James Bond First Editions

The Mitfords. Letters Between Six Sisters.

MOSLEY, Charlotte (born 1952).

London: Fourth Estate, 2007. [Literary correspondence] FIRST EDITION, fourth printing. Edited by Charlotte Mosley, daughter-in-law of Diana Mitford. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxiv; 834; [6], blank. Illustrated with four suites of eight photographic plates. Publisher's black cloth, illustrated jacket priced £25. Text block slightly toned else fine. An impressive collection of letters between the stylish, aristocratic and often controversial Mitford sisters. Nancy, the eldest, was a close friend and correspondent of James Bond novelist Ian Fleming. There are several references within to Ann Fleming, the socialite wife of Ian, and to several of their circle; Cyril Connolly, Cecil Beaton, Noel Coward, Patrick Leigh-Fermor, President Kennedy, Evelyn Waugh, etc. This copy is from the Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled notes and ownership to endpaper. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Item #65879

Gilbert. Ian Fleming The Bibliography, p.650.

Price: £38.00