Cyril Connolly | Bond Strikes Camp, 1963, first separate book-form edition, number 13 of 50 copies signed by the author

Cyril Connolly

Bond Strikes Camp. [Hertford: Shenval Press,] 1963

FIRST SEPARATE BOOK-FORM EDITION, NUMBER 15 OF 50 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 8vo, frontispiece, original green wrappers, printed paper label on upper wrappers, housed in a modern green cloth case, very slight crinkling to upper wrapper, ELSE A FINE COPY

The first separate book-form edition of this James Bond short story, the first written by someone other than Ian Fleming. It was supervised and warmly approved by Fleming. This high camp pastiche was a precursor to the 1967 parody film Casino Royale.

LITERATURE:

Gilbert, p. 608