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The Life of Ian Fleming
by JOHN PEARSON
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- Seller
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THETFORD, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: THE COMPANION BOOK CLUB. A biography of writer Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond. Book club edition. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket(feaures characters from the Bond novels). Some surface wear/peeling on DJ edges(not too severe). Not price clipped. Small tear on top front edge of DJ. Slight marking/foxing on back of DJ. Black boards. Slight foxing on page edges. Top edges of pages are stained blue(part of the design). Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: LD1 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 1966.
Reviews
On Sep 5 2022, a reader said:
Privilege and nepotism appear to have gotten Fleming through life.
His Bond character was who he wanted to, but couldn't, be.
This work recounts many of the events Fleming later modified and embellished in the world of James Bond.
Flemings important, yet safe, role with British Naval Intelligence, gained in part through social connection, is well covered.
The writer is worth looking up for evidence of the nepotism I mentioned at the outset of this review.
On the one hand, this is a ripping yarn about how a daydreaming child managed to gain independent wealth through writing about who he wanted to be, drawing upon much of his own aloof personality and fantasies in combination with detail gleaned from eloquent observation of things he really had experienced.
On the other, this is testimony to the influence of the old boys network.
It's an interesting read.
I'd suggest a different title, perhaps Ian Fleming, A life of Privilege.
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Details
- Seller
- TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 010115
- Title
- The Life of Ian Fleming
- Author
- JOHN PEARSON
- Illustrator
- JOHN CANNING(JACKET DESIGN)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- THE COMPANION BOOK CLUB
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1966
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography and Biography;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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About the Seller
TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
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THETFORD, Norfolk
About TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
I am a bookseller of predominantly used(second hand) books. I specialise in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, British and American comics, TV and Film books and magazines. I also sell other varieties of fiction and non-fiction. Including historical novels, poetry, history books, native american history, new age, philosophy, motivational books, classics.
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