Robin Mirrlees—Ian Fleming | Sable Basilisk, 1960s, signed by the author

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

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September 22, 03:02 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

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Robin Mirrlees—Ian Fleming

Sable Basilisk. Privately printed, 1960s

4to, typescript, SIGNED by Robin Mirlees to flyleaf, burgundy buckram, spine gilt

ONE OF ONLY SIX COPIES OF THIS RARE PIECE OF BONDIANA.

Robin de la Lanne Mirlees' account of his part in the novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service, where he advised Fleming extensively on genealogy. Mirlees was Rouge Dragon at the College of Arms (renamed Sable Basilisk in the story), to whom Fleming dedicated his novel. This is one of only six copies according to the bibliographer Iain Campbell.

Gilbert, pp. 624, 628-9.

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