Dr. No.
“All the greatest men are maniacs:: Ian Fleming’s Dr. No; Signed by Him
Dr. No.
FLEMING, Ian.
Item Number: 123902
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962.
Early printing of the sixth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by Ian Fleming on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Pat Marriot. From the personal collection of a close female friend of Fleming’s who visited him in Jamaica frequently.
The further adventures of "literature's most famous spy" (Steinbrunner & Penzler, 151) and basis for the first Bond film in 1962, starring Sean Connery and Ursula Andress. Time acclaimed the title villain as "one of the least forgettable characters in modern fiction" (Black, 32). With brown-stamped dancing girl silhouette on front board ("probably intended to be Honeychile Rider" [Biondi & Pickard, 44]).
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