Biographies and Reference
'Ian Fleming' contained within 'The Evening Colonnade'.
London: David Bruce and Watson, 1973. [Literary anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.519; [1], blank. Publisher's blue cloth binding in dust-jacket designed by Cecil Beaton priced £4.50. A clean, near fine copy. Cyril Connolly was a good friend of Ian Fleming and wrote one of the earliest James..... More
'Ian Fleming' contained within 'The Evening Colonnade'.
London: David Bruce and Watson, 1973. [Literary anthology] FIRST EDITION, Uncorrected proof copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.519; [1], blank. Publisher's printed buff wrappers. A production-used copy, with loose notes inserted, heavily copy-edited throughout. With associated wear, spine rolled. Scarce. Cyril Connolly was a good friend of Ian Fleming and..... More
The Missing Diplomats.
London: The Queen Anne Press, 1952. [Espionage] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.50; [1], blank; [1], imprint. Bound in stiff white card covers with title label to upper, yellow dust-wrapper printed in red and black. Jacket a little toned to spine, panels spotted. Very good. Contemporary account of the..... More
Cyril Connolly. A Memoir. Limited Edition hardback [together with] Proof copy.
Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1978. [Literature] LIMITED FIRST EDITION in book form, having appeared in the TLS on 6th Dec. 1974. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.18; [2], blank; [1], limitation; [5], blank. Original black cloth-backed green paper-covered boards, with paper title label to the spine. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece. No..... More