The Jon Gilbert Collection
Ian Fleming | Casino Royale, 1953, first edition, inscribed by dust-jacket artist Kenneth Lewis
Lot Closed
September 22, 01:19 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Ian Fleming
Casino Royale. London: Jonathan Cape, 1953
8vo, FIRST EDITION, third impression, INSCRIBED by Kenneth Lewis to Jon Gilbert, original black cloth, lettered in red, design to upper cover in red, DUST-JACKET, collector's black cloth clamshell box, jacket chipped, mainly at head of spine, worn at joints, rear cover toned and spotted
Kenneth Lewis designed the dust-jackets of the first three novels, Casino Royale, Live and Let Die and Moonraker.
Gilbert A1a (3)
