Ian Fleming – Thrilling Cities – In dust wrapper and with erratum slip to page 223 – First Edition – 1963

A first edition, first printing of Thrilling Cities by Ian Fleming, published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1963. A near fine copy with some toning to the spine tips and text block. Erratum slip to page 223. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with fading to the spine. Thrilling Cities by Ian Fleming is a travel book drawn from newspaper articles written for The Sunday Times in 1959 and 1960. Best known as the creator of James Bond, Fleming visits cities including Hong Kong, Tokyo, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, Geneva, Naples and Monte Carlo. Stylish, opinionated and sometimes dated, it mixes glamour, journalism, food, crime, nightlife and personal observation with Fleming’s distinctive worldly voice.