Modesty Blaise.
London: Pan Books, 1966. [Thriller] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo, pp.237; [3], ads. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 3/6, a film tie-in with stills and blurb from the 20th Century Fox Release,. Cheap paperback text block toned as expected, reading creases to spine; very good. The first Modesty Blaise thriller, developed from the popular comic strip series chronicling a streetwise refugee-turned undercover operative who builds an international crime organisation named 'The Network'. Author Peter O'Donnell had previously adapted into comic-form Ian Fleming's James Bond novel 'Dr. No'. A review on the rear cover likens Modesty to Bond. From the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencilled signature within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Item #68460
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