James Bond First Editions

The Road and the Star.

MATHER, Berkely [pseudonym of John WESTON-DAVIES] (1909-1996).

London: Collins, 1965. [Historical adventure thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by D'Achille priced at 21s. Contents clean, edges of text block a little toned, jacket lightly creases, one short tear at flap. Near fine. Cromwell-era cloak-and-dagger suspense from Berkely Mather, whose novels were favourably reviewed by Ian Fleming for the Sunday Times. At Fleming's request, Mather contributed to the screenplay for the first James Bond film 'Dr. No' (1962). This copy is from the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). His encylopedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Item #68251

Gilbert D21.

Price: £38.00