My CR Prop: Vespers poem book

MANDY1 · February 2010

Hi to all!

Just added this nice little item to my Bond collection.

Vittorio Locchi's - La sveglia il testamento. Printed in Milan 1918. :007)

Best Regards,

Teppo

redsleighdown · February 2010

Great item. Pretty rare. Where did you find it? {[]

MANDY1 · February 2010

Thanks!

I have a friend who sells antique books etc.

and asked him a while ago and.... ta-daa got it.

Best Regards,

Teppo

toutbrun · February 2010

I don't remember it from the movie. When do we see it?

MANDY1 · February 2010

toutbrun wrote:

I don't remember it from the movie. When do we see it?

When Bond examines Vesper's belongings on yacht deck in Venice. :007)

Br,
Teppo

qbvi · February 2010

Teppo wrote:

Thanks!

I have a friend who sells antique books etc.

and asked him a while ago and.... ta-daa got it.

Best Regards,

Teppo

Congratulations Teppo

That is VERY RARE....only a few of us have the exact edition seen in CR. To be exact you are the 3rd person I know with it. I got my copy in '07 and a friend got his a little while later.

Sid

ke02eww · February 2010

qbvi wrote:

Teppo wrote:

Thanks!

I have a friend who sells antique books etc.

and asked him a while ago and.... ta-daa got it.

Best Regards,

Teppo

Congratulations Teppo

That is VERY RARE....only a few of us have the exact edition seen in CR. To be exact you are the 3rd person I know with it. I got my copy in '07 and a friend got his a little while later.

Sid

Nice one Teppo....spot on....these are pics of the original...

MANDY1 · February 2010

Thanks to all for your kind words and comments -{

All the best,

Teppo

ps. Has some of you made a copy of Vesper's letter?
And the leather keyring is still a "mystery" for me.

qbvi · February 2010

Teppo wrote:

Thanks to all for your kind words and comments -{

All the best,

Teppo

ps. Has some of you made a copy of Vesper's letter?
And the leather keyring is still a "mystery" for me.

Teppo

I have the Vesper letter - only one trick - the lady who helped me from Switzerland couldn't get a pic of one part of the letter that was obscured. She could read the text to me but no pic was available - so we have to infer the handwriting style for the capital "H"

Are you going to try and collect the whole Vesper kit and caboodle?

- poem book
- Sony camera
- Mum's letter
- seashell
- handkerchief
- sunglasses
- handbag
- stingray "wallet"
- keyring
- perfume
- passport
- business card
- SH loveknot
- SH ear-rings

I also have a photo of Vespers parents house (not seen) but is the real house in Coffinswell that the letter refers to

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MANDY1 · February 2010

qbvi wrote:

Teppo

I have the Vesper letter - only one trick - the lady who helped me from Switzerland couldn't get a pic of one part of the letter that was obscured. She could read the text to me but no pic was available - so we have to infer the handwriting style for the capital "H"

Are you going to try and collect the whole Vesper kit and caboodle?

- poem book
- Sony camera
- Mum's letter
- seashell
- handkerchief
- sunglasses
- handbag
- stingray "wallet"
- keyring
- perfume
- passport
- business card
- SH loveknot
- SH ear-rings

I also have a photo of Vespers parents house (not seen) but is the real house in Coffinswell that the letter refers to

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Hi!

I'm trying to do some research and track down as many Vesper's belongings as i can for my CR display.

But as we all know original SH Loveknot & ear-rings are quite expensive "For display only", so i might

consider alternative options.

I know that getting all these things together is a quite a challenge, but

"i have all the time in the world"

How about you? Do you already have all the items named above?

All the Best,
Teppo

qbvi · February 2010

Hi Teppo

I have all the items except
- original loveknot and earrings (I have a replica loveknot). I need an excuse to buy an original after spending a tidy sum for wife's Valentine's present a while back...without been accused of sneaking in a Bond purchase...
- handkerchief
- keyring
- stingray case

In the picture, note the "nice" picture of Vesper smoking a ciggy. The photo of the house is actually the real house referred in the letter from Mum. A Mr E. Carpenter lives in that house. It's a coincidence probably but the keyring in Vesper's bag on the yacht has the initials "EC" on it.

The passport I have is for DC but essentially same as for Vesper. Incidentally, real passports issued during time of CR should actually be the new biometric types...but in the movie props, they are still the pre-bio passports....but of a technical blooper since the MI6 issued passports Bond gets out of the paper bag look new (even though real spys do not get issued new looking passports on assignment...dead giveaway to the opposition....they would be well thumbed, dog earred, etc).

Best rgds, Sid

qbvi · February 2010

I will probably host another pic of the other items once I dig my camera out again

MANDY1 · February 2010

Love the display, pic of Vespers home and pic of Vesper etc.

Where did you get the loveknot replica? From Argentina?

Is that 1,000 000$ Casino Plaque screen used?

Very nice items {[]

BR,
Teppo

ps. Your poem book is in a pretty good condition -{

Asp9mm · February 2010

You have to drink that 82 Angelus, it's gorgeous stuff. I convinced myself that the screen used prop was opened anyway, so to be screen accurate

sruzgar · February 2010

never had an '82 but I had a '79 on my 30th birthday last year it was fantastic!

qbvi · February 2010

You guys make very tempting arguments for the '82.

However, my problems go further than that.....I will open up another thread in a while and you will see what I mean B-)

sruzgar · March 2010

I just got mine yesterday from a book shop in Italy, its in great condition considering its over 91 years old!

its not as orange as it looks on the scanned image

qbvi · March 2010

A few Vesper & CR/QOS paper based items; QOS Vesper & boyfriend picture, Perla la Dunas envelopes, CR letter to Vesper from her Mum, picture of Vesper's parents house and Bond's Virgin tix

Vesper's business cards, bound booklets with background of her parents house and book with backfill to Vesper's comments re "financing terrorism" in the Montenegro train scenes in the movie

avenger · March 2010

Very nice.

ics · August 2010

UniversalExport wrote:

Long shot...but would anyone be able to post a HQ shot of the front cover? cant find a copy anywhere, but would love to have a stand in for the collection ill I can track one down

Ditto...Love it - thanks for posting

ics · August 2010

UniversalExport wrote:

Long shot...but would anyone be able to post a HQ shot of the front cover? cant find a copy anywhere, but would love to have a stand in for the collection ill I can track one down

Ditto...Love it - thanks for posting

MANDY1 · August 2010

The keyword here is also research..research and research...

While i chased down my poem book and eventually got it, i also found some
backround info of author of the so called "Vesper's poem book".

Vittorio Locchi, was an Italian poet and songwriter born in 1889 Figline Valdarno( the Province of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, which is located about 25 km southeast of Florence. He made several poetry books, before his tragic death during the first World War. In 1917 he was traveling in steamer, which was torpedoed and he died at age of only 28.

There's a school named after him in Milano and also at least one road, if i recall right.

Well, enough of the backround of the author and back to the main topic.
One of his books was published after his death, the book that we can see on
a big screen only for a few seconds... La Sveglia il Testamento.
It was first published by L'Eroica in Milano 1918.

If you're after this particular book,
look for first edition, that's the one we can see in Casino Royale.

This could be very far-fetched, but i think the film makers wanted to add something special
to Vesper's belongings such as this particular poem book, which you can not find from every
bookstore or library. Also the name of the poem book "La Sveglia il Testamento" in my own
opinion suits very well for the story between Vesper and James.
My italy is a bit rusty, but "svegliare" stands for "awaken"
and "il Testamento" stands for "testament" Awakening Testament??? ?:)

Pretty thin theory i'd say...what do ya think?

Over and out -{

ps. UniVex, u wanted a high-quality shot from the original cover?? I'll try to post one,
when get home.

MANDY1 · August 2010

UniversalExport wrote:

Long shot...but would anyone be able to post a HQ shot of the front cover? cant find a copy anywhere, but would love to have a stand in for the collection ill I can track one down

There you go,

:007)

I was in a bit of hurry, when i snapped that photo, hope it's fair enough.

MANDY1 · August 2010

UniversalExport wrote:

Thats perfect! Thank you so much!

What size is the book standard novel size, or different dimensions?

height: 16,7cm
width: 12,2cm

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MANDY1 · August 2010

Np, mate

richmenstoys · August 2010

Hi,
has anybody of you a copy of Vespers letter or Buisness Card...or the Picture from the parents house?

many many thanks
Nico

MANDY1 · August 2010

richmenstoys wrote:

Hi,
has anybody of you a copy of Vespers letter or Buisness Card...or the Picture from the parents house?

many many thanks
Nico

I got my business card(vespers) from Ed at TheSpyBoys among with other nice CR paperwork and i think Sid has
the pic of the parents house and the letter also.

I would also like a copy of the Vesper's letter to mum....
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richmenstoys · August 2010

teppo, how long was the deliverytime to finland? I mean from Ed...

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nico

MANDY1 · August 2010

richmenstoys wrote:

teppo, how long was the deliverytime to finland? I mean from Ed...

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nico

Nico, PM sent.

My CR Prop: Vespers poem book

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