Books

Jonathan Cape, 1963. Octavo. Original white cloth-backed grey paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, black endpapers. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom black morocco-backed folding box. 48 pages of illustrations from black and white photos. Corners slightly bumped, some browning to edges, a near-fine copy. Minor creases to price-clipped dust jacket with extremities slightly rubbed, a bright and near-fine copy. First edition, first impression, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title-page "For Sari, her Christmas present! [kiss] Ian." This copy was given from the author's own batch of copies for presentation in December 1963 (the book having been published in November 1963). The recipient is Sarah Dugdale, part of the Ivor Bryce set, who was a close friend of Ian Fleming during the last 12 years of his life. Accompanying the book is a note regarding the nature of their relationship, from the previous owner, Sari's housemaid and confidante, who had inherited…

A travelogue by Ian Fleming detailing his adventures in various cities around the world, originally written as a series of articles for the London Sunday Times.