FLEMING, Ian (1908-1964). Moonraker . London: Jonathan Cape, 1955.
FLEMING, Ian (1908-1964). Moonraker . London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. 8° (191 x 125mm). Original black boards, lettered in silver, pictorial dust jacket by Kenneth Lewis after Ian Fleming (dust jacket with small, expert repair at one corner, light wear at the extremities, light soiling, lower panel lightly browned). FIRST EDITION, IN A VERY GOOD DUST-JACKET SIGNED BY DESIGNER KENNETH LEWIS on the front flap; the spine panel of the dust-jacket has none of the fading that is so common with this title. Moonraker is the most self-consciously autobiographical of the Bond novels to date. When Raymond Chandler's signalled his approval of Fleming's previous book, Live and Let Die , 'the real importance of the friendship went beyond the mere restoration of Fleming's confidence in James Bond. It quickly seems to have changed the whole attitude of Fleming to his hero and his work and to have made him decide that his next book [ie. Moonraker ], instead of finishing off Bond for good, would go to the opposite extreme' (Pearson). Pearson, The Life of Ian Fleming , p. 313.
FLEMING, Ian (1908-1964). Moonraker . London: Jonathan Cape, 1955.
FLEMING, Ian (1908-1964). Moonraker . London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. 8° (191 x 125mm). Original black boards, lettered in silver, pictorial dust jacket by Kenneth Lewis after Ian Fleming (dust jacket with small, expert repair at one corner, light wear at the extremities, light soiling, lower panel lightly browned). FIRST EDITION, IN A VERY GOOD DUST-JACKET SIGNED BY DESIGNER KENNETH LEWIS on the front flap; the spine panel of the dust-jacket has none of the fading that is so common with this title. Moonraker is the most self-consciously autobiographical of the Bond novels to date. When Raymond Chandler's signalled his approval of Fleming's previous book, Live and Let Die , 'the real importance of the friendship went beyond the mere restoration of Fleming's confidence in James Bond. It quickly seems to have changed the whole attitude of Fleming to his hero and his work and to have made him decide that his next book [ie. Moonraker ], instead of finishing off Bond for good, would go to the opposite extreme' (Pearson). Pearson, The Life of Ian Fleming , p. 313.
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