Manuscript notes on an international crime conference, developed into From Russia, With Love
$97,500 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available
n.p. Turkey 1955 . James Bond ms. notes Fleming surveys the world of international intelligence. A significant Fleming manuscript, his notebook filled with observations, questions, and ideas from his observation of the 23rd annual conference for the International Criminal Police Commission in Turkey, gathering material which had a clear influence on From Russia, With Love and the remainder of the Bond series. The manuscript was studied and cited by Pearson in his biography of Fleming.
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