"There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book."
— Marcel Proust
Ian Fleming. The Man Behind James Bond.
Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing, 1995. [Literary biography] FIRST US EDITION. REVIEW COPY, with extensive notes and ephemera including an AUTOGRAPH POSTCARD. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Publisher's two-tone hardcovers cloth blocked in gilt to spine, black endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at $24.95. Near fine (read for review). A fascinating file copy. Autograph material relating to Andrew Lycett is scarce. From the library of Anthony Lejeune, (1928-2018), detective novelist, critic, editor, broadcaster, and crime correspondent hired by Ian Fleming at The Sunday Times. [Together with] Publisher's promotional postcard with manuscript note to reverse "Dear Anthony, I have just read your thoughtful (and generous) notice of my book in the National Review... Best wishes, Andrew". [And] 4pp. typed review with covering letter to David Klinghoffer, Literary editor of the National Review. [And] Business card of Klinghoffer. [And] 3pp. preliminary draft corrected by Lejeune. [And] 5pp. revised draft corrected by Lejeune. [And] Two TLS from The Tablet. [And] two sheets of notes for the review. [And] Collection of associated newclippings. Item #66391
Ian Fleming The Bibliography, p.592.
Price: £675.00
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