James Bond First Editions

Best Motoring Stories.

[WELCOME, John, editor], [Ian Fleming, Rudyard Kipling, 'Sapper', Evelyn Waugh, et al.].

London: Faber and Faber, 1959. [Driving anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.215. Publisher's red cloth in illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 15s. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A fine copy in a very good jacket, with one chip to the top edge of the front panel. Shows well. Contains 'James Bond Drives', being the thrilling motor chase originally published as chapter 20 of Moonraker, entitled 'Drax's Gambit'. Fleming is also discussed at length within the introduction. Item #66899

Gilbert, Jon. Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, A3a, page 115.

Price: £48.00