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— Karl Lagerfeld

London: The Robson Press, 2015. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xii; 372, with a suite of photographic plates. Handsomely bound in half black oasis morocco, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, matching cloth sides. With the dust-jacket bound in at the rear, featuring the famous 1958 Daily Express portrait of the subject. A fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. An account of the life of James Bond author Ian Fleming, from the diaries and journals of his close friend and colleague Robert Harling. Item #60689
Ian Fleming The Bibliography, p.644.
Price: £195.00