Seller: Trinders' Fine Tools, Clare, Sudbury, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. 224 pages, well illustrated in black and white and colour. Over 250 rare photographs from the Bond archive.
Publication Date: 1996
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
(Japan: Privately Published 1996). First Edition. Not offered for sale to the public. This was published in 1996 to coincide with a major exhibition in Japan of props, concepts, storyboards, blueprint sketches and plans featured in the James Bond movies from Dr. No through to Goldeneye. Jam-packed with rarely seen items from the Eon James Bond archives including the blueprint of the Disco Volante from Thunderball which I have never seen before. It also has a tribute to Ian Fleming. The text is in Japanese but the photographs "speak for themselves". Quite simply the best book on the 'props' market ever produced and uncommon as it was never offered for sale to the public. NB: Not to be confused with the James Bond archives by Taschen. Photographs/scans available upon request.