Think by Adam Diment (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very good first edition, without dust jacket, but otherwise showing little sign of wear. No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket designed by Graham Rogers, in very good condition. Light shelf wear to the jacket, and a crease down the length of the spine. Otherwise, as unread. LW. Used.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A smart first edition of this thrilling spy novel from British writer Frederick Adam Diment. First edition. The fourth of four spy novels from the author, his only published works. After being sacked, the one time reluctant spy Philip McAlpine finds himself out in the cold. Faking his death, he is resurrected as Filipe Gonzales Luise Xavier de Mendoza by Think Inc., a highly specialised criminal organisation. Written by Frederick Adam Diment, a spy novelist who published four novels between 1967 and 1971. All four are about the adventures of Philip McAlpine, an industrial spy. Diment disappeared from public view after his last novel, adding to his cult figure status among fans of 1960s spy novels. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with minor wear to the extremities and light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. None (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Bright first editions of these three exciting thriller novels by three popular writers, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. The first editions of these three works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dust wrappers.Three suspenseful thriller novels by three different authors.Five Nights in Singapore (1961) or Ghost Blonde, is a scarce thriller by the suspense novelist Mark Derby, otherwise known as Harry Wilcox. In this novel, Nicko Strang is sent to Singapore, where he uncovers a murder. The Unquiet Sleep (1962) is the fourth suspense novel featuring Colonel Charles Russell, by Richard Henry Michael Clayton (1907-1993) under the pseudonym William Haggard. Russell is the head of the Security Executive, a government counterintelligence agency based on MI5. In this novel Russell investigates the sinister world of commercial narcotics. This book is now uncommon to see.Think, Inc. (1971) is the last book in the Philip McAlpine series by Adam Diment, and is now uncommon to see. In this thrilling novel, the reluctant spy McAlpine becomes mixed up in a variety of incidents, including the skyjacking of a Boeing 707. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, cloth is bright and smart to all volumes. Spine is cocked to Five Nights. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dust wrapper to Five Nights is bright but chipped, with a loss to the tail of the spine of the wrap, and a little shelf wear to the spine and rear of the wrap. Dust wrapper is generally smart to Unquiet Sleep, with some shelf wear, more so to the head and tail of the spine of the wrap. Dust wrapper to Think, Inc. is very bright and smart, with just a couple of faint marks to the rear of the wrap. Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

First Edition. [Spy novel series] FIRST EDITION, all first impressions. Octavos (21 x 15 x 10cm). Bound in publisher's hardcover cloth in illustrated dust-jackets, the first two being Richard Chopping-esque in style, the third is drawn by Bill Botten who designed James Bond jackets in the 80s. Contents clean, no ink names, jackets are bright with no chips or tears, none are clipped. Becoming scarce. An excellent set of these risqué James Bond-style spoofs featuring Adam Diment's highly-sexed, pot-smoking British agent Philip McAlpine (an obvious predecessor of Austin Powers). Diment disappeared from public view after his last novel, adding to his cult figure status among fans of 1960s spy novels. From the comprehensive archive of Bond material assembled by Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled ownership. …

Condition: Good. 1st edition, 1st printing. Boards are clean. Content has even toning. Good DJ is toned. Solid binding.