James Bond on Bond Street
James Bond on Bond Street
The Jon Gilbert Collection
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September 22, 02:17 PM GMT
Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Ian Fleming
Typed letter signed, to Gordon Grimley, regarding an offer to review the book No Latitude For Error, stating the book has been sent to him in error instead of his brother, Peter Fleming
1 page, 8vo, on paper headed 4 Old Mitre Court, 12 January 1961
Fleming had just returned from skiing in St Moritz when he discovered a copy of No Latitude For Error by Sir Edmund Hillary for him to review, sent by the Book Society's Gordon Grimley. It was, in fact, intended for his brother, the adventurer and travel writer Peter Fleming.