Diamonds are Forever, Ian Fleming, first edition, inscribed to John Hayward

Ian Fleming

Edité par Jonathan Cape, 1956

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Diamonds are Forever, Ian Fleming, first edition, first impression (with 'Boofy' for 'Dolly'), advance presentation copy inscribed to Fleming's friend John Hayward; Jonathan Cape 1956. Inscribed with the words 'For John & his blue pencil from Ian'. A superb example of his rarely inscribed novel, the fourth James Bond book. The words 'his blue pencil' refer to John Hayward's important role as an editor, proof-reader and checker of content - Hayward went through the manuscripts and made corrections to each Fleming novel prior to publication, and in this case, after publication. Indeed Hayward has made several corrections to the pages of this copy, listing each page where he has made a correction to the rear inflap of the jacket (see the photos). These corrections - including a missing full stop to the top of p91 which Hayward has identified and marked - represent changes made to subsequent printings. John Hayward was an important person in literary London of the time; he was a close friend of TS Eliot and lived together with the poet in a flat in Chelsea, helping Eliot with editorial and textual revisions of his published works. Ian Fleming appointed Hayward as editor of the magazine The Book Collector in 1952, a position Hayward remained in till midway through the following decade. A highly significant association copy, inscribed to a person who occupied an important position making textual corrections to Fleming's works, as evinced by the dedication and the corrections made by Hayward to the existing text. The book is in near fine condition. Indeed the book is fine in virtually every respect: sharp corners, firm spine foot, very light pushing to spine tip, spotless black boards, no bumps to the board edges, bright silver book title, author name and publisher to the spine, no lean to the book which remains very firm; book is very clean inside, with a spotless and unmarked text block, no dog-eared pages, pages all being entirely smooth, with no tears, tugs or nicks. The only fault is a small puncture to the cloth of the front board, near the right edge; otherwise this is a lovely copy. The jacket is the correct first state jacket; not price-clipped. Rubbing to the edges, short closed-edge tear to top of front panel, light rubbing to the corners, small hole on front panel commensurate with the puncture to the cloth, and another small patch of rubbing above it, clean jacket verso. Very slight toning to the spine, but otherwise a very good jacket. Presented in a collector's black cloth clamshell box. For buyers outside the UK, please contact me for a postage quote as this is a high value book. Thank you.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Diamonds are Forever, Ian Fleming, first edition, inscribed to John Hayward
• Éditeur: Jonathan Cape
• Date de parution: 1956
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Signé: Inscribed by Author(s)