The Paper Palace.
London: The Reprint Society, 1952. [Fiction] Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.317; [1], blank. Publisher's cloth in illustrated dust-wrapper. A novel set in a newspaper office. A fine copy in very good wrapper, worn at crown. Part of the comprehensive archive of James Bond material assembled by Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert, with his bookplate. Author, editor and typographer Robert Harling worked alongside James Bond creator Ian Fleming both in wartime Naval Intelligence and later in journalism; Some of Fleming's writing appeared in Harling's publications Alphabet & Image, and House & Garden, and the two were senior figures at Kemsley Newspapers (Sunday Times). He was responsible for reviving the stencilled 'tea chest' lettering which adorned the jackets of Fleming's James Bond novels, and himself an author, Harling wrote several novels and a full-length biography of Fleming. Item #64854
Ian Fleming The Bibliography (2017 edition), p.644.
Price: £45.00


