CHOPPING, Richard (1917-2008). The Fly, London, 1965, 8vo, original blue cloth, dust-jacket designed by the author. FIRST EDITION.

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.