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Casino Royale

Creator: James Bond
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

Description
FLEMING, IAN.
Casino Royale.
Stock Code 106909
London, Jonathan Cape, 1953
£22,500
Although the jacket has had some 'work' this remains a handsome first issue of the edition of the first James Bond book by Ian Fleming.

'Connoisseurs of realistic fiction will particularly note the careful documentation of the Secret Service background, the chilling portrait of Le Chiffre, the authentic menace of SMERSH, and the sensual appeal of the girl in ''Soi Sauvage''...' The Author.

Following a spell with Reuters and then as a stockbroker in the City, Fleming joined the Navy at the outbreak of war in 1939. As personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence, he found the war 'intensely exciting'. When it was over Lord Kemsley offered him the foreign managership of Kemsley newspapers. Fleming accepted on condition that he could have two months' holiday a year to spend at his house, Goldeneye, in Jamaica, where subsequently he did most of his writing. If his war experiences and his job provided the background for his thrillers, Fleming maintained that it was his marriage to Anne, Viscountess Rothermere in 1952 that spurred him to start writing.

First edition, first impression, first issue dust-jacket without the Sunday Times review on the upper flap; 8vo. Publisher's black boards, heart device to upper board and titles to spine in red. With the dust jacket. Contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, spine just a touch rolled but a particularly bright copy in the internally repaired dust jacket, nicked at the edges and with some minor restoration at the top of the spine panel and a couple of corners.

Bibliography
Gilbert A1a (1.1).

Stock ID:106909

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	England
Period:	1950-1979
Creation Date:	1953
Styles / Movements:	Modern
Dealer Reference #:	106909
Incollect Reference #:	579910

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