James Bond First Editions

Poems.

CAMPBELL, Roy [Ian Fleming association copy].

Paris: Hours Press, 1930. [Verse] FIRST EDITION, limited issue, number 94 of 200 copies, signed by the author. Slim small folio, pp.18; [2]. Printed on hand-press paper. Publisher's cloth-backed red paper boards, edges untrimmed. Decorative bookplate and ownership signature of Eve Fleming. Contents clean, boards shelf-worn. very good. Campbell was a guest/junior member of Oxford Magdalen College's 'The Inklings', an informal fantasy literature discussion group whose prominent members included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Evelyn Beatrice Sainte Croix Fleming (1885-1964), wife of Valentine Fleming, MP. Eve ('Mrs. Val'), was an English socialite known for her flamboyant beauty and being the mother of James Bond writer Ian Fleming. Eve Fleming's nickname from her son Ian was M, and Ian may have used his relationship with her as a model for M, the fictional head of the British Secret Service (and James Bond's boos) in his popular adventure novels. Later part of Jon Gilbert's bibliographical archive of Ian Fleming, with his pencilled ownership signature. Item #66541

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