The Spy Who Loved Me.

£1,250 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

One of the greatest Bond novels, a departure from other works by Fleming as it is more experimental in nature. The story is told in the first person by Vivienne Michel, a fictional character, to whom we are introduced as co-author on the title and pre-title pages. As with much of the author's oeuvre, many incidents from his own life were used in the making of this fine novel, unusually told from the perspective of a female protagonist. First edition, first impression; 8vo (195 x 135 mm); publisher's grey cloth, dagger device to upper cover in blind with the blade in silver, silver lettering to spine, publisher's colophon embossed in silver to lower spine, red endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket by Richard Chopping with publisher's original price 15s.net, spotting to p220, outer flap and rear panel to dust jacket, minor signs of shelf wear and rubbing, minor blemish to fore-edges, dust-jacket in remarkable state of preservation, overall very good condition; 221pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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