First Man, Complete Set -

Universal City, California: Universal Pictures, 2018. Five-volume Paperback Set in Thick Pictorial Board Slipcase. New in original shrinkwrap. Sent to members of the entertainment industry to promote the movie for awards consideration. 11.5 x 9.4 x 2 inches. Six pounds. Heavy item: Large extra charges for expedited or international shipping.
Contents: Book One : The Mission : Picture, Director, Adapted ScreenplayBook Two : The Players : ActingBook Three : The Vision : Cinematography, Film Editing, Visual EffectsBook Four : The Sound and Score : Sound Editing and Mixing, Original ScoreBook Five : The Craft : Production and Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling

Routledge, London, 1976. Reprint. Paperbacks. Near Fine Condition. After a lifetime spent in the teaching of a system of knowledge which he gave only to a small circle of pupils, George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff decided shortly before his death in October 1949 to publish the first of a series of his books which expresses his ideas in the form of a cosmological epic based upon the legend of 'Beelzebub' - whose banishment to our Solar System brings him into contact with mankind whose strange customs and problems he describes with deep compassion and at times with superb humour. This 'all-wise Beelzebub', with profound understanding of the weakness of humanity, points the way towards the regeneration of mankind through the development of the inner possibilities of man and presents a teaching of exceptional value for the world. All and Everything is of special significance now, when the world is helplessly struggling to control the intensification of technical achievement which threatens… Read More

Little Brown, 1948 Complete First Edition set published 1948-1981, in unclipped dust jackets, all stated First Editions (hence 1st Printings) save for Vol 6 which is a 3rd Printing (and probable book club), jackets are Fair (vol 1) to Near Fine (later volumes), volume 1 lacks spine and portions of the front panel, others show light chipping, small edge tears & occasional soiling, navy cloth boards of each volume are VG or better with name or small nameplate & date to endpapers of 1 & 2, gift inscription to 6, no other markings, offsetting to endpapers of 1, 3, 4 & 5, else clean tight very nice First Edition set, scarce as such (djs in mylar protectors); 8vo: (xxii) 484 + (xxx) 523 + (xxx) 545 + (xxx) 539 + (xxxii) 704 + (xxiv ) 551pp individually indexed & illus. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for shipment of this set (additional charge WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL for overseas shipment). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

The Macmillan Company, The Viking Press, and the New American Library, 1955-66. [Spy novels] ALL FIRST PRINTINGS. 14 volumes, octavos (overall dimensions 20 x 13 x 33cm). Publisher's hardbacks in illustrated dust-jackets. The American edition of Octopussy was the first to be illustrated. Ownership signatures to The Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only; endpapers of The Man with the Golden Gun with some rubs/scuffs; toning to spine of From Russia, With Love, some chips to spine ends of jackets (moreso to earlier titles). The Man with the Golden Gun is in the second issue jacket with darker grey lettering than the earlier issue. Gilbert notes that the American dust jackets, from Live and Let Die to Doctor No, are "often" or "invariably" clipped, with the printed price retained elsewhere on the jacket, as here. The Spy Who Loved Me is price-clipped. A very good set in similar dust jackets; generally bright and presenting very nicely. First US editions, first printings, of this complete set of… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1953-66. First editions of each volume in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Octavo, 14 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles to spines, raise bands, original cloth covers and spine preserved at rear of each novel. In fine condition. Accompanied by an original typed letter signed by Ian Fleming on Kemsley House letterhead and addressed to Antony Terry, M.C. of Kemsley Newspapers which reads, "21st July 1955 'My dear Terry,' I must thank you for the staunch way in which you are feeding me with Atticus paragraphs, which are all either on the nail or very close to it. They are quite excellent and no other correspondent is nearly so fruitful. Once again, when you are called upon for help, you have given it in fuller measure than was asked for and produced your usual high quality journalism. I must say, looking back on your years of service for Mercury, I can think of no correspondent with anything approaching your record, and I do hope you realise how much your… Read More