James Bond First Editions

Noel Coward. A Biography.

HOARE, Philip (born 1958).

London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1995. [Literary biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.605; [3], blank. Illustrated with photographs. Publisher's red cloth lettered in white, red endpapers, top edge red, photographic jacket. Autographed in blue ink to half title. Bookplate to flyleaf. Near fine in similar, price-clipped jacket. Biography of the flamboyant English playwright. 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 #66145

Gilbert. Ian Fleming The Bibliography, p.639.

Price: £95.00