The Life of Ian Fleming 2 volumes with variant jackets . Creator of James Bond

by Ian Fleming, John Pearson

£185 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. Literary Biography FIRST EDITION. Octavo 25 x 16cm , pp.352, with sixteen pages of photographic plates, red top-stain, pictorial dust-wrappers. The earliest jacket has silver lettering to spine with turquoise author's name and imprint; later versions feature gold lettering and a darker blue blocking. A publisher's sample copy in the bibliographical archive confirms the two states, where the jacket of the sample carries an

• Binding: Wrappers

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