Octopussy
by FLEMING, Ian
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- first
- Condition
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Slight lean; edges rubbed; open tear to top corner of cover; crease to opposite corner; previous owner name to fist page; pen doodle to verso of lower cover and last page of publisher's adverts. A first Pan paperback, first printing [Gilbert A13a (6)].
Synopsis
Ian Fleming (1908-1964), creator of the world's best-known secret agent, is the author of fourteen James Bond books. Born in London in 1908 and educated at Eton and Sandhurst, he became the Reuters Moscow correspondent in 1929. In the spring of 1939, Fleming went back to Moscow as a special correspondent for the London Times . In June of that same year, he joined Naval Intelligence and served throughout World War II, finally earning the rank of Commander, RNVSR (Sp.). Much of the James Bond material was drawn directly from Fleming's experiences as an intelligence officer. Later, Fleming became a consultant on foreign affairs for the London Sunday Times , by which time he had become far better known as the creator of James Bond.
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- Bookseller
- Archives Fine Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4247
- Title
- Octopussy
- Author
- FLEMING, Ian
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Pan Paperback, first printing
- Publisher
- Pan Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1967
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