Twentieth-Century British Book Collectors And Bibliographers. Dictionary Of Literary Biography Volume 201 [Ian Fleming / Bibliography] Baker, William, & Womack, Kenneth James Bond 007

FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp.393 [21]. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's pale blue cloth covers blocked in navy and gilt. A clean, fine copy. Uncommon to find a privately-owned copy as most went to libraries. Includes a lengthy portrait of Ian Fleming by Joel Silver of Indiana University, Bloomington, plus fellow bibliophiles John Carter (1905-75), Graham Greene (1904-91), John Hayward (1905-65), and Percy Muir (1894-1979). Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy (pencil ownership and bookplate within). Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming The Bibliography, p.616.