Manuscript notes on an international crime conference, developed into From Russia, With Love

by FLEMING, Ian Lancaster, (1908-1964)

$133,585 · Offered by Biblio

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. Top-bound notepad (275 x 198 mm), emblems of the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC) and the Turkish Criminal Police Commission printed in dark blue to front paper wrapper and at head of each leaf, 3 initial leaves with autograph notes in blue ink (rectos only). Together with a bifolium (336 x 210 mm), 4 lined pages, pp. 1, 2 and 4 featuring autograph notes in red and blue ink. Housed in a black quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Notepad: a few light marks to wrappers, minor creasing at head of block, couple of horizontal creases to wrappers, and to a few initial leaves where previously folded over, two short closed tears in margin of front wrapper corresponding with creases, first leaf detaching slightly from block on the upper left side but holding firm. Bifolium: mild toning, minor creasing to corners, central horizontal crease, leaves with short split starting along the fold at edge, just touching three letters on one page, light foxing to outer margins, ti

• Publisher: n.p. [Turkey] [1955]
• Binding: unknown

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