James Bond First Editions

A Grue of Ice.

JENKINS, Geoffrey (1920-2001).

London: Collins Fontana, 1964. [Thriller] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.221; [3], ads. Publisher's softcovers priced at 3/6. A very good copy. P.o.n. to first page. Geoffrey Jenkins was a South African thriller writer of the 'Ian Fleming school', and a protege of the James Bond author, working under Fleming in the Foreign department of Kemsley newspapers. Fleming gave a glowing review of his debut novel A Twist of Sand (1959) and he also reviewed Jenkins' third novel A Grue of Ice (1962) [a quote appears within the paperback]. This copy is from the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Item #66637

Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, pages 556-7, see also Appendix A, page 646.

Price: £35.00