James Bond on Bond Street

James Bond on Bond Street

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The Jon Gilbert Collection

Cyril Connolly | Bond Strikes Camp, 1963, presentation copy from Ian Fleming to Ernie Cuneo

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Lot Closed

September 22, 02:52 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Cyril Connolly

Bond Strikes Camp. London: The London Magazine, April 1963


8vo, Volume 3 No. 1, inscribed by Fleming to cover "Ernie - you always enjoy these cracks at me. This is a corker! Ian.", green wrappers, with accompanying compliments slip, light spotting, especially to rear cover


The first appearance in print of James Bond as written by someone other than Ian Fleming, Cyril Connolly's pastiche of Fleming's character was carefully overseen, and warmly approved of, by Ian. It was published in the London Magazine in April 1963. The magazine's editor, Alan Ross, sent Ian the galley sheets for approval, see lot 113.


Ernie Cuneo (1905-1988) was a lawyer, writer and wartime colleague of Fleming. He served in the O.S.S., F.B.I. and British Intelligence, he was one of Fleming's closest American friends. He appears in Diamonds Are Forever as Bond's eponymous ally, and Thunderball was dedicated to him, as Cuneo had written the earliest treatment of the screenplay that eventually developed into the novel.

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