James Bond First Editions

Reese On Canasta.

[James Bond source book] REESE, Terence.

London: Edward Arnold, 1951. [Card game] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.96. Publisher's yellow cloth hardcovers blocked in black. Contents clean, edges toned, covers lightly handled. Near fine. Includes the laws of of the game as published by The Sunday Times. 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. 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 #69845

Gilbert, Section L. Goldfinger (2), p.622.

Price: £35.00