the author's name was 'brief, unromantic, Anglo-Saxon, and yet very masculine just what I needed'. The book has since become a collector's item amongst Bond fans" Size: Octavo.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Scarce. When looking for the name for the character who would go on to become the most iconic spy protagonist of all time, author Ian Fleming turned to his bookshelf. An avid birdwatcher, he owned a copy of Birds of the West Indies, and chose its author's name, James Bond, for its inconspicuous nature. This is the first edition and first printing of that book. Gray cloth over boards with gilt-stamped particulars to spine and front board. Illustrated endpapers with map of the West Indies. Gift inscription from noted herpetologist Thomas Barbour to fly, dated Jan. 14, 1936. Full-color frontispiece of Cuban Tody bird. Several stains to boards (see image). Absent dustjacket. 5.25 x 7.5 inches.

A pair of books, comprising: James Bond - A Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies - Macmillan 1947. SIGNED BY JAMES BOND directly on title page without dedication. A very good book in original full brown cloth, map endpapers, 257 pages, illustrated. In very good dust wrapper with wear, chipping, and short closed tear to the front panel. Mary Wickham Bond - How 007 Got His Names - A near fine book SIGNED and inscribed on the front endpaper by Bond, 'To Essie/from her long-lost/"Squidge'/alias/Mary Wickham Bond/July 26 1966/The Stafford/London. In near fine unclipped wrapper, a trifle rubbed to corners Bond was an American ornithologist, specialising in birds of the Caribbean and while living in Jamaica, met and befriended Ian Fleming, who was also an avid bird watcher. Fleming liked and decided James Bond was the name he had been searching for and used Bond's name for the protagonist of his first novel Casino Royale and the subsequent secret service series featuring James Bond.