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FLEMING, Ian - BENSON, Raymond.

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2000. Octavo. Original green wrappers, lettered in black. A near-fine copy, with minor creasing and marking to wrappers, fading to spine. Uncorrected proof copy of the first US edition, published simultaneously in the UK. No proof copies were issued in the UK for any of Benson's James Bond titles, with only a handful of proofs appearing in the US, making this one of the more elusive Benson items. This copy is from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), with his bookplate. Schøyen's private collection of manuscripts, which span all cultures and all time periods, is one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. Item #156116

Gilbert, p. 613; The Schøyen Collection No. 371.

Price: £1,750.00