The James Bond Dossier.

AMIS, [Sir] Kingsley (1922-1995).

London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Reference critique] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY IN PROOF-ONLY JACKET. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.159; [1], blank. Publisher's paper covers, with pictorial proof dust-wrapper (entirely unclipped and with original setting of the text) with design based on the familiar 'trompe l'oeil' art which decorated the Ian Fleming first editions. Faint damp-soiling to lower edge, discreet owner name else a fine copy of the book. Oversized jacket with minor wear to unsupported crown, slightly toned to the spine. Scarce in this advance format, exceptionally so with the proof-only jacket. Amis' first venture into the world of James Bond. He also wrote the light-hearted 'Book of Bond' in 1965 and the first post-Fleming 007 novel 'Colonel Sun'. Item #61360

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