How 007 Got His Name

With two black and white photos and five bird sketches. An entertaining account of how Ian Fleming used the name of an American ornithologist who wrote a book about West Indian birds, for his fictional secret agent, including details of the only meeting between Fleming and the real James Bond; 62pp.

Book condition: green cloth boards in very good condition, end-papers unmarked, text and binding good except for previous owner ink stamps on title page and various other random places throughout the book (mostly in the margins).

Jacket condition: very good, not price-clipped, wear to edges; small patch of loss to head of spine, rear panel rubbed. Two owner ink-stamps on inside of rear panel, which have now leached through. The jacket is now protected by a Brodart plastic sleeve.