FLEMING, Ian.

£2,500 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

On Her Majesty's Secret Service. First edition, first impression, signed by John Barry, the Bond films' score composer, on the half-title. This instalment features the first meeting between James Bond and his nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the leader of the criminal organization SPECTRE. The story was adapted into the 1969 film starring George Lazenby.This copy was inscribed for the composer and lyricist Leslie Bricusse and has his additional annotations identifying the inscriptions or signatures. Bricusse (1931-2021) was the lyricist for the Bond songs "Goldfinger" and "You Only Live Twice". His musicals include Stop the World - I Want to Get Off, Doctor Dolittle, Scrooge, and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. He won two Academy Awards, one Grammy Award, and was awarded the Order of the British Empire.

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