James Bond First Editions

Public Faces.

NICOLSON, Harold (1886-1968).

London: Constable, 1932. [Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[viii]; 350; [26], advertisements. Publisher's brown cloth lettered in green to backstrip. No inscriptions, minor edges spotting, small hole (ash burn?) to a few leaves of first gathering, minor stain to top edge, spine and extremities lightly sunned. Very good. A political satire, in which one of the characters is based on Nicolson's friend, the future James Bond novelist Ian Fleming. Item #63288

Gilbert, p.649.

Price: £85.00