THE JAMES BOND DOSSIER

London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First printing. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. First edition of the first formal literary study of Ian Fleming's enigmatic hero. Amis would later continue the James Bond series himself (as Robert Markham) after Fleming's death. 7'' x 4.75''. Original blind-stamped black cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped (16s.) pictorial dust jacket designed by Jan Pienkowski, based on Richard Chopping's original art. 159, [1] pages. Light edgewear and scuffing to jacket. Light soil to bottom edge of text block, faint toning to fore-edge.