Fleming (Ian). Dr No, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1958; You Only Live Twice, 1st edition, 1964, both presentation copies from Ian Fleming to Reg Shurey, Dr No 2nd impression (with the silhouette of a dancing girl to the upper cover), original cloth, dust jacket, spines ends a little rubbed with small nicks and tears at head, a few small stains to the rear panel, You Only Live Twice original cloth, dust jacket, a few small light stains, 8vo (Quantity: 2) Presentation copies from the author to Reg Shurey. Dr No inscribed 'To Reg, who knows all the odds! from Ian', You Only Live Twice inscribed 'To Reg, 16/- dammit! from Ian' The dedicatee was Reg Shurey and the inscriptions refer to a potential Bridge debt, where Ian Fleming having lost a game (or games) of Bridge to Reg Shurey gave him the books in lieu of payment. Reg Shurey (1894-1971) came from a family-owned publishing firm, Shurey's, best known for publishing Shurey's Illustrated, a weekly periodical launched during the Second Anglo-Boer War. Reg had fought at Gallipoli during the Great War, his brother Charles, a captain in the Royal Fusiliers was killed in 1916. After the War, Reg married and had two children, and became an accomplished Bridge player, playing around the world with 'society' people, including friends living in Jamaica, which led to him meeting Ian Fleming and games of Bridge ensued at Fleming's residence Goldeneye. He purchased a mile-long beach in Eleuthera in the Bahamas in 1939, which he owned up to the mid-1960s and he spent much of his time in the West Indies until illness resulted in the sale of the beach and he returned to the UK before passing away in 1971. The books were inherited by Reg's daughter and thence by descent.
Fleming (Ian). Dr No, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1958; You Only Live Twice, 1st edition, 1964, both presentation copies from Ian Fleming to Reg Shurey, Dr No 2nd impression (with the silhouette of a dancing girl to the upper cover), original cloth, dust jacket, spines ends a little rubbed with small nicks and tears at head, a few small stains to the rear panel, You Only Live Twice original cloth, dust jacket, a few small light stains, 8vo (Quantity: 2) Presentation copies from the author to Reg Shurey. Dr No inscribed 'To Reg, who knows all the odds! from Ian', You Only Live Twice inscribed 'To Reg, 16/- dammit! from Ian' The dedicatee was Reg Shurey and the inscriptions refer to a potential Bridge debt, where Ian Fleming having lost a game (or games) of Bridge to Reg Shurey gave him the books in lieu of payment. Reg Shurey (1894-1971) came from a family-owned publishing firm, Shurey's, best known for publishing Shurey's Illustrated, a weekly periodical launched during the Second Anglo-Boer War. Reg had fought at Gallipoli during the Great War, his brother Charles, a captain in the Royal Fusiliers was killed in 1916. After the War, Reg married and had two children, and became an accomplished Bridge player, playing around the world with 'society' people, including friends living in Jamaica, which led to him meeting Ian Fleming and games of Bridge ensued at Fleming's residence Goldeneye. He purchased a mile-long beach in Eleuthera in the Bahamas in 1939, which he owned up to the mid-1960s and he spent much of his time in the West Indies until illness resulted in the sale of the beach and he returned to the UK before passing away in 1971. The books were inherited by Reg's daughter and thence by descent.
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