Fleming, Ian

Casino Royale. London: Jonathan Cape, 1953

8vo. Publisher's black cloth, lettered and stamped in red; a little cocked. Dust jacket; expertly restored at upper edge, rear cover a little toned, l𝔉ight wear to joints.

First edition, first impression, first issue, with the blank rear flap.

Ian Fleming's first novel, and the debut James Bond title, written by him in early 1952 at Goldeneye, his tropical hideaway on Jamaica's north shore. "Of the conception of this most famous of debuts Fleming repeatedly said that it was written to take his mind off his forthcoming marriage yet as early as the end of the war, following his decommission from a successful career in Naval Intelligence, Fleming had told Ivar Bryce that he would settle down to write 'the spy novel to end all spy novels'..." (Gilbert, Fleming: The Bibliography, p. 16).

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Gilbert A1a (1.1)