"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
— Mark Twain
New York, NY: Signet Books, 1966. [Bond reference /critique] FIRST U.S. PAPERBACK. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.127 [1], advertisement. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 60c, all edges red. A clean, fine copy. Uncommon thus. Now a rather elusive paperback, published in the same year as the UK Pan paperback. From the collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert (pencil ownership within). This is Kingsley 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 #73400
BMC No.1 p.4-13 'Fleming and Bond; Related Titles'. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 592, see also Appendix A, page 634.
Price: £55.00
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