FLEMING | From Russia, with Love, 1957, presentation copy inscribed to the author's wife

IAN FLEMING

FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE. LONDON: JONATHAN CAPE, 1957

8vo, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO HIS WIFE ("To | Annie, | With love | and lashes. | Ian") on front free endpaper, original black cloth, lettered in silver and bronze, design to upper cover in silver and red, DUST-JACKET, collector's blue cloth chemise with navy blue morocco-backed slipcase

The author's inscription presumably refers to the Flemings' sadomasochistic sexual preferences.

LITERATURE:

Gilbert A5a (1.1)

PROVENANCE:

From the library of Ann Fleming