Pictures on the Wall.

CHARTERIS, Hugo, MC (1922-1970).

London: Collins, 1963. [Prison Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. With the blue dust-jacket designed by John Woodcock, priced at 18s. A little light toning to edges. Jacket shows a little light toning and wear. Near fine. Hugo Charteris was a noted British novelist and screenwriter, awarded the Military Cross for exemplary gallantry during active operations in Italy. His sisters were the socialite Ann Fleming and Laura Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, and brother-in-law Ian Fleming appropriated his name for the villain 'Sir Hugo Drax' in hid third James Bond novel Moonraker (1955). From the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil ownership within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Item #62091

Gilbert, p.90.

Price: £48.00