How 007 Got His Name.
BOND, Mary Wickham.
How 007 Got His Name.
First Edition of Mary Wickham Bond's How 007 Got His Name
London: Collins, 1966.
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First edition of Mary Wickham Bond’s account of the story of how James Bond got his name. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Barbosa.
'How 007 Got His Name' is the telling of how an American ornithologist's name was stolen and popularized by British novelist Ian Fleming. James Bond, the real man behind the character, had just published 'Birds of the West Indies' and was surprised to find his life upended when Ian Fleming decided to use his name as the protagonist of his popular new series. In this short book, Mary Bond recalls with humor the amusement and embarrassment of the situation, the subsequent re-adjustment, and the surreal meeting between author and inspiration.
