The Politics of James Bond: From Fleming's Novels to the Big Screen
Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. 2001. [James Bond reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xiv; 227; [7]. Publisher's quarter black cloth over paper-covered sides, titled in silver to spine, dust-wrapper priced at $24.95. A clean, fine copy. A look at sex, race, class and other issues in the James Bond novels and film series. This copy is from the collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Otto Penzler, purchased by ourselves at Swann Auctions in 2010, with a pencil note to that effect signed by his friend and colleague Jon Gilbert. Penzler's Mysterious Press, New York, published books by the James Bond continuation novelists John Gardner and Jeffery Deaver. Item #66129
Gilbert, p.611.
Price: £48.00


