IAN FLEMING : Black & White Portrait Photo INSCRIBED " To Ruby. My First Love "
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:7001976 |
James Bond author IAN FLEMING Previously unknown autographed portrait photo, presented to his first love.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IAN FLEMING : Black & white portrait photo c.1930
(approx. 11 x 9 inches; Frame = 12¼ x 10½ inches)
The framed photo has this autograph message across the lower section in black i...nk: (exact transcription including punctuation and upper/lower case)
To: RUBY
My first love & always a Love
From IAN
Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 novels feature fictionalised names of persons and places frequently based upon Fleming's own real-life relationships and experiences.
The romantic interest of James Bond in the novel and film versions of OHMSS is named Ruby (Ruby Windsor in the novel; Ruby Bartlett in the film.)
In the photo background is a sporting trophy -- Ian Fleming was Victor Ludorum at Eton in both 1925 and 1926.
The controversial premature departure of Ian Fleming from Eton allegedly resulted from a forbidden relationship.
This previously unpublished photograph of Ian Fleming is specially notable for his own revealing inscription "My first love & always a Love."
© Roger Noble
International delivery by arrangement with buyer who pays all costs for delivery method of their choosing
IAN FLEMING : Black & white portrait photo c.1930
(approx. 11 x 9 inches; Frame = 12¼ x 10½ inches)
The framed photo has this autograph message across the lower section in black i...nk: (exact transcription including punctuation and upper/lower case)
To: RUBY
My first love & always a Love
From IAN
Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 novels feature fictionalised names of persons and places frequently based upon Fleming's own real-life relationships and experiences.
The romantic interest of James Bond in the novel and film versions of OHMSS is named Ruby (Ruby Windsor in the novel; Ruby Bartlett in the film.)
In the photo background is a sporting trophy -- Ian Fleming was Victor Ludorum at Eton in both 1925 and 1926.
The controversial premature departure of Ian Fleming from Eton allegedly resulted from a forbidden relationship.
This previously unpublished photograph of Ian Fleming is specially notable for his own revealing inscription "My first love & always a Love."
© Roger Noble
International delivery by arrangement with buyer who pays all costs for delivery method of their choosing
