Estimate: | £50 - £80 |
Hammer price: | £60 |
CHOPPING, Richard (1917-2008). The Fly. London: Secker & Warburg, 1965. 8vo (196 x130mm). Half title (some light spotting and browning to half title and title). Original navy blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, dust-jacket designed by the author with the price of 25s. unclipped (small chips to corners of jacket, closed tear to lower wrapper, backstrip darkened). Provenance: from the Collection of the late Robert Michael Booth (1945-2024), publisher, writer, collector and broadcaster. FIRST EDITION. The author is now perhaps chiefly remembered for his distinctive trompe-l'oeil jacket designs for Ian Fleming's James Bond novels.