Casino Royale.

by Fleming, Ian

$40,000 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · Signed

London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. First edition of the first novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by the author “from Ian Fleming” on a card mounted to the front free endpaper. Casino Royale was written by Ian Fleming in Jamaica over a period of around two months, largely from his own experiences and imagination; he also devised the artwork for the cover. Within the first few pages Fleming had introduced most of Bond s idiosyncrasies and trademarks, which included his looks, his Bentley and his smoking and drinking habits. The full details of Bond s martini were kept until chapter seven of the book and Bond eventually named it The Vesper , after Vesper Lynd (Andrew Lycett). It has been filmed twice as a feature film, the first being the 1967 spoof starring David Niven, and later as the twenty-first official Bond film starring Daniel Craig as James Bond. Near fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket without the Sunday Times review printed on the front flap, priced at “10s. 6d. net . with some restoration along upper and lower edges. Housed in a custom clamshell box.

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Year: 1953
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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