The Life of Ian Fleming. Creator of James Bond.
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1966. [Literary biography] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.339; [1], blank, with sixteen pages of photographic plates. Publisher's orange cloth blocked in black and yellow (the BCE binding is brown), pictorial jacket priced at $6.95. With a supplied copy of the statement from McGraw-Hill, acknowledging some factual errors in the text concerning the Thunderball legal case and confirming that alterations will be made for future editions. No inscriptions, contents clean, minor rubbing to edges, light wear to crown. Very good indeed. An informative first-hand biography of James Bond's creator, written by a close friend and colleague working alongside the author both in wartime intelligence work and as Fleming's assistant at the Foreign Desk of The Sunday Times. Item #65941
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