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Adrian Harrington Rare Books
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, State A. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Crown Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.221; [1]. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards with scarlet endpapers in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping, priced at 15s. A near fine copy with a slight spine lean, one tiny tear to the jacket. Signed by Ian Fleming to the flyleaf. With Christies' lot number ticket from a previous auction sale loosely inserted. A lightly handled, near fine copy with one tiny tear to the jacket. Housed in a collector's leather-spined clamshell box. Gilbert A10a (1.1). Provenance: Christies, London. Printed Books, 5th May 1995 (lot 119, £1300). Adrian Harrington Ltd., Inventory No.38892 (2012, £11,000).

About The Spy Who Loved Me

The Spy Who Loved Me is the tenth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, first published in 1962. Unlike the other Bond novels, this story is told from the perspective of a young Canadian woman named Vivienne Michel, who encounters James Bond after she finds herself in a difficult situation at a motel in the Adirondack Mountains. The narrative explores themes of love, trust, and the dynamics of power.