James Bond First Editions

Ian & I.

[Ian Fleming / Bondiana] SCHNEIDER, Alan, Cdr. (1916-2008).

USA; Privately Printed, n.d. (1970s). [Biography / Memoirs] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.109; [5]. Illustrated with maps and photographs and facsimile letters. Original dark blue buckram-covered boards with gilt titles to upper. A fine copy of a scarce book. A first-hand account of Ian Fleming's war service, written by his opposite number and close friend Commander Alan N. Schneider, U.S.N.R., the personal assistant to the U.S. Head of Intelligence in London, Commodore Tully Shelley [Cdr. Fleming was the assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence, Admiral John Godfrey]. The volume contains some previously unpublished photographs of Fleming, accompanied by Schneider, mostly taken in Northern France while overseeing commando operations of 30 Assault Units (two of which appear in the bibliography). Both men were keen bibliophiles, and, following the war, Schneider was President of the American Library Association, while Fleming managed The Book Collector Ltd. and ran his own publishing house. This copy comes from the Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled ownership. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Item #66189

Gilbert. Ian Fleming The Bibliography, p.597.

Price: £1,350.00