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The Life of Ian Fleming
by John Pearson
published by McGraw-Hill  (1966)
Hardcover
5 1/2 x 8.65 inches, 367 pages

Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was an English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer who is best known for his James Bond series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., and his father was the Member of Parliament for Henley from 1910 until his death on the Western Front in 1917. Educated at Eton, Sandhurst and, briefly, the universities of Munich and Geneva, Fleming moved through several jobs before he started writing.

While working for Britain's Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, Fleming was involved in planning Operation Goldeneye and in the planning and oversight of two intelligence units, 30 Assault Unit and T-Force. His wartime service and his career as a journalist provided much of the background, detail and depth of the James Bond novels.

Fleming wrote his… Read More

Bantam N3480, 1967 First Bantam printing May 1967 in Very Good condition. Cover art by Bama. Book slightly rolled.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, January 1966. Hardcover. Good.

Pan, 1967. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Pan, 1967. Paperback. Good.

Hardcover. Good. Hardcover Good Hardcover Good Very clean copy no marks tears stains or dog ears Dust jacket replaced with Mylar replica

Bantam, 1967. Paperback. Good. cover creases and some browning along the spine. a good solid reading copy

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966. Book Club Edition . Cloth. About Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club Edition. Hard cover 8vo in tan cloth w/black/brown spine titles. About Fine w/scuffed top edge, else book Fine and unmarked; in Very Good DJ, lightly chipped at spine tips and corners. 366pp inc. Index; illustrated in p[hotos.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1966. DJ has mild edgewear. Boards have faint shelfwear. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. All pages secure in binding.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966. Clean and tight and square. Sharp corners. Appears unread. Light brown boards with black and brown lettering on the spine. Book Club Edition. Gutter code 45 H on page 367. The dust jacket has a little wear and tear along the top edge and is in new mylar. The colors are still bright.. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Biography.

New York: Mcgraw-hill Book Company , 1966. Orange cloth still bright. No markings or stains. No statement of edition on copyright page except for 1966 copyright. . First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Pan Books Ltd, 1967. Paperback. Acceptable. 1967. Reprint. 416 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Contains black and white plates. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has moderate edge wear with visible rubbing and creasing. Small marks to all. Reading creases to spine. Book has a rolled spine.

Paperback. Very Good.

NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Octavo, hardcover, near fine in lightly edgeworn dj with errata sheet enclosed by publisher re. high court action, and his heart attack. It was at Goldeneye, the house he had built in Jamaica, that Ian Fleming established the fantasy world in which James Bond was born. He was forty-two when he tapped out Casino Royale-and began the greatest international hero-worship cult since Sherlock Holmes. It was the turning point of his career, but it had come tragically late. Increasingly, Bond took over his creator who, unable to maintain the pace set by the tough, romantic hero, burnt himself up. Fleming was fifty-six when he died in 1964. 338 pp. including index.

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company. F/F. 1966. Hardcover. No markings or names. . ; Important biography. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 p. .