Ian Fleming | Three works featuring the James Bond story 'The Property of a Lady', plus Kenneth Snowman, the Art of Karl Fabergé

Ian Fleming

Three works featuring the James Bond story 'The Property of a Lady', and a related work, comprising:

i. The Ivory Hammer. London: Longmans, 1963. 4to, REVIEW COPY, original cloth, dust jacket

ii. Ibid. FIRST US ISSUE, with Sotheby's presentation slip, original cloth, dust jacket

iii. Sotheby's Art at Auction: The Art Market Review, 1993-4. London: Conran Octopus, 1994

THE RARE BOND STORY SET AT SOTHEBY'S.

Provisionally titled 'The Diamond Egg', Fleming's James Bond story is set in Sotheby's saleroom, and was commissioned by the auction house for their yearbook. Sotheby's Art at Auction features a newly printed version of the story, illustrated by Ron Bowen.

[together with:]

iv. Kenneth Snowman. The Art of Karl Fabergé. London: Faber and Faber, 1953. FIRST EDITION, 4to, numerous illustrations, modern red morocco gilt by Bayntun-Riviere, spine with raised bands in six compartments, gilt edges, marbled endpapers

Kenneth Snowman, C.B.E. (1919-2002) was a renowned Bond Street jeweller, painter, chairman of Wartski, and a friend of Ian Fleming, who provided technical advice and who appears in-person in The Property of a Lady. This title, his definitive published work, is also mentioned in the story.