Ian Fleming | You Only Live Twice, 1964, presentation copy from the author to Amherst Villiers

Ian Fleming

You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964

8vo, FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, binding A, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by the author to Amherst Villiers ("To Amherst | Read it, damn you! | Ian") to front free endpaper, DUST-JACKET, collector's black clamshell box

Amherst Villiers designed a supercharger for the 4.5 litre 'Blower' Bentley, which Fleming chose as James Bond's vehicle of choice in the first three Bond novels. Villiers painted the portrait of Fleming that appeared in the special limited edition of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, see lots 104 and 105.