Casino Royale.
FLEMING, Ian.
Casino Royale.
“History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts”: First American Edition of Ian Fleming’s First Novel Casino Royale
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954.
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First American edition of Fleming’s first novel in his acclaimed Bond series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing with the corners clipped, but the $2.75 price intact, as was the publisher’s method. Jacket design by Leo Manso. A very sharp example.
Casino Royale was written by Ian Fleming in Jamaica over a period of around two months, largely from his own experiences and imagination; he also devised the artwork for the cover. "Within the first few pages Fleming had introduced most of Bond's idiosyncrasies and trademarks, which included his looks, his Bentley and his smoking and drinking habits. The full details of Bond's martini were kept until chapter seven of the book and Bond eventually named it "The Vesper", after Vesper Lynd" (Andrew Lycett). It has been filmed twice as a feature film, the first being the 1967 spoof starring David Niven, and later as the twenty-first official Bond film starring Daniel Craig as James Bond.
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Complete Set of 14 First Edition James Bond Novels: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds are Forever, From Russia with Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories including A View to a Kill and Quantum of Solace), Thunderball, The Spy Who loved Me, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Living Daylights.
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