James Bond First Editions

Canasta For All.

[James Bond source book] HARDING, Colin.

London: The Sunday Times, n.d. [ca. 1950]. [Card game] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.74; [2]. Publisher's illustrated softcovers, priced at 2/6. With fold-out diagram. Contents clean, covers lightly handled with some rubs/creases. Very good. A source book consulted by Ian Fleming while writing Goldfinger (1959), the opening chapter of which features the now-famous Canasta game where Goldfinger defeats Mr.DuPont, under the watchful eye of James Bond. Ian Fleming was a senior figure at The Sunday Times, who published this volume. This particular example 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 #69844

Gilbert, Section L. Goldfinger (1), p.622.

Price: £38.00