Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, signed by Henry Blofeld, 1962.

Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, variant issue with printer's quad mark to title, signed by Henry Blofeld on endpaper, bookplate of Thomas Blofeld to endpaper, original boards, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, very slight toning to spine, light creasing to spine ends and corners, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1962.

⁂ Thomas Robert Calthorpe Blofeld (1903-1986) attended Eton with Fleming, his name is thought to be the inspiration for the supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Henry Blofeld (b. 1939) his son, cricket commentator and broadcaster. Although Blofeld does not feature in the novel, he was originally scripted to appear as the villain in the film adaptation until an injunction blocked Eon Productions from using the character.