This feature is inspired by the Bentley steel tread plate.Įach book has a limitation marque with Ian Fleming’s signature, reflecting the plate you would find on a Bentley engine. Bentley’s trademark knurling adorns the metal spine. Using Bentley’s craftsmanship, this edition features the iconic double stitching and signature winged Bentley logo – all hand stitched on the leather casing. The book is presented in an elegant leather clamshell case, with both case and special edition book are bound in beluga coloured leather, sourced from the tannery in Italy which provides hides for Bentley’s interiors. Its striking red, white and black colouring is a nod to the gambling theme of Fleming’s first novel, where Bond famously takes on his adversary, Le Chiffre, over a game of baccarat.Ī special feature of this edition is the bespoke set of playing cards, hidden within a secret compartment. But Bond soon discovers that there is far more at stake than money.įrom the hand-bound beluga leather casing to distinctive Bentley features such as hand-stitched embroidery and silver foil page edges, this special edition of Casino Royale is produced with only the very finest materials. In Casino Royale, the first of Fleming’s 007 adventures, a game of cards is James Bond's only chance to bring down the desperate SMERSH agent Le Chiffre. They are easier to fight for than principles’ ‘Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James.

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