Fleming, Ian

The name is Fleming, Ian Fleming. 'The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning.' and thus began Casino Royale, the first book in the most famous spy series in the world. James Bond. Bond was named after the author of a book on birds that was on Fleming's bookshelves in Goldeneye, his property in Jamaica to which he retired to after his time in Naval Intelligence. Though we can't help feeling that of all the various people that allegedly inspired the character of James Bond, it would have been by far preferable if he had been named for the flamboyant Paris MI-6 station head, Buffy Dunderdale. The name is Dunderdale. Buffy Dunderdale.

1962 The Spy Who Loved Me
London: 1962

A superb first edition, first impression, of this ninth Bond novel by Ian Fleming, an exciting work. From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie.

£845.00

Stock Code: 793P19

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