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This festive season I look at James Bond first editions with evidence of the 'ghostings' of Chrismas's past...

Barye Phillips, illustrator of Signet's paperback James Bond books doesn't always get the credit he deserves. Last week two of his original cover art illustrations went under the hammer.

The rarest James Bond hardbacks are actually some of the very early reprints. See my latest additions of some of the rarest Jonathan Cape books you can find.

After none coming up for years, two signed On Her Majesty's Secret Service books arrived at auction on consecutive days. What could possibly go wrong?

We exclusively talk to Toby MacFarlan Pond - the photographer behind the iconic 2002 'Anniversary' set of James Bond books.

It's the set of Bond books that has become largely forgotten about. But not for much longer! Here's part one of our look into this very daring set of Ian Fleming books, culminating next week with a chat to the man who took the images himself: Toby MacFarlan Pond.

The last few Oxford Book Fairs have been lacklustre when it came to seeing Bond books. But last week's autumn fair showed that Bond was very much 'back'!

Are prices for James Bond first edition books struggling amidst an uncertain economy, and with a new film to maintain interest in Bond still at least several years away? We take a look...

My project to do a full set of leather rebinds of the James Bond novels reaches its 11th book - On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

The Man With The Golden Gun was the Ian Fleming book that was substantially 'unfinished' (but published anyway in 1965). Does the uncorrected proof show a similarly incomplete and error-strewn book? Find out here:

The latest Ian Fleming hardback books include some minor sensitivity reader changes - but these books are nothing compared to the original 'censored' books - the 1970s Bulls-eye children's paperbacks...

As the Folio Society set of James Bond books comes to completion in October, I take a look at the 'original' later hardback set - the mysterious FELs:

Amongst the early James Bond Jonathan Cape reprints, there are particular impressions that are conspicuously rarer than others - and by some considerable margin:

Being a book dealer means dealing with dead-ends and disappointment - especially for one book in particular!

After a years-long search, I finally found a 'final impression' of Dr No - one of the most elusive of these elusive last print books.

Last week's blog detailing my progress trying to find as many of the signed and numbered OHMSS limited edition books - this week I turn my attention to the harder to identify 'presentation' copies:

We know 250 limited edition signed copies of On Her Majesty's Secret Service were bound. But some say the bigger question is how many of these actually survive today?

The Spy Who Loved Me was Ian Fleming's most controversial book. So how does the uncorrected proof compare to the finished book? I try to find out...

Not every Ian Fleming book can have an inscription written by the author himself. Most have far more mundane messages written inside them. But that's what makes them interesting..!

It's finally out! Queen Anne Press's 70th Anniversary edition of Casino Royale (limited to 150 numbered copies). Read on for your EXCLUSIVE first look and details of how to order your own.