* * * * H O L I D A Y G I F T S * B A U M A N R A R E B O O K S 15 15. FLEMING, Ian. Dr. No. London, 1958. Octavo, original brown-stamped paper boards, dust jacket, custom clamshell box. $5000 First edition of the sixth Bond thriller, introducing Dr. No, perhaps the most famous of the Bond villains and the first to appear on film. The further adventures of “literature’s most famous spy” (Steinbrunner & Penzler, 151) and basis for the first Bond film in 1962, starring Sean Connery and Ursula Andress. Time acclaimed the title villain as “one of the least forgettable characters in modern fiction” (Black, 32). First edition, first state, with all points, Gilbert’s Binding A, with no dancing girl silhouette on front board, in first-issue dust jacket with Fleming’s name printed in black on the spine. Gilbert A6a(1.1). Biondi & Pickard, 44-45. Book with light foxing, most to first and last few leaves; unrestored dust jacket with one short closed tear, short line of rubbing on rear panel. An excellent copy. “ONE OF THE LEAST FORGETTABLE CHARACTERS IN MODERN FICTION”: FIRST EDITION OF DR. NO
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