Fine Books and Manuscripts

Chopping, Richard. The Fly. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, [1965]. First edition, first printing. Original cloth backed purple boards, spine lettered in black, original dust jacket by the author; clipped. 8vo. Mild creasing to rear panel, light crimping to head of spine panel and front cover, faint dust soiling to extremities; binding and contents clean. A tight copy. Chopping’s first novel. He is best known as the artist for most of Fleming’s James Bond titles.