The Life of Ian Fleming.

PEARSON, John.

Item Number: 135120

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966.

First edition of Pearson’s illuminating portrait of the creator of 007. Octavo, original cloth. illustrated. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Ownership inscription.

Was Ian Fleming James Bond? Many think so. Certainly the super-hero and his creator had similarities - an aristocratic background, sophisticated tastes, a fatal appeal to women, and an intimate knowledge of the demi-monde of international spy rings. In this fascinating book, which is a profound psychological study, Pearson separates the creator from the created and reveals that while Fleming incorporated his own adventures into James Bond's, her used his creation to fulfill his own daydreams and alleviate a very real - and quite baseless - sense of failure.