The life of Ian Fleming
1966, Book Club Edition. London : The Companion Book Club. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Edges foxed, occasionally reaching the margins. Remains otherwise tight, bright and clean; a well-preserved copy. Item #468187
Physical description; 352 pages, 16 plates (including portraits), 8 facsimiles ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes index. Contents; The Flemings of Nettlebed -- The difficult one -- Victor ludorum -- The golden time -- The girl in Geneva -- The watcher at the trial -- The solitary and the Cercle -- Private and public -- Fleming's War -- The life for treats -- Falling mercury -- Tough men are very rare -- The literary cell -- Marriage -- The beginnings of Bond -- The golden typewriter -- The best-seller stakes -- The ten best novels in the world -- Enter Chandler -- The iron crab -- Not saying no -- Eden at Goldeneye -- Golf and gold -- Thunderball backfires -- The hollow victory. Subjects; Fleming, Ian. Novelists, English. Biography. 20th century. Illustrated.
Price: €14.95