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MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITION, FRIEDRICH SCHILLER A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 09149/18000, CIRCA 2000Cap and Barrel: the black resin barrel with an amber coloured cap, facsimile signature, gilt clip and cap bandsAccessories: original Montblanc Friedrich Schiller box, Friedrich Schiller International Service Certificate, outer card box and white card sleeveCondition Report: As new condition, some signs of storage to the outer card sleeveCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITION, FRIEDRICH SCHILLER A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 08288/16000, CIRCA 2000Cap and Barrel: the black resin barrel with an amber coloured cap, facsimile signature, gilt clip and cap bandsAccessories: original Montblanc Friedrich Schiller box, Friedrich Schiller International Service Certificate, outer card box and white card sleeveCondition Report: As new condition, some signs of storage to outer card sleeveCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITION, FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 6089/8000, CIRCA 1997Cap and Barrel: with textured black resin barrel and polished black resin cap, facsimile signature, gilt clip and bandsAccessories: original Montblanc F. Dostoevsky box, F. Dostoevsky International Service Certificate, outer card box and white card sleeve 

MONTBLANC, GRETA GARBO, 36121 A SPECIAL EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, VL1363001, CIRCA 1997Cap and Barrel: tapering white resin cap with facsimile signature to the platinum plated band, the clip with cultured Akoya pearl accent, black resin barrelAccessories: original Montblanc case, Greta Garbo International Service Certificate booklet, outer card box and outer white card sleeve Condition Report: The fitted box outer coasting has perished, leaving black flakes, there has been a knock to the corner of the card box and sleeveCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, MEISTERSTÜCK, 1645, SOLITAIRE A BALLPOINT PEN, YH101726Cap and Barrel: the striated gilt cap and barrel stamped 925 Accessories: original Montblanc box, Service Guide and outer card sleeveCondition Report: As new condition, some signs of storage to the boxCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, MEISTERSTÜCK, 1645, SOLITAIRE A BALLPOINT PEN, EI100629, CIRCA 1995Cap and Barrel: the striated gilt cap and barrel stamped 925 Accessories: original Montblanc box, Service Guide and outer card sleeveCondition Report: As new condition, some very small patches of tarnish, some signs of storage to outer card sleeveCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITION, ALEXANDRE DUMAS A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 09557/16000, CIRCA 1996Cap and Barrel: grey marbled barrel with dark brown resin cap, facsimile signature, gilt clip with sword detailAccessories: original Montblanc Alexandre Dumas box, Alexandre Dumas International Service Certificate, outer card box and white card sleeveCondition Report: As new condition, some signs of storage to outer card boxCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITION, LEO TOLSTOY A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 08783/12000, CIRCA 2015Cap and Barrel: the dark grey cap to a hammered white metal barrel with blue marbled tip, facsimile signatureAccessories: original Montblanc Leo Tolstoy box, Leo Tolstoy International Reply Card, outer card box and card sleeveCondition Report: As new condition, some signs of storage to outer card boxCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITION, CHARLES DICKENS A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 08042/16000, CIRCA 2001Cap and Barrel: dark grey resin with a broad silver coloured undulating band, stamped 925, facsimile signature, with tapered clip Accessories: original Montblanc Charles Dickens box, Charles Dickens International Reply Card, outer card box and card sleeve 

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITON, MARCEL PROUST A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 13239/20000, CIRCA 1999Cap and Barrel: silver coloured barrel with foliate decoration, facsimile signatureAccessories: original Montblanc Marcel Proust box, Marcel Proust International service certificate, outer card box and white card sleeve

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITON, MARCEL PROUST A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 13235/20000, CIRCA 1999Cap and Barrel: silver coloured barrel with foliate decoration, facsimile signatureAccessories: original Montblanc Marcel Proust box, Marcel Proust International Service Certificate, outer card box and white card sleeve

MONTBLANC, MEISTERSTÜCK 75TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION 1924, LE GRAND NOIRA LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 0532/1924, CIRCA 1999Cap and Barrel: black resin with gilt cap band and clipAccessories: Original Montblanc box, Service Guide and white card sleeve Condition Report: As new condition, some signs of storage to the outer card sleeveCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, MEISTERSTÜCK, SOLITAIRE A BALLPOINT PEN, BI103981Cap and Barrel: the striated gilt cap and barrel stamped 925 Accessories: original Montblanc box, Service Guide and outer card sleeveCondition Report: As new condition, some signs of storage to boxCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, MEISTERSTÜCK, SOLITAIRE A BALLPOINT PEN, EI100665Cap and Barrel: the striated gilt cap and barrel stamped 925 Accessories: original Montblanc box, Service Guide and outer card sleeveCondition Report: A couple of very small patches of tarnish. Some signs of storage to boxCondition Report Disclaimer

Y MONTBLANC, MEISTERSTÜCK 164, SOLITAIRE DOUÉ, LIMITED ANNIVERSARY EDITION 1924 A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, 0042/1924, CIRCA 1999Cap and Barrel: silver cap with engine turned detail and gilt cap bands and mother of pearl star, stamped 925, with black resin barrel Accessories: original Montblanc box, Service Guide and certificate, white outer card sleeve 

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITION, F. SCOTT FITZGERALD A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 07651/16500, CIRCA 2002Cap and Barrel: black resin and cream marbled resin, facsimile signature, with chromed clip and graduated cap bandsAccessories: original Montblanc F. Scott Fitzgerald box, F. Scott Fitzgerald International Service Certificate, outer card box and white card sleeveCondition Report: As new condition, some signs of storage to the boxCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITION, F. SCOTT FITZGERALD A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 07652/16500, CIRCA 2002Cap and Barrel: black resin and cream marbled resin, facsimile signature, with chromed clip and graduated cap bandsAccessories: original Montblanc F. Scott Fitzgerald box, F. Scott Fitzgerald International Service Certificate, outer card box and white card sleeveCondition Report: As new condition, some signs pf storage to outer card sleeveCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, MEISTERSTÜCK 15727, HOMMAGE À WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART A MINI BALLPOINT PEN, NO. VF1246135Cap and Barrel: black resin with gold plated bands and clipAccessories: Montblanc W. A. Mozart box with CD and Montblanc Guide and Warranty bookletCondition Report: Almost as new condition.Condition Report Disclaimer

Y MONTBLANC, DONATION PEN, 8503, HERBERT VON KARAJAN A SPECIAL EDITION BALLPOINT PENCap and Barrel: black resin cap with piano ivory style cap band and white resin conductors baton accented clip, black resin barrelAccessories: original Montblanc box, Silk scarf, Herbert Von Karajan Special Edition booklet, Service Guide and certificate Condition Report: As new condition, some signs of storage to the boxCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, DONATION PEN, SIR GEORGE SOLTI A SPECIAL EDITION BALLPOINT PENCap and Barrel: black resin cap with geometric chrome cap band and clip, the black barrel with red facsimile signatureAccessories: original Montblanc box, Bridge set, Sir George Solti Special Edition booklet, Service Guide and certificate and white outer card boxCondition Report: As new condition, some signs of storage to outer card boxCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, MEISTERSTÜCK 116, SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY EDITION, PLÁCIDO DOMINGO'S OPERALIA '98A LIMITED EDITION SMALL SIZE BALLPOINT PEN, MV1020613, CIRCA 1999Cap and Barrel: black resin with gold plated bands and clip, with brilliant cut diamond accent to end pieceAccessories: original Montblanc box, Plácido Domingo's Operalia '98 CD, Service guide and outer white card sleeveCondition Report: As new condition, some signs of storage to the outer card sleeve, 116 indicates small sizeCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, MEISTERSTÜCK, SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY EDITION, PLÁCIDO DOMINGO'S OPERALIA '98 A SPECIAL EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, PV2406925, CIRCA 1999Cap and Barrel: black resin with gold plated bands and clip, with brilliant cut diamond accent to end pieceAccessories: original Montblanc box, Plácido Domingo's Operalia '98 CD, Service guide and outer white card sleeveCondition Report: As new condition, some signs of storage to the outer card sleeveCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITION, FRANZ KAFKA A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 15560/16500, CIRCA 2004Cap and Barrel: tapering red resin barrel and cap, facsimile signature, silver coloured clip Accessories: original Montblanc Franz Kafka box, Franz Kafka International Service Certificate, outer card box and white card sleeve 

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITION, FRANZ KAFKAA LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 07524/16500, CIRCA 2004Cap and Barrel: the tapering red resin barrel and cap, facsimile signature, silver coloured clip Accessories: original Montblanc Franz Kafka box, Franz Kafka International Service Certificate, outer card box and white card sleeveCondition Report: as new condition, some signs of storage to outer card sleeveCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITION, VOLTAIRE A LIMITED EDITION FOUNTAIN PEN, NO. 10742/13000, CIRCA 1995Cap and Barrel: black resin cap and barrel, facsimile signature, with gilt clip Accessories: original Montblanc Voltaire box, Voltaire International Reply Card and outer card boxCondition Report: PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A BALLPOINT PENCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITON, WILLIAM FAULKNERA LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 15891/18000, CIRCA 2007Cap and Barrel: pearlescent grey resin ends with chromed reeded sections to the centre, facsimile signatureAccessories: original Montblanc William Faulkner box, William Faulkner International Service Certificate, outer card box and white card sleeve 

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITION, GEORGE BERNARD SHAW A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 08214/18000, CIRCA 2008Cap and Barrel: green and black marbled enamel cap and barrel with graduated chromed bands, facsimile signature, with gilt clip Accessories: original Montblanc George Bernard Shaw box, George Bernard Shaw International Reply Card and outer card box

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITION, THOMAS MANN A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 02930/15000, CIRCA 2009Cap and Barrel: with black and silver effect geometric enamel, facsimile signatureAccessories: original Montblanc Thomas Mann box, Thomas Mann International Service Certificate, outer card box and white card sleeve

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITION, MARK TWAIN A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 10011/15000, CIRCA 2010Cap and Barrel: navy blue resin with engraved intercepting woven lines, facsimile signature, with pierced chromed clip Accessories: original Montblanc Mark Twain box, Mark Twain International Reply Card, outer card box and card sleeve

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITION, JONATHAN SWIFT A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 04976/14600, CIRCA 2012Cap and Barrel: black enamel cap and barrel with woven white metal string like decoration, facsimile signature, with stepped chromed clip Accessories: original Montblanc Jonathan Swift box, Jonathan Swift International Reply Card, outer card box and card sleeve 

MONTBLANC, GREAT CHARACTERS, ANDY WARHOL A SPECIAL EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, MBLF6Z2S2, CIRCA 2015Cap and Barrel: navy blue resin with a broad stainless steel band with Campbell's Tomato Soup detail, facsimile signature, with block chromed clip Accessories: original Montblanc Andy Warhol box, Andy Warhol Great Characters booklet, outer card box and card sleeve

MONTBLANC, MEISTERSTÜCK, RAMSES II, 20164 A SPECIAL EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, EK100253, CIRCA 1995Cap and Barrel: lapis lazuli and lacquer cap with gold plated cap bands and clip, with silver gilt straited barrel, stamped 925 with common control markAccessories: original Montblanc box, Personal Montblanc Guide, Ramses II booklet, and outer card Ramses II boxCondition Report: As new condition, slight pink mark to inner box lid, there are some signs of storage to the outer card boxCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, MEISTERSTÜCK, RAMSES II, 20164 A SPECIAL EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, EK100116, CIRCA 1995Cap and Barrel: lapis lazuli and lacquer cap with gold plated cap bands and clip, with silver gilt straited barrel, stamped 925 with common control markAccessories: original Montblanc box, Personal Montblanc Guide, Ramses II booklet, and outer card Ramses II boxCondition Report: As new condition, some signs of storage to outer card caseCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, MEISTERSTÜCK, RAMSES II, 20164 A SPECIAL EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, EK100289, CIRCA 1995Cap and Barrel: lapis lazuli and lacquer cap with gold plated cap bands and clip, with silver gilt straited barrel, stamped 925 with common control markNib and Filling System: medium yellow and white gold coloured nib stamped 18K and 750, piston filling system, uninkedAccessories: original Montblanc box, Personal Montblanc Guide, Ramses II booklet, and outer card Ramses II boxCondition Report: As new condition, some signs of storage to outer card boxCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITION, JULES VERNE A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 13639/16500, CIRCA 2003Cap and Barrel: blue engine turned enamel, facsimile signatureAccessories: original Montblanc Jules Verne box, Jules Verne International Service Certificate, outer card box and white card sleeveCondition Report: As new condition, some signs of storage to the boxCondition Report Disclaimer

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITION, EDGAR ALLAN POE A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 10139/15000, CIRCA 1998Cap and Barrel: blue marbled resin cap and barrel, facsimile signature, with gilt clip Accessories: original Montblanc Edgar Allan Poe box, Edgar Allan Poe International Reply Card, outer card box and card sleeve

MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITION, MIGUEL DE CERVANTES A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 15146/17000, CIRCA 2005Cap and Barrel: stepped mottled brown enamelled barrel and cap, facsimile signature, gilt clip and bandsAccessories: original Montblanc Miguel de Cervantes box, Miguel de Cervantes International Service Certificate, outer card box and white card sleeveCondition Report: PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A BALLPOINT PENCondition Report Disclaimer

Montblanc Star Walker Ultra Black ballpoint pen. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

A Must de Cartier ballpoint pen, numbered 462563, silver coloured with brushed finish and gold coloured highlights, 13.8cm long, complete in fitted leather box, together with a Must de Cartier burgundy leather wallet, 11.5cm x 8.5cm, complete in box with certification card, and a Must de Cartier burgundy purse, 10cm x 6cm, complete in box with certification card (3)

SALVADOR DALÍ (1904-1989)Les anémones aux fourchettes signed 'Dalí' (lower centre)gouache, coloured felt-tip pen and ballpoint pen on paper56 x 38cm (22 1/16 x 14 15/16in).Executed in 1967Footnotes:The authenticity of this work was confirmed by the late Robert Descharnes.ProvenancePrivate collection, France.Thence by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Mont Blanc meisterstuck ballpoint pen Good condition

A Montblanc Meisterstuck small fountain, 11.2cm and ballpoint pen, and a chain in a purple case.

ASSORTED FOUNTAIN, BALLPOINT PENS & PENCILS, including Parker 75 2-pen set, Parker 75, Cross 2-pen set with Northern Telecom branding, Cross 2-pen set with Chevrolet branding and another, Parker 51 and three othersThere are five fountain pens in total, four single and one in a set with a ballpoint.All other pens are ballpoint or pencil.All nibs look good, no damage. Most boxes have shelf wear. A few of the ballpoint pens are hard to open.

Estate of Dave Prowse - Star Wars - Lego - an official 2008 Lego Star Wars ' Darth Vader Ballpoint Pen '. Factory sealed, contents unopened. Some slight fading to packaging. As displayed in Prowse's home office. 

A Montblanc Meisterstuck ballpoint pen, in fitted case, boxed with service guide and warranty stamp (1) 

MONT BLANC FRANZ KAFKA - a limited edition fountain pen, ballpoint pen and propelling pencil set, original box with outer box and papersAll in very good apparently unused condition

The stone of greyish black with cream inclusions, carved in high relief with a chilong chasing its tail, all within canted corners, the other side pierced for hanging, applied paper label, natural flawsDiameter: 5cmPROPERTY FROM THE DIANA M. STAINOW COLLECTION (1926 - 2019) Please note lots 16 – 54, Stainow Collection to be sold at no reserve清注意拍品16 號至54號 斯坦諾收藏 均為無底價起拍 DIANA M. STAINOW 收藏 私人財產(1926-2019)Originally a native of Boston, in her youth she studied painting and drawing at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In 1954, she married Gregory Stainow and had three children, where they lived in Paris until their divorce in 1979. After some ‘itinerant’ years where she lived amongst other places London, Paris and Hong Kong, she devoted herself to collecting art, writing, further travel and family. As an artist she travelled the world bringing home treasures to incorporate into her paintings, with a particular interest in non-Western Culture, particularly Chinese and Celtic art.(An extract taken from The Boston Globe 19th October 2019.) 黛安娜 斯坦諾 波士頓人,年輕時曾在波士頓美術博物館學院學習繪畫. 1954 年,她與格雷戈里· 斯泰諾結婚,育有三個孩子,後來居住在巴黎,直到 1979 年離婚,在倫敦.巴黎和香港等地都有 居所,由於對藝術的熱愛 她致力於收藏藝術品,寫作,以及熱愛旅行和家庭.作為一名藝術家,她周遊世界,將所見所藏珍寶 融入她的畫作 中,同時也對非西方文化特別感興趣,尤其是對中國和凱爾特藝術.居所，由於對藝術的熱愛 她致力於收藏藝術品、寫作，以及熱 愛旅行和家庭。作為一名藝術家，她周遊世界，將所見所藏珍寶融入她的畫作中，同時也對非西方文化特別感興趣，尤其是對 中國和凱爾特藝術。TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE無底價起拍Condition ReportA small chip, approx 5mm to the rim which runs from a natural flaw which is about 3cm long visible to the underside. Please see the photograph with the ballpoint pen for the exact area of the chip. The stone with a nice natural polish and patina.

A gold-mounted bamboo ballpoint pen by Cartier, signed Cartier with inventory no 06266 13.5cm long, in fitted case by Cartier, and two gold-plated cigarette lighters by Must to Cartier, both cased

An 18ct three-colour gold propelling pencil by Cartier, French control marks, 12.5cm; a 9ct gold fountain pen with engine-turned pattern decoration; a 9ct gold ballpoint pen with striated decoration; a 9ct gold propelling pencil with engine-turned decoration, and a marble-finished fountain pen and propelling pencil set by Parker with gold-plated mounts, with original case

A 9ct gold ballpoint pen by Cartier, of fluted design and twist top pen extension, cabochon blue stone terminal, London marks, stamped J C and Cartier London 375 HLS00566, clasp stamped 375, 14cm long, Cartier case,

A 9ct gold tapered six-sided cigarette holder by Alfred Dunhill, the mouthpiece set with the Dunhill White Spot, signed Dunhill and London marks with A D maker's mark, engraved with initials and date 1938, fitted case by Alfred Dunhill; a black fabric belt with gold interlocking buckle, signed Cartier Paris; and a malachite-style ballpoint pen by Must de Cartier,plated mounts, 13.5cm closed, fitted case by Must de Cartier

A seven section two-colour gold Russian wedding ring by Cartier, signed, Cartier case, a two-colour gold signet ring by Cartier, a square cartouche engraved with a crest, signed Cartier London, Cartier case; 18ct yellow gold keyring of twist design, one ball terminal unscrews, London marks, platinum wedding ring by Cartier, signed, size Q 1/2; a gold plated ballpoint pen with bottle opener terminal and red leather bound container pendant attachment, a pair of twist-carved crystal cufflinks, the gold mounts engraved with textured pattern and a Tiger Eye mounted tie tack

A Mont Blanc Meisterstuck ballpoint pen, in a fitted case with original guarantee.

A Mont Blanc 'Greta Garbo' limited edition ballpoint pen, the white cap with large Mont Blanc logo, set with a cultured pearl to clip, black resin barrel, and engraved 'Greta Garbo' to the band.

‘THE SEA SHALL NOT HAVE THEM’, 1954 & ‘H.M.S. DEFIANT’, 1962 – DIRECTOR’S SCRIPTS AND RELATED MATERIAL FOR TWO FILMS (QTY) Comprising:-TheSea Shall Not Have Them, 1954: the director’s shooting script, 114 pp. ofmimeograph typescript bound in brown card covers, the front cover with whitepaper label with the film’s title in typescript, annotated in pencil in anunknown hand 16A, annotated throughout in at least two different hands,one of which is the director’s, in either ballpoint or pencil; with threemimeograph typescript Call Sheets: 20 May, 1 June and 2 June, 1954, similarlyannotated, a black and white front of house still and a press still, both 20.5x 25.6cm.; and-‘H.M.S.Defiant’, 1954: the director’s ‘Shooting Script’ titled The Mutineers,the working title for H.M.S. Defiant [The Mutineers is the nameof the novel by Frank Tillsey upon which Nigel Kneale based his screenplay],160 pp. of mimeograph typescript bound in yellow card covers, the frontinscribed in an unknown hand 15 LEWIS GILBERT, approximately 20 pagesannotated by Gilbert, majority in blue ballpoint pen, with a small piece of looseblue notepaper inserted on p.118 with various notes in the director’s hand; anoriginal typescript ‘Script Supplement’ 2 pp., with corresponding carbon copy; aphotograph album, the cover labelled The Making of the Defiant with LordBrabourne in Denia Spain…containing 75 colour and black and whitephotographs taken during the film shoot, various subjects include Lewis andHylda relaxing off set with family, cast and crew; the ‘Defiant’ at port and atsea, including Lord Mountbatten on board; nine black and white stills, fourfeaturing ‘The Defiant’, one featuring Alec Guinness in costume in conversationwith Lewis and Hylda Gilbert, majority – 20 x 25 cm.; a scrapbook ofphotographs, press clippings and related material including Gilbert’s ticket tothe World Premiere, 22 February, 1962 stuck to the inside cover; 13 ‘Good Luck’telegrams (four stapled into a presentation booklet) all dated 22 February1962, including one from Alec Guinness; and 20 photographs including 17 colourand black and white shots, some press, some private, of the dinner held tocelebrate the release of the film, 13 shots featuring the Mountbatten’s; and ahandmade display painted on card Congratulations to LEWIS GILBERT on thePremiere of his Twenty-First Production “H.M.S. DEFIANT” – 28 x 33 cm.   (a lot)PhotographsSold Without CopyrightConditionReport: TheSea Shall Not Have Them: covers creased, folds and tears to some of the pagescommensurate with use and age, the last page detached from the rest; the callsheets are in poor condition, two of them with paper loss to the right side,all with creasing and tears; front of house still has tear to top of middleedge, light creases to corners and old glue residue to verso; publicity stillhas black paper stuck to top edge of verso and two small areas of paper loss tothe middle of the frontH.M.S.Defiant: overall good, covers slightly grubby, left front corner creased; twoof the stills with creased corners.Bellmans is grateful to Wallace and Hodgson for their assistance with cataloguing the Lewis Gilbert Film Script and Production Archive.

KENNETH MORE – ‘REACH FOR THE SKY’, 1956, ‘THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON’, 1957, ‘SINK THE BISMARK’, 1960 & ‘THE GREENGAGE SUMMER’, 1961 – DIRECTOR’S SCRIPTS, SCRAPBOOKS AND RELATED MATERIAL FOR FOUR FILMS STARRING KENNETH MORE (QTY)Comprising:-ReachFor The Sky, 1956: two director’s scripts, the first comprising 147 pp. of unboundmimeograph typescript, contained within a green hard cover folder, the frontwith cloth labels inscribed in an unknown hand LEWIS GILBERT / “REACH FORTHE SKY’, the title pages inscribed in ballpoint pen in an unknown hand LEWISGILBERT, dated August, 1955, some pages annotated in pencil inGilbert’s hand, some pages with script amendments on pink paper pasted to thepage; the second comprising 146 pp of mimeograph typescript bound in orangecard covers, the front printed REACH FOR THE SKY / Revised Script /27-5-1955, some pages annotated in pencil in Gilbert’s hand; a two-page‘Revised Shooting Schedule’, 4 November 1955, inscribed in an unknown hand inpencil on the first page Lewis Gilbert; an ‘Information Folder’, 103 pp.of mimeograph typescript bound in faded green paper covers, the front coverprinted with the document’s contents, including Who’s Who / PersonalityProfiles, Special Features, the title page annotated in pencil in Gilbert’shand, with a compliments slip from Zena Courtnee, Publicity Division, J. ArthurRank Organisation; a collection of publicity material including two WorldPremiere programmes, Odeon Leicester Square, 5 July 1956, a Gala Performanceprogramme, 19 July 1956, Odeon Brighton; 25 black and white publicity stillswith corresponding typescript paper labels (all detached), majority – 19 x 24cm.; eight black and white Front of House stills, all – 20 x 25 cm.; andrelated material; and two scrap books containing press cuttings, one containingfour black and white stills; a double-sided 12-inch acetate, the green SoundSystem label inscribed in blue ink in an unknown hand Reach For The Sky/ Reel 1 Music / Reel 14 Music (label partially torn on both sides) inoriginal paper cover, and later related material;-TheAdmirable Crichton, 1957: the director’s ‘Shooting Script’, 106 pp. ofmimeograph typescript bound in a red hard cover folder (pages have becomeloose) the front gilt-stamped DIRECTOR, the title page annotated inpencil in various hands with contact information, some pages annotated inpencil and ballpoint by Gilbert; a loose sheet of lined A4 paper attached tothe inside front cover, inscribed with a pencil drawing of a map roughly basedon the island of Grand Bermuda where the film was shot (the island being thebasis for the fictional South Seas island in the plot), the map inscribed withvarious locations including Jungle (Devonshire Marsh), Oyster Creek(Admiralty House Cave) and Bay of Arrival (Grape Bay); and adouble-sided 10-inch acetate, the Stage Sound label with typescriptdetails either side The Admirable Crichton / Music 1 / Music 2 / Music 3;-SinkThe Bismark!, 1960: the director’s ‘1st Draft Screenplay’, 116pp of mimeograph typescript bound in blue card covers, the front cover with typescriptpaper label,“SINK THE BISMARK” / 1st Draft Screenplay by EDMUNDH. NORTH, the title page dated October 24, 1958, unannotated; twosouvenir premiere programmes held inside blue velour hard covers with gold colouredthread, the covers gilt-stamped with the film’s title (gilt faded), thepremiere held in the presence of the Duke of Edinburgh (no date or locationgiven); a scrapbook of press cuttings, and related material; and-TheGreengage Summer, 1961: the director’s copy of the ‘Screenplay’, 146 pp. ofmimeograph typescript bound in black card covers, the front cover withtypescript paper label THE GREENGAGE SUMMER, the title page dated April30th, 1959, a few pages annotated in pencil in Gilbert’s hand; ablack and white still of Lewis and Hylda Gilbert filming with Kenneth More;four 12-inch acetates, variously labelled Titles, Dance 1, Dance 2, Dance 3;and a scrap book  (a lot)PhotographsSold Without CopyrightConditionReport: ReachFor The Sky Script,Aug 1955 – pages loose, edges discoloured and worn some with tears, the ‘to theright side; Script May 1955, overall good, covers worn with small tears;RevisedShooting Schedule: pages are very tatty, the second page with paper loss;Information Folder: overall good, lower right corner of cover missing;Publicity Material: overall very goodTheAdmirable Crichton Script– overall good, pages unbound and worn with age, interior metal binders withsome rusting; acetate: label torn, edges worn on vinyl revealing metal beneathSinkThe Bismark Script– overall good, front cover top right corner missing, some creasing, some rustto metal binding pins; souvenir programmes: the programmes inside the foldersare in very good condition, the folders showing some wear, the gilt on thecovers is faded, and the tassels on the gold string have unwoundGreengageSummerOverallvery goodBellmans is grateful to Wallace and Hodgson for their assistance with cataloguing the Lewis Gilbert Film Script and Production Archive.

‘ALFIE’, 1966 – DIRECTOR’S SCRIPT, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND RELATED MATERIAL (QTY)Including:- A film script, the title page dated 14 April 1965, 122 pp. of mimeographtypescript on white and pale blue paper, 32 pages with minor amendments inGilbert’s hand in either ballpoint pen or pencil, in black paper covers, with amimeograph typescript Unit List, 1 June 1965, 3pp, and a mimeograph typescript‘Shooting Schedule No. 3’, 31 May 1965, 12 pp, all bound in a red leatherpresentation folder, the cover gilt stamped LEWIS GILBERT, the blueleather inside cover gilt stamped SINK THE BISMARK; and a mimeographtypescript script amendment, 13 August 1965 with replacement dialogue betweenAlfie and Carla in scenes 53 and 54, 2pp.;-A copy of the radio play by Bill Naughton, Alfie Elkins and his Little Life,produced by Bill Cleverdon for the BBC Third Programme, 7 January 1962, thiscopy ring bound in pale green card covers, printed in dark green with theplay’s title and author and broadcast date and ITALIA PRIZE 1962 / BBC ENTRY,the 59 pages of typescript mimeograph text in both English and French, thefront end paper inscribed in black felt pen For dear Lewis Gilbert in memoryof Bill Naughton & happy days with Alfie (1965) with love from ErnaNaughton, 20 October 1995 (After 30 years seeing Alfie at the Plaza I’ll beseeing it with you tonight – a little sentimental journey xx)- Two theatre programmes for the play Alfie– one for the Mermaid Theatre, London, 1963, the other for the NottinghamPlayhouse, 1964; and related material  Footnote: LewisGilbert regarded Alfie as his ‘breakthrough’ film.  The chapter devoted to the film in hisautobiography is entitled ‘The Film That Changed My Life’.  In it he recounts how it was his wife Hyldawho, following a chance encounter at her hairdressers with the actress MargaretCourteney (who was appearing in Alfie at the Mermaid Theatre), went tosee the play and immediately realised it would be a great vehicle for afilm.  Gilbert saw the play on thestrength of his wife’s recommendation and recalls…. the subject fascinatedme….because Alfie was a new kind of hero….he had a cockiness and an energy thatwas mirrored in the real life of the 1960s…. Alfiebrokenumerous box office records on its release and was lauded by the critics as aresultthefilm shot Lewis Gilbert and his unknown lead Michael Caine to internationalstardom. Alfie was nominated for 5 Academy Awards including: BestPicture for Lewis Gilbert and Best Actor in a leading role for Michael Caine.It won 3 BAFTAs including Best British Actor for Michael Caine; and wasnominated for 3 others including Best British Film for Lewis Gilbert. At CannesLewis Gilbert won the Jury Special Prize and was nominated for the Palm d’Or.The film also won 4 Golden Globes including Best Director for Lewis Gilbert andBest Actor for Michael Caine and was nominated for 3 others. Ina recent interview for The Guardian  newspaper with Xan Brooks, 18 October 2021,Michael Caine’s remarked: “Alfie is probably the best film I ever made”.Literature: GILBERT, Lewis All My Flashbacks The Autobiography of Lewis Gilbert, Sixty Years A Film Director, Reynolds & Hearn, London, 2010 Bellmans is grateful to Wallace and Hodgson for their assistance with cataloguing the Lewis Gilbert Film Script and Production Archive. 

‘ALFIE’, 1966 – BILL NAUGHTON AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT LETTERS & ‘ALFIE’ CHARACTER NOTES (QTY)An important series of letters between BillNaughton and Lewis Gilbert, comprising five one-page autograph letters fromNaughton to Gilbert, all on Park-Sheraton Hotel New York headed stationery, oneundated, the other four dated from 14 January – 9 February 1965; with two filecopies of replies from Gilbert, dated 22 January and 5 February 1965 – theletters discussing starting work on the screen play and how soon Naughton canreturn from New York where his play All In Good Time was in rehearsal onBroadway; in a letter dated 2 February 1965, probably in response to Gilbert’sletter of 22 January asking him how soon he can return to England ashe needs the screen play completed by end of March latest, Naughton tries toreassure Gilbert….As you know, I work very hard when I start – and you neednever worry about my delivery…Who have you got for Alfie?; in Naughton’sletter dated 7 February, in response to a letter from Gilbert dated 5 Februarysuggesting Naughton and his wife Erna join him and Hylda in St. Lucia, he tellsGilbert that he is working on `Alfie’ and comments on suggested casting: JOHNNEVILLE: at 40 is too old to be just right.  He needs to look as if womenwould long to get in bed with him. / MICHAEL CAINE: could be very good – andcomical. / TERRY STAMP: he is not lovable. But he can be brilliant. (I won’t goon – but suggest you put off casting it until we’ve had a chat.); and atwo-page typescript letter, signed, from Naughton to Gilbert, 16 March 1965….Hereare a few notes about the first part of the first draft…. categoriesinclude DOGS, STORYLINE, OTHER IDEAS, DORA, RUBY, NAT, GILDA on HUMPHREY’SBUS….There are lots of new things to come….I’m looking forward very much to ourworking together and I think Michael Caine will be very good indeed, with ahandwritten post-script, Theme tune: can we get an ALFIE theme tune; and- An important set of handwritten ‘character notes’ for Alfie, written by Bill Naughton and given to Lewis Gilbert it would seem, to assist him with his preparation for the film; the notes largely comprising Naughton’s observations on Alfie’s personality and the delivery of his responses, and including some stage direction, costume and set details; written in blue ballpoint pen on 19 sheets of lined paper taken from a notebook, the first page appears to start halfway through a sentence suggesting that the notes are incomplete, the first page annotated at the foot in black felt pen in an unknown hand 1964; the notes, at times random and often indecipherable, appear to have been written hurriedly in large loose script, observations include:page 1 – Yet he wants OUT/ Alfie never accuses / Never feels emotion / related to his words / Breath out FINGER / ON NOSE / ACT ONE went to / the examination /Alfie monologue is good open to ATTITUDEpage 2 – Harry’s got a photograph / of wife – kids -/ he keeps looking at it / Wheels trolly - /  / carries food in / - Own dressing gown / - Alfie gets Harry’s / fags..page 3 – Alfie would rise / is Detached / [Dying out?] (wrong place / to rise ) - / Our little Charlie? / - a bit of Laughter/ Ave a giggle - / that’s all life / - is – a giggle –page 4 – Sunday:  The rain / killed it / (AFTER the [---?] wolf) / Yeh, [m---?] / his wife he / willpage 5 – Dressing table (WRONG) / He wont sit / ALFIE HAS a certain delicacy of intellect / Alfie a unique / unrelated character. / Only trivial things /  excite / Emotional moments / bring the greatest detachment. / It’s more a [revelation?]page 6 – Alfie even / sighs with boredom / as he talks to you / - I will order / that brown ale / Poncified – me ? / LOOKS IN MIRRORpage 7 – Alfie reels it off / bored . As fast as / he can. No / enthusiasm for anything / -- [--------------?] / eyes with you / (Mrs Smith goes to  / raincoat.page 8 – wot they call / “a moral lapse” / He’s a right [wrong on?]/ he is / Alfie / NO FEELING [at all?] [always?]page 9 –. [?] COLD / Ambulance – police – / the lot - /  He often talks as / thought talking to / a child. He believes / he knows all -- / Pauses only between [disconnected?] / thoughts. No [connection?]page 10 - Alfie, Don’t Forget / If I was to /  marry you /  might gain a / husband – but /  you’d loose a /  bleedin’ good /  friend wouldn’t you, See / wot I meanpage 11 – Alfie / No turn-ups / 16” buttons grey / 16” blue / Very clean fronted / black  trousers / [Semi? Drape?] jacket / turn ups / [h--------?] worsted - / well ,[----?] and mohairpage 12 – Intimacy – is what / Alfie needs / No emphasis [on any?] / word / ALFIE Less expressive / The [perfect? moment?] / is all [---------?]page 13 – [------?] is  feeling / the suit / Top range / to express this pausing / of thought – [Weight?] – more [shock?]page 14 – Needs audience / touch space / Examination – he’s been carried / away by holding / emotion down - / Lightness – keep his / own natural / lightness inpage 15 –  £300 to P.O / Post office Savings / Building Society / Lily never looks / for Alfie. All eyes for Harry / - He’ll be a nut [crossed out] / More like a bleeding nut / casepage 16 – Lily – it was / lovely when he  / was [-----?] / I’d better go  - or / I’ll miss the / bus - / [Bastard?] Alfie / Racing to doorpage 17 – Never call me that / Reproving / Alfie goes / out pulls / [-------? p--g?] / in place / - Pub scene / cut out  2  ‘Alfie’page 18 – [Lofty? surround?]  you / yet [----d?] if Alfie. / [Poncified? Walk?] / very good / - Annie packs / with a certain / inevitable sadness –page 19 – 10 minutes before / he could get / down to it / - [Promises of?] / they  can CAN / HE PUT COAT DOWN; the pages stapled at the top left corner, front page detached – 20 x 16 cm.Condition Report: Footnote: LewisGilbert regarded Alfie as his ‘breakthrough’ film.  The chapter devoted to the film in his autobiographyis entitled ‘The Film That Changed My Life’. In it he recounts how it was his wife Hylda who, following a chanceencounter at her hairdressers with the actress Margaret Courteney (who wasappearing in Alfie at the Mermaid Theatre), went to see the play andimmediately realised it would be a great vehicle for a film.  Gilbert saw the play on the strength of hiswife’s recommendation and recalls…. the subject fascinated me….because Alfiewas a new kind of hero….he had a cockiness and an energy that was mirrored inthe real life of the 1960s…. Alfiebrokenumerous box office records on its release and was lauded by the critics as aresultthefilm shot Lewis Gilbert and his unknown lead Michael Caine to internationalstardom. Alfie was nominated for 5 Academy Awards including: BestPicture for Lewis Gilbert and Best Actor in a leading role for Michael Caine.It won 3 BAFTAs including Best British Actor for Michael Caine; and wasnominated for 3 others including Best British Film for Lewis Gilbert. At CannesLewis Gilbert won the Jury Special Prize and was nominated for the Palm d’Or.The film also won 4 Golden Globes including Best Director for Lewis Gilbert andBest Actor for Michael Caine and was nominated for 3 others. Ina recent interview for The Guardian newspaper with Xan Brooks, 18 October 2021, Michael Caine’s remarked:“Alfie is probably the best film I ever made”.Literature: GILBERT, Lewis All My Flashbacks The Autobiography of Lewis Gilbert, Sixty Years A Film Director, Reynolds & Hearn, London, 2010

JAMES BOND ‘YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE’, 1967 – DIRECTOR’S SHOOTING SCRIPT (2)A mimeographed typescript of Roald Dahl’s screenplay,dated 17 June 1966, 142 pp, in grey card covers indistinctly inscribedin pencil on the front Mr Lewis Gilbert in an unidentified hand, 36pages annotated in both pencil and ballpoint pen, majority in Gilbert’s handwith some brief notes on character’s movements, a few camera directions, and anumber of dialogue changes; 55 coloured pages of later inserts dating between15 July – 4 October; contained in a black cloth binder; and a printed callsheet dated 7 December 1966, sets listed include: Interiors of‘Blofeld’s Apartment’ and ‘Volcano Control Room and Complex’ Following the remarkable success of Alfie, Lewis Gilbert received the invitation to direct his first Bond film. In his autobiography All My Flashbacks Gilbert recalled that at first he was reluctant to take on the fifth 007 film in the series, feeling that he wouldn’t be able to bring anything new to the table. Telling Cubby Broccoli: “ I would be like Elizabeth Taylor’s fifth husband. I’d know what to do but I wouldn’t know how to make it any different..” Broccoli persuaded Gilbert otherwise, apparently winning him around with the argument that he had the world’s biggest audience waiting to see what kind of a hash he would make of it. A challenge, Gilbert couldn’t resist and one that he thoroughly enjoyed.For this fifth 007 film, the producers Broccoli and Saltzman decided to make a number of significant changes to the team with the aim of bringing a fresh approach to the production. Gilbert replaced director Terence Young and writer Richard Maibaum was replaced by Roald Dahl. It was the first and only Bond screenplay Dahl was to write, which in some ways seems strange as Dahl seemed to have been uniquely qualified for the role, having worked for a secret British intelligence network which was part of M16 in the USA during the Second World War. It was here that according to his biographer Donald Sturrock, Dahl was encouraged to embrace a second life and to: “employ his ‘wining and dining’ skills with women to secretly gather important gossip and other essential information..”.  Roald Dahl had known Ian Fleming well and was excited by the prospect of writing the screenplay for the film. He was not however a fan of Fleming’s book on which the storyline was to be based describing it as: “tired, bad, Ian’s worst book.” In the end Dahl took little more than the title You Only Live Twice from the book and retained four or five of Fleming’s best ideas. The film had to be set in Japan, with Tiger Tanaka, Blofeld, Bond’s pearl-diving girlfriend Kissy and the Ninjah masters of oriental arts. Gilbert recalled that Dahl had been handpicked for this task: “We needed his storytelling skills to strengthen Fleming’s plot and his dark humour to complement it..” Dahl’s script was influenced by contemporary events such as the first astronauts walking in space in 1965; and in January 1966 a US air force bomber carrying two atomic bombs went missing off the coast of Spain, leading to speculation about hostile forces being at play. Broccoli commented that both these headline stories gave Dahl’s script: “ ..a strong flavour of authenticity..”.  Dahl’s compelling storyline unfortunately failed to translate into huge box office success, although the film was by no means a failure.Literature:GILBERT, Lewis All My Flashbacks TheAutobiography of Lewis Gilbert, Sixty Years A Film Director, Reynolds &Hearn, London, 2010FIELD, Matthew & CHOWDHURY, Ajay SomeKind Of Hero, The Remarkable Story of The James Bond Films, CheltenhamGlouc.,2015RUBIN, Steven Jay The James Bond Movie Encyclopaedia,Chicago Review Press Incorp. Chicago, 2021Spymaker: The secret career of 007 writerRoald Dahl  www.007.infoBellmans is grateful to Wallace and Hodgson for their assistance with cataloguing the Lewis Gilbert Film Script and Production Archive.

JAMES BOND ‘THE SPY WHO LOVED ME’, 1977 – TWO FILM SCRIPTS BY CHRISTOPHER WOOD, ONE LABELLED ‘MICHAEL WILSON’ (4)Twoseparate mimeographed typescripts of Christopher Wood’s screenplay, bothsimilar versions,  the earlier one of thetwo an incomplete script missing the final 29 pages, entitled The Spy WhoLoved Me, Third Draft, Christopher Wood and dated 25 May,1976, 111unbound pp. fastened with a bull dog clip; the other complete script entitled TheSpy Who Loved Me, Fourth Draft, and dated 3rd June,1976, the title page inscribed at the top in blue ballpoint pen in anunidentified hand Michael Wilson, 140 unbound pp. fastened by a metalclip; the storyline in both scripts is largely the same, a number ofdifferences include:-Inthe 3/6/76 script only a new character wealthy Sheik Hosein is introduced closeto the beginning in a desert oasis in Egypt, an entertaining old Cambridgecolleague of Bond’s who lavishes him with exotic ‘Arabian Nights’ stylehospitality after tipping him off about Fekkesh; in the 25/5/76 script there’san additional fight between Jaws, Bond and Anya at the Temple of Karnak, andthe meeting with M, Moneypenny, Gogul, Bond and Anya at M’s Egyptianheadquarters in the interior of the burial chamber of Tomb of Rameses II atLuxor occurs approximately 50 scenes after the same meeting in the laterscript; -in the 25/5/76 script Bond asks Q if he can have “Wet Nellie” on thisassignment. In the later script, the adapted Lotus is not named, and isdescribed as “ a bright red car – The Lotus Special..”; and-Two separate sheaths of mimeographed typescript pages, both fragments from unidentified versions of The Spy Who Loved Me screenplay, one 49 unbound pages of mostly dialogue script for a scene between Anya and Bond at the Luxor Hotel and Country Club, with a few minor annotations in an unknown hand in black and blue ballpoint pen, fastened by a red paper clip; the other 46 unbound pages showing variations in the storyline and a Bond girl called Hannah not seen in the final version, some pages with a few minor annotations in black ballpoint pen in an unknown hand; fastened by a bulldog clip;Christopher Wood came last in line in the order of 12 different scriptwriters Cubby Broccoli employed to tackle the screenplay for The Spy Who Loved Me. Wood was brought in at the suggestion of new director Lewis Gilbert who had himself been appointed on 18 December 1975. Gilbert had inherited Richard Maibaum’s script which had at its core a megalomaniac intent on dominating the world. Gilbert described Maibaum’s plot as: “…the good old standby in which the arch villain sets Russia and America at each other’s throats, then steps in to claim the prize. For this one, he had come up with a tanker that swallowed submarines and one of the best henchmen villains ever, the mighty Jaws, whose steel teeth could bite through anything..”. Despite these heady ingredients, Gilbert felt that Maibaum’s script lacked humour, hence his suggestion to bring in Wood. When Wood took the job on he had been unaware that he was following in the footsteps of many writers. In interviews Wood described how the evolution of his plot was very much a collaborative effort. Gilbert and Wood worked together daily in Cubby’s office at Eon. Sometimes they were joined by Cubby, or Ken Adam or Michael Wilson. Wood developed Maibaum’s script and incorporated ideas from the previous writers and drafts and from Broccoli’s original ideas. He wrote on his own and then went back to discuss things with the others, he compared the process to “..putting together a jigsaw puzzle..” The new plot angle, Wood and Gilbert came up with was the idea of a villain obsessed with oceans, whose lair was a palace under the sea. The plot providing marvellous opportunities for Ken Adam’s set design and some of the most eye-catching gadgets in the history of Bond films. Michael Wilson, Cubby Broccoli’s stepson held the official title of Special Assistant to the Producer when working on The Spy Who Loved Me. Broccoli had brought him in as a long-term replacement for Harry Saltzman who had sold his share of Eon in 1975. Wilson played an integral part in the film’s success from the outset. Broccoli’s initial task for his stepson was to conduct protracted negotiations with the Fleming estate for the use of the book’s title. And, Lewis Gilbert, recounted in his memoir, that it was Wilson who came up with the idea for the remarkable parachute ski jump used in the film’s opening sequence, another notable feather in Michael Wilson’s The Spy Who Loved Me  cap. [See lot 17]. Footnote:The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), the tenth in the Eon Productions official 007 series, initiated a number of records for the James Bond franchise. It was Cubby Broccoli’s first solo 007 venture without co-producer Harry Saltzman, and he was determined that it should become the biggest and best Bond yet.  From the outset, the film’s path to success was beset with numerous difficulties and the screenplay itself went through more adaptations and revisions than any production during the 40-year history of 007 on screen. Problems began with Ian Fleming’s source material for the film’s title. Like the movie, it was Fleming’s tenth Bond novel in order, however it represented a departure from Fleming’s usual 007 format in that it is told from the viewpoint of a young Englishwoman who only meets the famous spy in the last few chapters of the book. For this reason, Fleming never wanted this book to be sold as a film project. His estate, however, gave Broccoli permission to use the novel’s title only. The book and film do also share one significant common element – Jaws,  who is loosely based on Fleming’s villain, `Horror’, who had steel-capped teeth. Nevertheless, the screenplay for The Spy Who Loved Me is considered to be the first Bond film whose story is completely original. After a visit to Russia, Broccoli devised a plot for a  new story which suited the film’s title and focused on a beautiful Russian agent who falls in love with James Bond. It is said that twelve different screenwriters worked on fifteen separate drafts for the screenplay over a period of three years, in one of the most fiendishly complicated film pre-production processes in Eon’s history. Considering the quantity of different variants of the screenplay here in Lewis Gilbert’s personal film script archive, it appears that just over half of the fifteen screenplay versions are represented between lots 13-18.Looking through the different variations of treatments and screenplays for The Spy Who Loved Me, a large proportion of which are represented in this collection, in the words of film historian Steven Jay Rubin they : “…offer a textbook look at script development…the material is priceless, since it allows the reader to see how typical Bondian situations are workshopped…”Literature:RUBIN, Steven Jay Spy Who Loved Me Script Wars in The James Bond Movie Encyclopaedia, Chicago Review Press Incorp. Chicago, 2021GILBERT, Lewis All My Flashbacks The Autobiography of Lewis Gilbert, Sixty Years A Film Director, Reynolds & Hearn, London, 2010FIELD, Matthew & CHOWDHURY, Ajay Some Kind Of Hero, The Remarkable Story of The James Bond Films, Cheltenham Glouc., 2015The Spy Who Loved Me Script History www.M16-HQ.comwww.IMDB.com Bellmans is grateful to Wallace and Hodgson for their assistance with cataloguing the Lewis Gilbert Film Script and Production Archive.