Ian Fleming | From Russia, With Love, 1957, first edition, inscribed by the author

Ian Fleming

From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957.

8vo, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to Agatha ("And from Ian! | for | Agatha") on front free endpaper, original black cloth, binding A (Fabroleen), lettered in silver and red, design to upper board in silver and red, original dust-jacket by Richard Chopping, housed in black cloth clamshell case with embossed dust-jacket design and magenta sides, inside of dust-jacket browned, slightly frayed at extremities and chipped at corners

[with:]

Cut-down version of the dust-jacket SIGNED BY CHOPPING, and plastic wallet containing ephemera related to the volume (list of ephemera available upon request)

THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO EDITH MARY AGATHA SOAMES (1886-1962), the cousin of Christopher Soames MP. Fleming also inscribed a copy of Goldfinger to Agatha (see lot 115).

LITERATURE:

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