![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The meeting of Fleming and Chandler was of signficant importance to Fleming's literary career: ".the friendship between the two men. Fleming inscribed Moonraker to Chandler in one of these occasions in 1955, conceivably at their first meeting. they had met on several occasions and got on well together.” (Pearson, The Life of Ian Fleming, p. Two more different characters than the creators of Philip Marlowe and James Bond it would be hard to find, but since that dinner. Chandler had arrived in England a month before and was just emerging from a long spell of drinking which had followed the death of his beloved wife Cissie at La Jolla in California the previous year. “Fleming treated him with the deference he reserved for very few. They first met over dinner in May 1955, shortly after the publication of Moonraker on 7 April, and with Diamonds are Forever complete in manuscript form. A copy given by the creator of Philip Marlowe to the creator of James Bond.įleming had long admired Chandler’s work. 8vo, FROM THE LIBRARY OF IAN FLEMING, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR (“To | Ian | with love | Ray”) on front free endpaper, original red cloth, lettered in yellow, DUST-JACKET, collector’s black cloth chemise with black morocco slipcaseĪN OUTSTANDING ASSOCIATION COPY. ![]()
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