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[Literary biography]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.232. Blue cloth lettered in silver, photographic endpapers and dust-wrapper. A crisp, clean, fine copy. An informative first-hand biography of James Bond's creator, written by a close friend and colleague both in wartime Intelligence work and as Fleming's assistant at the Foreign Desk of The Sunday Times. From the collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Otto Penzler, purchased by ourselves at Swann Auctions in 2010, with auction card tucked in, and a printed book label. Gilbert pp.596, 648. Seller Inventory # 69502
Title: 17F The Life of Ian Fleming
Publisher: London: Peter Owen, 1993
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. (London: Peter Owen 1993). First UK Edition. pp.232. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver, photographic end-papers and dustwrapper priced £18.50. A fine copy in a VG+ dustwrapper a little creased at the head of the spine. Laid in are a couple of photocopies from the Sunday Telegraph dated July 4, 1993: a review by Frank McLynn and an article from the Mandrake column from the same newspaper; and a photocopy of a published letter (from Patrick Howarth) from July 5, 1993 concerning the death of General Sikorski on July 4, 1993. Photographs/scans available upon request. Seller Inventory # 355490723850
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. (London: Peter Owen 1993). First UK Edition. pp.232. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver, photographic end-papers and dustwrapper priced £18.50. A fine copy in like dustwrapper. Publisher's Press Release laid in together with an Obituary for Patrick Dalzel-Job who served in Europe with Fleming with the undercover Commando 30 Assault Unit. Scarce. Photographs/scans available upon request. Seller Inventory # 355490723849
Quantity: 1 available