The Life of Noel Coward.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1976. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.500. Illustrated with photographs. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver, blue endpapers, top edge red, typographic jacket priced £7.50. Near fine. Biography of the flamboyant English playwright, by his secretary Cole Lesley. Noel Coward was a close friend and neighbour of James Bond creator Ian Fleming, and together with Cole Lesley, were the only two guests at Fleming's wedding. Coward was godfather to Fleming's son Caspar. With several mentions of Fleming within. From the 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 #66141
Gilbert. Ian Fleming The Bibliography, p.639.
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