'Jamaica. Hostess with the Mostes' within 'Vogue' magazine.
New York: Conde Nast Publications, Inc. April 1st 1951. [Travel / leisure] FIRST APPEARANCE of this original article by Ian Fleming. Pp.186. Magazine format, fully illustrated. Original price 50c. Some light wear, with a few small chips to covers. Very good. Featuring a six-page article on Jamaica, illustrated with photographs by Fleming's friend Cecil Beaton. Novelist Ian Fleming chose Jamaica as his second home, writing his James Bond adventures at his North Shore retreat each winter, many of which were set on the island. As a working journalist, he also wrote widely on the country, it's history, culture and politics, this being one of his earliest examples. From the comprehensive collection assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencilled signature within). His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Rare. Item #65789
Gilbert C27, p.533.
Price: £875.00
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