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

by [FLEMING, Ian] PEARSON, John (1930-2021)

$255 · Offered by Biblio

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 instruction to printers "more magenta". Light expected wear to extremities, one volume price clipped with discreet gift note, one with publisher's statement to p.340. A near fine pair. Gilbert, Jon. Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 592.

  • Publisher: London: Jonathan Cape, 1966
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: unknown

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