FLEMING, Ian
 
The very first US publication of the short stories which became the novel, You Only Live Twice. Presented in a unique, hand painted, cloth solander case. 
The complete Playboy serialisation, spanning three months.
Published in America by HMH Enterprises, in 1964.
 
Description
 
Overall condition is near-fine, April and May slightly more shelf wear along the spine and extremities. All three remain tightly bound with original staples. Bright and clean throughout with original promo slips  attached.
Inside each issue are illustrations for the short stories which are connected and not found in any other publication.
A piece of Fleming history, given its rightful presentation in a unique cloth solander case.
The striking presentation case is a one of a kind, painted by artist Peter Doberman, as part of the compete set of the ‘Playboy Flemings’. 
Playboy has a long history of publishing short stories by novelists: Fleming, Nabokov, Bellow, Palahniuk, Wodehouse, Murakami and Roald Dahl. The cultural importance of their fiction was largely overshadowed by the events of the late 60s and onwards.
A highly colelctible piece especially given Playboy’s notoriously low circulation numbers.
External measurements, 32.3x25.2cm.