Kingsley Amis — The James Bond Dossier

London, Jonathan Cape, 1965 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Kingsley Amis's critical study of 007. The first edition of Kingsley Amis's critical analysis of the James Bond novels, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.This was the first formal literary study of James Bond as a character, also serving as a literary analysis of Fleming's style and techniques. This work analyses the majority of the Bond canon, it only omitting only 'Octopussy and the Living Daylights', which was published a year later. Due to Amis' commitment and respect of the series, he was later commissioned as the first continuation novelist for the James Bond novel series, writing 'Colonel Sun' under the pseudonym 'Robert Markham&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with bumping to back strip head and tail. Light edge wear to head and tail of dust wrapper back strip, with minor marks to rear wrap. Light spotting to fore edge of text block. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.