FLEMING, Ian.

£1,250 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

On Her Majesty's Secret Service. First edition, first impression, featuring the first meeting between James Bond and his nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the leader of the criminal organization SPECTRE. The villain had been introduced in Thunderball (1961), pulling the strings in the background but not yet facing off against the secret agent himself. The story was adapted into the 1969 film starring George Lazenby.

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