A collection of James Bond-related guides, cultural histories, encyclopaedias, and sales or exhibition catalogues

[1973-2018]. Together 49 items, comprising 20 works and 29 sales or exhibition catalogues. In excellent and collectible condition. A substantial collection of Bondiana, representing a diverse range of works on the James Bond phenomenon, from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), including the sales catalogues he used in his collecting. The vast majority of the works are first editions, first impressions, including the following three titles signed or inscribed by their authors: Bond, The Beatles and My Year with Marilyn, by Charles "Jerry" Juroe (2018); De James Bond-Saga, by Raymond Rombout (2006); and Making it Big in the Movies: The Autobiography of Richard "Jaws" Kiel (2002). Other notable titles include Bond in Motion (2014), being a feature on James Bond vehicles issued to coincide with an exhibition, and For Your Eyes Only: Behind the Scenes of the James Bond Films (2002). The works are mostly in English, with a handful of Scandinavian exceptions, such as a Norwegian edition of Roger Moore's autobiography and James Bond: Mannen Som Erobret det Tyvende århundret ("James Bond: The Man who Conquered the Twentieth Century", 1999). A full list of titles is available on request. The sales catalogues are from organizations such as Sotheby's, Christie's, Bonhams, Profiles in History, Jonkers Rare Books, Lucius Books, and Peter Harrington. Schøyen's private collection of manuscripts, which span all cultures and all time periods, is one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. The Schøyen Collection Nos. 557, 560-65, 568-72, 574, 576, 578-82, 584, 588-90.