Item #68010 The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner). Kingsley AMIS, Lt-Col. William 'Bill' TANNER.
The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner).
The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner).
The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner).

The Book Of Bond, Or Every Man His Own 007 (Writing as Bill Tanner).

New York: Viking, 1965. [Bondiana] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.111 [5]. Publisher's white glossy hardcovers, red endpapers. Illustrated throughout. With Raymond Hawkey-designed book-jacket priced at $2.50. A fine copy in clean, bright jacket. An unusual piece of Bondiana. Bill Tanner is a fictional character in the James Bond novel series, who holds the position of MI6 Chief of Staff; Fleming reveals that he is James Bond's closest friend in the service, and he was a regular character in the later continuation series by John Gardner. In 1965, Kingsley Amis wrote 'The Book of Bond' as a tongue-in-cheek manual for prospective secret agents, illustrated with examples from Fleming's novels. For this work, Amis used the pseudonym "Lt. Colonel William ('Bill') Tanner". This copy is from the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Item #68010

BMC No.1 p.4-13 'Fleming and Bond; Related Titles'. Gilbert pp.634, 644.

Price: £150.00

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