FLEMING, Ian (1908-1964). The Spy who Loved Me . London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. 8° (190 x 125mm). (Edges lightly yellowed.) Original black cloth, upper side with a dagger motif stamped in blind and silver, spine lettered in silver, red endpapers, original pictorial dust-jacket after Richard Chopping (light wear and short tear at spine ends and corners, light spotting). Fleming's signature in blue ball-point on the front free endpaper. Provenance : Christie's, London (sold, 5 May 1995, lot 119). FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Fleming met Vivienne Michel, listed as co-author, in Jamaica. He became infatuated with the young French woman and, in a grand gesture, he credited her although she had no part in the writing of the book. The dust-jacket is based on a concept by Fleming, who wrote to Chopping on 22 June 1961 with ideas for the design: 'the title of the book is The Spy Who Loved Me and so what suggests itself of course is a juxtaposition between a dagger or a gun and an emblem representing love, rather on the lines of your gun with a rose'. Fleming was delighted with Chopping's design and later wrote 'I really must send you my warmest and most grateful congratulations for your splendid new jacket, which we all think is absolutely up to the tremendously high standards of the others'.
FLEMING, Ian (1908-1964). The Spy who Loved Me . London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. 8° (190 x 125mm). (Edges lightly yellowed.) Original black cloth, upper side with a dagger motif stamped in blind and silver, spine lettered in silver, red endpapers, original pictorial dust-jacket after Richard Chopping (light wear and short tear at spine ends and corners, light spotting). Fleming's signature in blue ball-point on the front free endpaper. Provenance : Christie's, London (sold, 5 May 1995, lot 119). FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Fleming met Vivienne Michel, listed as co-author, in Jamaica. He became infatuated with the young French woman and, in a grand gesture, he credited her although she had no part in the writing of the book. The dust-jacket is based on a concept by Fleming, who wrote to Chopping on 22 June 1961 with ideas for the design: 'the title of the book is The Spy Who Loved Me and so what suggests itself of course is a juxtaposition between a dagger or a gun and an emblem representing love, rather on the lines of your gun with a rose'. Fleming was delighted with Chopping's design and later wrote 'I really must send you my warmest and most grateful congratulations for your splendid new jacket, which we all think is absolutely up to the tremendously high standards of the others'.
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