Casino Royale Ian Fleming

4/12/2022

Casino Royale By Ian Fleming
Casino Royale Ian Fleming First Edition

Casino Royale is the first novel written by Ian Fleming featuring the 00 agent Commander James Bond, published in 1953. The plot revolves around a plan to take down Le Chiffre, an agent of SMERSH, by bankrupting him in a high-stakes game of Baccarat Chemin-de-fer. Casino Royale has the unique distinction of being the only James Bond novel to be adapted three times: as a 1954 American TV. James Bond, designated Agent 007 (always articulated as “double-oh-seven”) in the British Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6, was the creation of British novelist Ian Fleming, who introduced the.

(2006) - Casino Royale introduces James Bond before he holds his licence to kill. But Bond is no less dangerous and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated to '00' status. Bond is sent on his first mission that takes him to Madagascar, the Bahamas and eventually leads him to Montenegro to face Le Chiffre, a ruthless financier, who is attempting to restore his funds in a high-stakes poker game at Casino Royale. 'M' places Bond under the watchful eye of the Treasury official Vesper Lynd. He learns his most important lesson: Trust no one.

This prototype Ford Mondeo was used by James Bond in the Bahamas to drive to his hotel from the airport. This is the first vehicle that new James Bond, Daniel Craig, drives on screen. The vehicle is on permanent loan to the Foundation from The Ford Motor Company, UK.

'Casino Royale'
Starring Daniel Craig as James Bond 007
Presented by Albert R. Broccoli's Eon Productions Limited
Produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli
Directed by Martin Campbell
Based on the novel by Ian Fleming

About This Item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. First edition of the first novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, 'To Ralph, We have now both reduced our remainders by one copy! Ian.' With a note of explanation by the recipient underneath, 'I having told Ian, from the depths of my publishing experience, that he would be lucky if he made GBP200 out of this, his first thriller!! R.A.' The recipient Ralph Arnold was a novelist, historical writer and publisher who joined Constable in 1936 and was chairman from 1958 to 1962. Arnold and Fleming studied together at the Tennerhof School in Kitzbuhel, Austria, and it was there that both made their first forays into story-writing. Having left Sandhurst without obtaining a commission, Fleming 'was sent to 'sort himself out' at a quasi-finishing school for men in Kitzbuhel ... There, while skiing and climbing mountains, he came under the benevolent tutelage of Ernan Forbes Dennis, a former British spy turned educationalist, and his wife, Phyllis Bottome, an established novelist. Forbes Dennis brought out Fleming's aptitude for languages and introduced him to literature, while his wife encouraged him to write his first stories.' (Oxford DNB). Near fine in a near fine first state dust jacket (without the Sunday Times review on the inner front flap) with the lightest of rubbing to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Casino Royale was written by Ian Fleming in Jamaica over a period of around two months, largely from his own experiences and imagination; he also devised the artwork for the cover. 'Within the first few pages Fleming had introduced most of Bond's idiosyncrasies and trademarks,' which included his looks, his Bentley and his smoking and drinking habits. The full details of Bond's martini were kept until chapter seven of the book and Bond eventually named it 'The Vesper', after Vesper Lynd' (Andrew Lycett). It has been filmed twice as a feature film, the first being the 1967 spoof starring David Niven, and later as the twenty-first official Bond film starring Daniel Craig as James Bond.

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: Raptis Rare Books (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: 98575
Title: Casino Royale.
Author: Fleming, Ian
Book condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Place of Publication: London
Date published: 1953
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