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Do the dust jackets of certain James Bond first editions look too good to be true. Quite possibly thanks to photo editing software.

Original print numbers bare no relationship to existing copies available today, so is it possible to judge how many books are still left?

An unexpected email about rebinding a first edition Live And Let Die prompted ethical as well as a technical questions.

The UK's largest rare book fair was a blast. But there was one very large observation: the fact Ian Fleming seems like it's being sold by a shrinking pool dealers (and high end ones at that):

Why do we sometimes 'regret' buying some of the books on our shelves (and how to avoid it).

I recently spoke to two of Ian Fleming's direct descendants - both of whom are making sure his legacy is maintained in very different ways.

Last week a full set of Fleming first editions were sold at auction - one book at a time. It gives collectors a rare opportunity to gauge what they should expect to have to pay this year:

In the week where it was revealed Ian Fleming fakes have flooded the market comes better news that three more genuine signed On Her Majesty's Secret Service books have surfaced:

Research suggests that the value and importance of books can be impacted by whoever used to own them - but are some former owners more important than others?

In part two of our look into ex-library editions of the Bond books, I argue that there's definitely a pecking order of ones people like to own.

Buying a Bond book that’s ex-library is considered to be a waste of money. I say not, and that it’s time collectors embraced the former library-life of James Bond first editions:

If you thought verifying an Ian Fleming signature was already difficult, try doing it when you think it's one you've seen before (but isn't) - and then the doubt really kicks in!

It's finally finished! My seven year journey to create a complete set of leather bound first edition James Bond books faithfully recreating the original artwork is over!

According to the deputy head of rare books at the Bodleian Library, it's fine to scribble in your first edition James Bond (even your 1st/1st of Casino Royale). But do you agree?

Six Sangorski & Sutcliffe first edition rebinds appeared on the second-hand market last week - joining the only two others I've ever seen. So can we now be confident a full set actually exists?

The 2005-produced 'luxury' James Bond books by Easton Press are rarities here in the UK. But I decided to find out what the fuss was about when I had the chance to buy one...

As we head into 2026, and a new collecting year, do you really know your verso from your recto, and your joints from your hinges?

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.