For fans of the real James Bond and Birds of the West Indies, a mystery still surrounds the very first edition, published in 1936 by the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and printed by the Waverly Press in Baltimore.
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The first edition of Bond’s “Birds of the West Indies” (1936) was where Ian Fleming got 007’s name, according to the real James Bond himself. You can read it online here. (That’s the Cuban Tody on the cover, above.) The
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When Ian Fleming stole the real James Bond’s name from the cover (or title page) of Birds of the West Indies in early 1952, which edition was he looking at, the 1936 first edition or the 1947 second edition? It’s
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When Ian Fleming stole the real James Bond’s name from the cover title page) of Birds of the West Indies in early 1952, which edition was he looking at, the 1936 first edition or the 1947 second edition? It’s a subject
An author colleague passed this along recently, and I thought I’d share it here. Judging from Bond’s mailing address, and the fact that it has no zip code, I believe this listing in the Harrow School Register was from the
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When James Bond visited the West Indies, he needed island governments’ permission to collect birds for science. The Free Library of Philadelphia’s Rare Book Department has a fascinating collection of Bond’s permits (including the ones pictured above). They are part
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When James Bond visited the West Indies, he needed island governments’ permission to collect birds for science. The Free Library of Philadelphia’s Rare Book Department has a fascinating collection of Bond’s permits (including the ones pictured above). They are part
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‘The Real James Bond’ Review: The Birder and the Spy The ornithologist James Bond—like the secret agent who shares his name—was handy with firearms and able to work around officialdom. Photo: Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department The ornithologist
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