James Bond First Editions

Memoirs.

[Ian Fleming / Bondiana] VON PAPEN, Franz.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1952. [Military / Politics] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.630. Illustrated with plates. Publisher's black cloth binding with gilt titles and decoration to spine, blind-stamped boards. A used copy. Contents clean, edges and covers dusty, jacket worn, some ships and tears, sunned to spine. A James Bond source book; the 1942 assassination attempt on German Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen in Ankara heavily inspired a pivotal scene in Ian Fleming's debut novel, Casino Royale, written shortly after these Memoirs appeared. From the comprehensive bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled note within. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Item #75802

Price: £55.00