After returning from a work trip to Sydney a couple of weeks ago I found two parcels awaiting me.  They were both purchases online from the U.S..The first parcel contained an uncorrected proof of the latest novel from Kim Sherwood.  Titled "A Spy Like Me", this is the second in Kim's "Double O" trilogy series set in the James Bond universe, the first of which was "Double Or Nothing".& ..read more

The  Annual Mornington Lions Club Book Fair began today, raising money for charity.  My wife and I always look forward to this event which takes place across the weekend from 9am to 5pm.This year my wife's parents also joined us as my father in law is an avid reader.  As usual the books were of great quality and really well organised by the event volunteers into alphabetic ..read more

I recently visited a secondhand book store here in Melbourne and uncovered four out of five of these Pan editions from the 1960's.  Apart from the "From Russia With Love" movie tie-in from 1963 the other covers are part of the Raymond Hawkey series.  Three of the books appear unread which is amazing for their age.  Their spines are immaculate.The novel purchased online was the ..read more

My English Aunt recently discovered that her friend knows a gentleman named Graham Rye.  Mr Rye is synonymous for publishing the well known James Bond "007 Magazine".  In fact I, like many other Bond fans, subscribed to "007 Magazine" during the 1980's and 90's.  From memory I was member number 00212, and I still have all the copies I received in my Bond room. Long story short ..read more

A parcel arrived today.  It contained the latest set of novels published in the UK by IFP (Ian Fleming Publications) packaged in an attractive box.  The box set is titled "Ian Fleming The James Bond Collection" and is limited to just 250 sets.The covers were designed by Webb and Webb and initially released to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first Bond novel, "Casino Royale" in ..read more

As usual during the warmer months my wife and I visit the beautiful beaches on the Mornington Peninsula.  On our drive there we often stop at a few secondhand book stores along the way.  One of those shops is Chapter House Books in Mornington.  Here's some photos from one of my last visits on February 1st, 2023.  I'm sure I've visited since but I can't find the photos.In ..read more

Around the year 2012, when I first launched PizGloria.com, a fellow James Bond book collector visited the site and then commented about the existence of a second cover for John Gardner's "Seafire", published in the U.S. by Berkley Books in 1995. At that time I already owned one copy of the "Seafire" paperback, which I purchased when it was first released.  My cover featured the book's ..read more

This morning I visited the Caulfield Racecourse where a Vintage and Modern Toy Fair was held.  I'm a regular attendee of these collector fairs as I'm always interested in what James Bond items might be out there.  In the past I've purchased a couple of scale model vehicles from The James Bond Car Collection.As usual the event was extremely busy.  There was a vast array of vintage ..read more

A fellow James Bond book collector, Jochem G., contacted me late last year to propose adding a new page to PizGloria.com featuring Australian editions of Bond publications.  Personally I'd never thought of doing this as I thought there were only a couple of "Special Australian Editions" released back in the 1960's.  So he sent me an email with a spreadsheet and images attached, and ..read more

Today is the 12th anniversary of the launch of PizGloria.com, the website dedicated to collecting James Bond paperbacks.  Normally I'd add some statistics from Google Analytics here however I'm currently unable to access my history so I'll have to skip these details this year.I'm still regularly updating the website.  he website is still in development and recently I've been ..read more