Celebrate New Year's Eve Like James Bond

NEW YEAR’S EVE GALA 2007-2008 in DC
JAMES BOND 007 – LICENCE TO THRILL

New Year’s Around The World Gala – the Ultimate NYE Party!
Monday, Dec 31, 2007 at the SHERATON NATIONAL
VIP / Presidential Seating 7:00PM, Regular Admission 9:00PM
Hosted by Euronet International

“Licenced To Thrill For Your Eyes Only”

Welcome to the ultimate 2007-2008 New Year’s Eve Gala in Washington DC. This exhilarating New Year’s evening of extravagance, suspense and festivity in DC is ‘Licenced to Thrill’ all James Bond fans. For Your Eyes Only, stimulate your senses with a profusion of fragrant cuisine, intoxicating libations and exotic entertainment in visually stunning Bond locations from Around The World. International Secret Agents and Spies get an all time high partying at this thunderball in the following James Bond Destinations!

• IRELAND – A Bagpiper Welcome from Dublin
• MADAGASCAR – Never Say Never Again in Casino Royale
• RIO DE JANEIRO – Rendezvous with Manuela at Rio Samba Carnival
• ICELAND – Die Another Day with Jinx
• LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN – Nobody Does It Better in Dr. No’s Lair
• ENGLAND – MI6 London Debriefing: The World Is Not Enough
• INDIA – Octopussy’s All Time High in Bollywood
• RUSSIA – The Spy Who Loved Me in Moscow
• USA – Thunderball Live Feed to 2008 New Year’s Eve Countdown in Times Square, New York

GALA FEATURES:

Thrilling Entertainment

• Golden Girls and Samba Dancers
• Strolling Magician, Juggler, Contortionist and more
• Spy Hand Writing Analyst, Caricaturists Drawings
• Mock Casino Gambling with Prizes
• Ice Bar with Martinis – Shaken Not Stirred
• Special Theme Cocktails in Each Party Area
• Open Premium Bars
• Free Flowing Champagne All Night
• Fragrant Internationally Themed Buffet Stations
• Delectable Dessert Stations and Chocolate Fountains
• Midnight Champagne Toast
• Party Hats, Tiaras, Noisemaker Favors
• Hotel Rooms Only $99
• FREE Self Parking
• Best Service In-Town, No Long Lines
• 3 Distinct Tickets Levels (Regular, VIP and Presidential)

Music From Around The World

• 18-Piece Big Band Orchestra – Highlighting Eight Decades of Ballroom and Popular Hits
  Washington DC’s Top DJs
• DJ Art – 70’s, 80’s, 90’s & Rock ‘n Roll
• DJ Moh – Bollywood, Bhangra, Middle Eastern, Hip Hop
• DJ Hazzard – Salsa, Merengue, Soca, Calypso, Reggae & Reggaeton
• DJ Danchik & DJ Chris Burns – Russian Hits, Euro Dance Music & House

NO DATE NEEDED:

Gala attracts singles, couples and groups of friends alike!

VENUE:

Sheraton National
900 S. Orme Street
Arlington, VA 22204

Parking: COMPLIMENTARY SELF PARKING

TICKETS AND DETAILS:

http://www.euronetinternational.com/NewYearsEveDC/

DEBONAIR GENTELMEN, YOU are James Bond for this night – Walk into the room, suave and smooth, fast and cool! Come as your favorite Bond character. Sip on a martini shaken not stirred poured from our martini ice luge in the Ice Bar. Find your Midas touch in Casino Royale. Set your sights on a glamorous lady and make a move on her heart with your exclusive license to thrill charm!

FABULOUS LADIES, put on your divine diamonds and your glamorous gown to become a Beautiful Bond Beauty for the night. Come as your favorite Bond Character and with Bond in your presence, tease and tantalize him with your charisma. Set your gold and honey trap and dance into the fire to be that woman who will make 007 never say never again!

Inhale savory aromas wafting from international buffet stations tempting your taste buds to sample each colorful dish. Open Bars with premium liquors, free flowing champagne, martinis poured from ice martini luges, or tropical concoctions liven up your spirits and gets your toes tapping to famous hits from our Orchestra and DJ’s. You’ll be delighted by our court jester, astounded by the tricks of our strolling magician, and awed by our contortionist. Enjoy mesmerizing performances in each locale and feel like a superstar when our roving photographer takes your photo. Stop by Casino Royale and chitchat about 007 trivia with other players or get a masterpiece of your fabulous self by our caricaturists. As midnight approaches, get your party favors and champagne and gather in designated party destinations for the Times Square to Countdown to Midnight with other revelers to welcome in 2007.

So, whether you’re the MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN or a dazzling lady with GOLDEN EYES, we have something for you!

TICKETS AND DETAILS:

http://www.euronetinternational.com/NewYearsEveDC/

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Four James Bond Film Screenings Throughout March '08

Four James Bond films, featuring Sean Connery, George Lazenby and Roger Moore, are set to be shown at the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania this upcoming March.

007 fans can experience Dr. No, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Live And Let Die and The Man With The Golden Gun on 2nd, 9th, 16th an 30th of March, respectively. Full details follow:

Dr. No
Sunday, 2 March 2008, 2:00pm

This is it. The first James Bond film, and the one that set the world on the course to Bondmania, and led to the most profitable movie series of all time. In his first appearance as the famed super-spy, Sean Connery displayed the charisma and humor that were to make him everyone’s favorite Bond. This first film, though lacking a few of the later well-known conventions, such as the distinctive title sequence, is still filled with thrills and soon to become well-known characters (“M”, Miss Moneypenny, etc.) In this first outing, Bond investigates strange happenings in Jamaica and soon comes face-to-face with the evil genius, Dr. No (Joseph Wiseman). And, of course, there is Ursula Andress, rising from the sea in a white bikini to become the first Bond Girl.

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On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Sunday, 9 March 2008, 2:00pm

Although this film was the first that didn’t star Sean Connery, it is still regarded by many fans of the series as being one of the best, largely because of the amazing action sequences and the tightly spun plot. However, George Lazenby, an Australian model, did not catch on, and this was his only role as our super-spy. Telly Savalas plays Bond’s old nemesis, Blofield, and, in a surprise turn of plot, Diana Rigg briefly becomes Mrs. James Bond (!) So, sit back, enjoy the terrifically paced action, and realize that, even without Sean Connery, a James Bond film can still blow you away.

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Live And Let Die
Sunday, 16 March 2008, 2:00pm

In this, Roger Moore’s first tour of duty as James Bond, he is up against the dark powers of voodoo, as summoned by Yaphet Kotto as the evil Dr. Kananga, a master criminal (of course), who seeks to subvert the American economy through his drugs. Jane Seymour is on hand as a curvaceous tarot-card reader, and the film’s many cliff-hanging escapes have led reviewers to compare this outing to a Saturday-matinee serial. Watch, for example, the thrilling speedboat leap (which actually set a new world record!) And, of course, there are the escapes from snakes, sharks, and some particularly nasty crocodiles. Go get ’em, Roger!

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The Man With The Golden Gun
Sunday, 30 March 2008, 12:00pm

In his second film as Bond, Roger Moore faces one of the series’ most entertaining villains, Christopher Lee as the evil Scaramanga, a man with not only a golden gun, but also a third nipple (don’t ask), and a midget henchman named Nick Nack (wittily played by Fantasy Island’s Herve Villechaize). Britt Eckland is also on hand as one of the Bond Girls (Maud Adams is another) and she has a fine time as Bond’s sexy/clueless assistant. For what it’s worth, the plot is about an international hitman (Lee) who has stolen a solar energy capsule. But why worry about the plot?; just sit back and enjoy the action and the Bondisms.

Tickets cost $7.00 for regular admission, $6.00 to seniors and students with ID and $4.00 to members and children under 13.

The Colonial Theatre is located at 227 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, PA 19460. For further information, phone 610-917-0223 or visit the official website.

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Pierce Brosnan's 'GoldenEye' Suit Fetches 19,200 Pounds

As reported by CommanderBond.net at the beginning of this month, a varied selection of memorabilia from the James Bond films was going up for sale at a Chrisitie’s auction on 19 December.

By far, the most notable Bond-related item was the three-piece wool suit made for Pierce Brosnan’s debut 007 film, 1995’s GoldenEye. While estimates had pegged it’s selling price at roughly £1,500 – £2,000, the suit wound up going for a whopping £19,200 (roughly $38,000).

The other lots (#84 – #101 in total) consisted of varied production and publicity material for many of the 007 films, including: unpublished contact sheets from Dr. No, contact sheets and press releases for From Russia With Love, typescript pages from various Thunderball shooting scripts, prop casino chips from the 1967 version of Casino Royale, GoldenEye production drawings and much more…

While a few of the 007 lots remained unsold, here are the auction results on some of the notable items:

Lot 0085 – Dr. No, 1962

A complete black and white contact sheet of 12 shots, majority unpublished, taken during the production of the 1962 United Artists/Eon Productions’ film Dr. No, seven featuring Ursula Andress posing for publicity shots, three featuring Andress and others filming, one featuring Andress and Connery and one featuring Cubby Broccoli — 10x8in. (25.4 x 20.3cm.)

Estimate: 300 – 500 British pounds (SOLD FOR £456)

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Lot 0089 – From Russia With Love, 1963

The following two lots are from the collection of Anna Korda, dialogue coach responsible for instructing Daniela Bianchi in From Russia With Love; and Claudine Auger in Thunderball. In both instances Korda taught the actresses Phonetics in English, and worked as interpreter between both actresses and director Terence Young.

261 black and white contact prints on 23 sheets, the shots taken during the production of the 1963 United Artists/Eon film From Russia With Love, showing the shooting of a number of key scenes in the film taken on location in Istanbul, London and Scotland, several unpublished shots of Sean Connery and Daniela Bianchi relaxing between takes, reading the script and talking to the director Terence Young; Daniela playing cricket with two small boys; and working on set with Lotte Lenya and the vendor, each sheet — 10x8in. (25.4×20.3cm); three pages of dialogue for scene 37, Revised June 12th, 1963 Int. Caravanserai Room. Tatiana And Klebb, 3pp. of mimeographed typescript, used by Korda whilst working with Daniela Bianchi and Lotte Lenya in the key scene where Colonel Klebb informs Corporal Tatiana Romonova of her …most important assignment..; three corresponding contact prints and a corresponding still; two additional stills; four sheets of Eon Productions From Russia With Love illustrated promotional stationery and three corresponding envelopes (a lot)

Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 British pounds (SOLD FOR £1,440)

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Lot 0090 – Thunderball, 1965

180 unbound mimeographed typescript pages from various Thunderball shooting scripts, used by Anna Korda whilst working as dialogue coach to Claudine Auger [Domino Vitali] on the 1965 United Artists/Eon film Thunderball, approx. 60 pages annotated by Korda, several inscribed in her hand with various dialogue amendments, some extensive, various script revision dates include: 19th January 1965; 19th February 1965; 3rd, 4th, 10th, 15th and 16th March 1965; a “Thunderball” Unit List, 28th January, 1965, 7pp. of mimeographed typescript; a Call Sheet; 15 black and white and 5 colour snap-shots taken in Nassau during the production of Thunderball, various shots include Anna Korda with Sean Connery, Claudine Auger and Terence Young, majority — 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (9x9cm.), each glued to both side of two sheets of paper; a black and white portrait still of Sean Connery signed and inscribed in green felt pen To my lovely Anna, Aye Aye Sean — 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (24x17cm.); and related material (a lot)

Estimate: 600 – 800 British pounds (SOLD FOR £720)

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Lot 0095 – James Bond/GoldenEye, 1995

Syd Cain
GoldenEye
Seven production drawings, each watercolour, graphite, pen and ink — three collages, each a scene of the Russian satellite in space, each signed by artist, each — 11 1/2 x 16 1/2in. (29.3x42cm.) (7)

Estimate: 600 – 800 British pounds (SOLD FOR £720)

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Lot 0099 – Pierce Brosnan GoldenEye, 1995

A three-piece wool suit in Prince of Wales check, the single-breasted jacket with Brioni signature silk lining, labelled inside Brioni, Roma, the trousers with turn-ups and the matching waistcoat similarly with Brioni signature silk back panel — made for Pierce Brosnan as James Bond in the 1995 United Artists/Eon film GoldenEye; accompanied by a colour reproduction of a corresponding still and a letter from the vendor concerning the provenance (3) (3)

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 British pounds (SOLD FOR £19,200)

To view the entire list of Bond lots that went up for sale or for further information on the Chrsitie’s sale, visit the official website.

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ITV Bonds With 007 For The Holiday Season

Moonraker

Several James Bond films are scheduled to be aired on ITV during the upcoming holiday season.

007 fans will get three doses of Roger Moore’s Bond with Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy scheduled to air on the 26th, 27th and 28th of December, respectively.

Additionally, the 1967 spoof edition of Casino Royale, starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Woody Allen and many others is scheduled for the 30th. Pierce Brosnan then follows with his four Bond films in early January 2008.

The complete schedule follows:

007 on ITV1

• Wednesday, 26 December: Moonraker (begins at 3:00pm)
• Thursday, 27 December: For Your Eyes Only (begins at 2:05pm)
• Friday, 28 December: Octopussy (begins at 2:30pm)
• Sunday, 30 December: Casino Royale (1967) (begins at 12:10pm)

007 on ITV2

• Tuesday, 1 January: GoldenEye (begins at 9:10pm)
• Tuesday, 1 January: Tomorrow Never Dies (begins at 11:40pm)
• Thursday, 3 January: The World Is Not Enough (begins at 9:00pm)
• Friday, 4 January: Die Another Day (begins at 9:00pm)

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Joyeux Anniversaire, Club James Bond France

French Club James Bond celebrates its 10th anniversary with an event in Paris tonight, December 16th. Apart from more than one hundred members, Club President Luc Le Clech will welcome a number of honorary gusts, such as the club’s godmother, The Living Daylights‘s Kara Milovy, Maryam D’Abo, Caterina Murino and Richard Sammel from Casino Royale (Solange and Gettler), Blanche Ravalec, Jaws’ girlfriend Dolly from Moonraker and French Bond stunt veteran Rémy Julienne. Also present will be a number of presidents of European Bond fanclubs from the UK, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Germany.

Visit the official website at www.clubjamesbondfrance.com for further information on Club James Bond France.

CommanderBond.net would like to wish the Club James Band France a very Happy Birthday and a great party tonight. Here’s to the next ten years.

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James Bond Memorabilia To Hit The Auction Block

007 Magazine OnLine points out that a unique selection of James Bond memorabilia will be going up for auction at Christie’s, Kensington, South London on Wednesday, 19 December 2007.

The lots (#84 – #101) consist of varied production and publicity material for many of the 007 films, including: unpublished contact sheets from Dr. No, contact sheets and press releases for From Russia With Love, typescript pages from various Thunderball shooting scripts, prop casino chips from the 1967 version of Casino Royale, GoldenEye production drawings and much more…

Further details on selected lots:

Lot 0084 – Dr. No, 1962

A complete black and white contact sheet of 12 shots, majority unpublished, taken during the production of the 1962 United Artists/Eon Productions’ film Dr. No, seven featuring Ursula Andress posing for publicity shots, three featuring Andress and others filming, one featuring Andress and Connery and one featuring Cubby Broccoli — 10x8in. (25.4×20.3cm.)

Estimate: 300 – 500 British pounds

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Lot 0089 – From Russia With Love, 1963

The following two lots are from the collection of Anna Korda, dialogue coach responsible for instructing Daniela Bianchi in From Russia With Love; and Claudine Auger in Thunderball. In both instances Korda taught the actresses Phonetics in English, and worked as interpreter between both actresses and director Terence Young.

261 black and white contact prints on 23 sheets, the shots taken during the production of the 1963 United Artists/Eon film From Russia With Love, showing the shooting of a number of key scenes in the film taken on location in Istanbul, London and Scotland, several unpublished shots of Sean Connery and Daniela Bianchi relaxing between takes, reading the script and talking to the director Terence Young; Daniela playing cricket with two small boys; and working on set with Lotte Lenya and the vendor, each sheet — 10x8in. (25.4×20.3cm); three pages of dialogue for scene 37, Revised June 12th, 1963 Int. Caravanserai Room. Tatiana And Klebb, 3pp. of mimeographed typescript, used by Korda whilst working with Daniela Bianchi and Lotte Lenya in the key scene where Colonel Klebb informs Corporal Tatiana Romonova of her …most important assignment..; three corresponding contact prints and a corresponding still; two additional stills; four sheets of Eon Productions From Russia With Love illustrated promotional stationery and three corresponding envelopes (a lot)

Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 British pounds

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Lot 0090 – Thunderball, 1965

180 unbound mimeographed typescript pages from various Thunderball shooting scripts, used by Anna Korda whilst working as dialogue coach to Claudine Auger [Domino Vitali] on the 1965 United Artists/Eon film Thunderball, approx. 60 pages annotated by Korda, several inscribed in her hand with various dialogue amendments, some extensive, various script revision dates include: 19th January 1965; 19th February 1965; 3rd, 4th, 10th, 15th and 16th March 1965; a “Thunderball” Unit List, 28th January, 1965, 7pp. of mimeographed typescript; a Call Sheet; 15 black and white and 5 colour snap-shots taken in Nassau during the production of Thunderball, various shots include Anna Korda with Sean Connery, Claudine Auger and Terence Young, majority — 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (9x9cm.), each glued to both side of two sheets of paper; a black and white portrait still of Sean Connery signed and inscribed in green felt pen To my lovely Anna, Aye Aye Sean — 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (24x17cm.); and related material (a lot)

Estimate: 600 – 800 British pounds

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Lot 0095 – James Bond/GoldenEye, 1995

Syd Cain
GoldenEye
Seven production drawings, each watercolour, graphite, pen and ink — three collages, each a scene of the Russian satellite in space, each signed by artist, each — 11 1/2 x 16 1/2in. (29.3x42cm.) (7)

Estimate: 600 – 800 British pounds

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Lot 0099 – Pierce Brosnan GoldenEye, 1995

A three-piece wool suit in Prince of Wales check, the single-breasted jacket with Brioni signature silk lining, labelled inside Brioni, Roma, the trousers with turn-ups and the matching waistcoat similarly with Brioni signature silk back panel — made for Pierce Brosnan as James Bond in the 1995 United Artists/Eon film GoldenEye; accompanied by a colour reproduction of a corresponding still and a letter from the vendor concerning the provenance (3) (3)

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 British pounds

To view the entire list of James Bond 007 lots up for sale or for further information on the Chrsitie’s FILM & ENTERTAINMENT MEMORABILIA sale, visit the official website.

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First Edition 007 Novels Going Up For Auction In London

A massive collection of first edition James Bond 007 novels by Ian Fleming, John Gardner and Raymond Benson, many of the books signed and/or inscribed by the author, will be going up for auction this upcoming Thursday.

The Bond novels are being sold by Bloomsbury Auctions and a little bit of everything is featured; whether it’s an ultra rare first edition/first impression of Fleming’s Casino Royale or some of the later continution novels, such as Gardner’s COLD and Benson’s The World Is Not Enough.

The lot numbers, collected under the appropriate title of ‘The Property of a Lady’, run from #42 to 80. Some of the select lots include:

Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming’s Thunderball

42. Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale, first edition, first impression , full-page inscription from the author on front free endpaper, original boards, slightly cocked, first state dust-jacket without Times review, slightly chipped at head of spine, otherwise an unusually good example, 8vo, 1953.

£18000 – £22000

The inscription reads “To / the power behind / the publishers’ throne! / from / the author / May 1953”, presumably referring to somebody related to the publishers Jonathan Cape.

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43. Fleming (Ian) Live and Let Die, first edition, full-page inscription from the author on front free endpaper, original boards, first state dust-jacket, slightly rubbed at joints, rubbed at corners with minor fraying to spine ends, 2 small closed tears, otherwise a very good example, 8vo, 1954.

£8000 – £12000

Inscription reads “To / Donald Crowther / Who helped with the coin!” / from / the author / 1954″. Donald Crowther seemingly worked at Spink at this time, before becoming Head of Coins at Sotheby’s, and must have advised Fleming on the 17th century gold coins being sold by “Mr Big” in the plot of Live and Let Die.

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44. Fleming (Ian) Moonraker, first edition , issue with ‘shoot’, near full-page signed presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper , 1955, original boards, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed at corners, spine slightly dulled, otherwise a very good example, 8vo, 1955.

£5000 – £7000

The inscription reads: “To E.B. Strauss / This ‘Tagebuch eines / halbwüchsigen Spiones’! / Ian Fleming / 1955.” [Journal of an adolescent Spy].

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48. Fleming (Ian) Goldfinger, first edition , full-page signed presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, slightly browned at spine, light marking visible on lower panel, rubbed at corners and spine ends wit small hole on upper fore-edge, 8vo, 1959.

£3000 – £4000

This inscription is to a Donald, possibly Donald Crowther again, who might have advised on the gold coins that feature on Richard Chopping’s design.

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50. Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, first edition , near full-page inscription from the author on front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed at tips of corners, but overall an unusually fine copy , 8vo, 1961.

£3500 – £4500

The inscription reads “To / Jack. / By appointment, / M.O. to the SIS! / Ian” – possibly to Jack Whittingham, who worked on a treatment of Thunderball with Fleming for a film version; the idea was scrapped and the treatment converted into the novel instead. ‘SIS’ is the Secret Intelligence Service, aka MI6.

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52. Fleming (Ian) On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, first edition, number 125 of 250 copies signed by the author , colour portrait of Fleming by Amherst Villiers, bookplate of Colonel H.C.C.Newnham on front pastedown, original vellum-backed buckram, t.e.g., in original plastic jacket, a fine copy, 8vo, 1963.

£3000 – £4000

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54. Fleming (Ian) You Only Live Twice, first edition , signed presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper, said endpaper backed with card, minor spotting to extreme edges of some ff., original boards, dust-jacket, in excellent condition , 8vo, 1964.

£1500 – £2000

The inscription here is “To / Dear Julie / from / Ian Fleming.” A previous similar inscription from Fleming to a ‘Julie’ was apparently to the lady who hand-rolled his cigarettes…

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79. Gardner (John) Cold, first edition , signed by the author on title, original boards, slightly rubbed at extremities, dust-jacket, in excellent condition, 8vo, 1996.

£150 – £200

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80. Benson (Raymond) The World is Not Enough, first edition, signed by Goldie on front free endpaper, 2 cut signatures of the author loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 8vo, 1999.

£120 – £180

Drum & Bass legend Goldie, signed here both as Goldie & “The Bull” (the character he played in the movie), with bull monogram.

Literature, Manuscripts and Modern First Editions

For further information on the sale and the complete list of James Bond novels up for sale, visit http://www.bloomsburyauctions.com/auction/634.

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'007 Holiday Action' James Bond Marathon On Spike TV In December

As in the past, Spike TV will once again be kicking off their holiday James Bond 007 marathon in December, starting on the 17th. ‘Settle in with Spike TV for the holidays with two James Bond movies a day, every weekday morning.’ The full schedule (all times are EST):

From Russia With Love kicks off the ‘007 Holiday Action’ marathon on 17 December.

‘007 Holiday Action’ James Bond Marathon

• Monday, 17 December
• 9 AM – From Russia With Love: James Bond willingly falls into an assassination ploy involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by SPECTRE. Starring Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi and Pedro Armendariz.
• 11:30 AM – Diamonds Are Forever: Agent 007 goes to Las Vegas to investigate the disappearance of diamonds in transit and discovers the involvement of his archenemy, Blofeld. Starring Sean Connery as Bond and Jill St. John as Bond Girl Tiffany Case.

• Tuesday, 18 December
• 9 AM – Dr. No: James Bond’s investigation of a missing colleague in Jamaica leads him to the island of the mysterious Dr. No and a scheme to end the US space program. Starring Sean Connery, Ursula Andress and Joseph Wiseman.
• 11:30 AM – For Your Eyes Only: Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands. Starring Roger Moore as Bond and Carole Bouquet as Bond Girl Melina Havelock.

• Wednesday, 19 December
• 9 AM – Licence To Kill: James Bond leaves Her Majesty’s Secret Service to stop an evil drug lord and avenge his best friend, Felix Leiter. Starring Roger Dalton, Carey Lowell and Robert Davi.
• 12 PM – The Spy Who Loved Me: James Bond investigates the hijacking of submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed. Starring Roger Moore, Barbara Bach and Curt Jurgens.

• Thursday, 20 December
• 9 AM – The Man With The Golden Gun: James Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world’s most expensive assassin and must hunt him down to stop him. Starring Roger Moore, Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland.
• 12 PM – You Only Live Twice: Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war
  is provoked. Starring Sean Connery, Akiko Wakayabishi and Mie Hama.

• Friday, 21 December
• 9 AM – Moonraker: James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide. Starring Roger Moore, Lois Chiles and Michael Lonsdale.
• 12 PM – Goldfinger: Investigating a gold magnate’s gold smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve. Staring Sean Connery, Honor Blackman and Gert Frobe.

• Monday, 24 December
• 9 AM – Never Say Never Again: A SPECTRE agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated. Starring Sean Connery, Klaus Maria Brandauer and Max von Sydow.
• 12 PM – The World Is Not Enough: James Bond uncovers a nuclear plot when he protects an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who can’t feel pain. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau and Robert Carlyle.

• Tuesday, 25 December
• 9 AM – A View To A Kill: An investigation of a horse-racing scam leads 007 to a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California’s Silicon Valley. Starring Roger Moore, Christopher Walken and Tanya Roberts.
• 12 PM – GoldenEye: James Bond teams up with the lone survivor of a destroyed Russian research center to stop the hijacking of a nuclear space weapon by a fellow agent believed to be dead. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean and Izabella Scorupco.

• Wednesday, 26 December
• 9 AM – Live And Let Die: 007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader. Starring Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto and Jane Seymour.
• 12 PM – Tomorrow Never Dies: James Bond heads to stop a media mogul’s plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce and Michelle Yeoh.

• Thursday, 27 December
• 9 AM – The Living Daylights: James Bond is living on the edge to stop an evil arms dealer from starting another world war. Bond crosses all seven continents in order
  to stop the evil Whitaker and General Koskov. Starring Timothy Dalton, Maryam d’Abo and Jeroen Krabbe.
• 12 PM – Octopussy: A Faberge Egg found with a murdered British agent puts Bond on the trail that leads to a plot to kill thousands to weaken NATO defenses in
  Europe. Starring Roger Moore, Maud Adams and Louis Jourdan.

• Friday, 28 December
• 9 AM – For Your Eyes Only: Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands. Starring Roger Moore as Bond and Carole Bouquet as Bond Girl Melina Havelock.
• 12 PM – Thunderball: James Bond heads to The Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme. Starring Sean Connery, Claudine Auger and Adolfo Celi.

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Dutch Cinema Melkweg Presents James Bond Marathon In January '08

Excellent news for all the James Bond fans in The Netherlands. 007nl.com reports that the Dutch Cinema Melkweg in Amsterdam is planning a major marathon of classic 007 films throughout January 2008.

Starting on 3 January with Sean Connery’s debut in Dr. No and finishing on 23 January with Roger Moore’s final performance as James Bond in A View To A Kill, the full schedule includes:

• Thursday, 3 January: Dr. No (19:00)
• Friday, 4 January: From Russia With Love (19:00)
• Monday, 7 January: Goldfinger (19:00)
• Wednesday, 9 January: Thunderball (19:00)
• Thursday, 10 January: You Only Live Twice (19:00)
• Friday, 11 January: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (19:00)
• Monday, 14 January: Live And Let Die (19:00)
• Tuesday, 15 January: The Man With The Golden Gun (19:00)
• Thursday, 17 January: The Spy Who Loved Me (19:00)
• Friday, 18 January: Moonraker (19:00)
• Monday, 21 January: For Your Eyes Only (19:00)
• Tuesday, 22 January: Octopussy (19:00)
• Wednesday, 23 January: A View To A Kill (19:00)

The Melkweg is located at Lijnbaansgracht 234a, 1017 PH Amsterdam, The Netherlands. For travel directions, ticket information, or any other details, visit the official website (or visit the english section of their website here).

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'James Bond Collection' Of Vehicles At Cars Of The Stars Museum

A new report has been posted at Easier.com spotlighting the James Bond collection of vehicles at the Cars of the Stars Museum, located in Keswick, UK.

While by no means a brand new attraction (the museum’s Bond collection has featured at past events, such as Memorabilia and “Classic Cars Live!”), the fact that the museum continually rotates which vehicles will be on display means that there is always something new to check out at every visit.

Die Another Day‘s Aston Martin Vanquish, the Ford Mustang Mach-1 from Diamonds Are Forever and the Cagiva motorcycle ridden by Pierce Brosnan in GoldenEye are a few of the vehicles that have recently been on display.

The impressive full listing includes:

• Dragon Tank – Dr. No
• Fairey Huntress Speed Boat – From Russia With Love
• Aston Martin DB5 – Goldfinger / Thunderball
• BSA Rocket Firing Motorcycle – Thunderball
• Toyota 2000GT – You Only Live Twice
• Aston Martin DBS – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
• Ford Mustang Mach-1 – Diamonds Are Forever
• Kawaski Z900 motorbike and sidecar – The Spy Who Loved Me
• Lotus Esprit S1 – The Spy Who Loved Me
• Lotus Esprit (submarine) – The Spy Who Loved Me
• Lotus Esprit Turbo (1) – For Your Eyes Only
• Lotus Esprit Turbo (2) – For Your Eyes Only
• Tuk-Tuk Taxi – Octopussy
• Renault 11 – A View To A Kill
• Aston Martin V8 Volante – The Living Daylights
• Aston Martin DB5 – GoldenEye
• Cagiva Motorcycle – GoldenEye
• General Ourmov’s Black Volga – GoldenEye
• Aston Martin Vanquish – Die Another Day

The Cars of the Stars Museum is located at Standish Street, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5LS, England. Phone details follow:

If you are planning on attending, but wish to know which vehicles will be on display, the museum is always happy to confirm for those who call ahead. They are open from 10:00AM – 5:00PM seven days a week. Admission costs are £4 per adult and £3 per child. For any other information, visit the official website.

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