Description
Fleming (Ian).- Hooks (Mitchell) and David Chasman. Dr. No British film poster, 760 x 1020mm., neatly mounted on conservation support, corners with neat and expert restoration and with some residual light tape-stains, light vertical folding crease with some neat retouching, some light surface soiling, but a bright and excellent example, Stafford & Co Ltd, [1962].
⁂ An excellent example of the first James Bond poster, the beginning of the extraordinarily successful film franchise.
The artist Mitchell Hooks (1923-2013) produced cover artwork for numerous pulp paperbacks as well as film posters, his iconic design would help cement the image of James Bond as the epitome of 1960s cool.
Lot 376
Fleming (Ian).- Hooks (Mitchell) and David Chasman. Dr. No, British film poster, Stafford & Co Ltd, [1962].
Estimate: £10,000 - 15,000
Description
Fleming (Ian).- Hooks (Mitchell) and David Chasman. Dr. No British film poster, 760 x 1020mm., neatly mounted on conservation support, corners with neat and expert restoration and with some residual light tape-stains, light vertical folding crease with some neat retouching, some light surface soiling, but a bright and excellent example, Stafford & Co Ltd, [1962].
⁂ An excellent example of the first James Bond poster, the beginning of the extraordinarily successful film franchise.
The artist Mitchell Hooks (1923-2013) produced cover artwork for numerous pulp paperbacks as well as film posters, his iconic design would help cement the image of James Bond as the epitome of 1960s cool.