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FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). From Russia, with Love . London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. 8° (188 x 122mm). (Light spotting to edges.) Original black cloth, spine and front cover stamped in silver and metallic red, dust-jacket designed by Richard Chopping (dust-jacket edges with tiny chips and creases, light soiling to back panel). Provenance : E. A. Green (bookseller's ticket).
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). From Russia, with Love . London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. 8° (188 x 122mm). (Light spotting to edges.) Original black cloth, spine and front cover stamped in silver and metallic red, dust-jacket designed by Richard Chopping (dust-jacket edges with tiny chips and creases, light soiling to back panel). Provenance : E. A. Green (bookseller's ticket). FIRST EDITION. In a contemporary review the Times Literary Supplement described this as Fleming's 'tautest, most exciting and most brilliant tale'. It is the first Bond novel with a jacket by Richard Chopping, who went on to execute many of the subsequent Bond covers, often in collaboration with Fleming.