The Sixth Column. A Singular Tale of Our Times

FLEMING, Peter (1907-1971)

Published by London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951

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[James Bond Source Book] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket. An espionage novel which greatly influenced Casino Royale, and in which Peter wrote of Britain's need for a buccaneering hero. With printed dedication; "To My Brother Ian"- the first book to be dedicated to Ian Fleming. A fine copy in near fine, price clipped jacket. "After the war Peter Fleming returned to writing and produced a novel The Sixth Column, which had its main character a thriller writer who creates a protaganist with marked similarities to Bond. Just six months after Peter published The Sixth Column, Ian set to work on Casino Royale."- Ben MacIntyre; For Your Eyes Only, 2008. See Campbell; Ian Fleming: A Catalogue of a Collection [22]. Gilbert, p. 618.

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The Sixth Column. A Singular Tale of Our Times

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London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951

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