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FLEMING, Ian (1908-1964). From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957.
8vo. Original black cloth, gun-and-rose design to upper cover in bronze and silver, spine lettered in silver and bronze; original dust jacket (spine sunned, light rubbing along joints and wraps, small faint stain at foot of spine).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, of Fleming’s fifth Bond novel. It is the first Bond novel with a jacket designed by Richard Chopping, who went on to execute many of the subsequent Bond covers, often in collaboration with Fleming. It was the basis for the blockbuster film in 1963 of the same name, starring Sean Connery reprising his role a second time as James Bond. Total Film magazine named it the ninth-greatest British film of all time. Gilbert A5a (1.1).