Ian Fleming | From Russia, With Love, 1957, signed by dust-jacket artist Richard Chopping

Ian Fleming

From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957

8vo, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, SIGNED by the dust-jacket artist Richard Chopping to inner flap, original black cloth, lettered in silver and red, design to upper cover in silver and red, DUST-JACKET, collector's black cloth clamshell box, some light soiling to dust-jacket, edges a little crumpled with some small tears and wear to joints

Richard Chopping illustrated nine dust-jackets in Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, starting with From Russia, With Love. His covers are instantly recognisable for their trompe-l'œil style and use of tea chest font.