Jonathan Cape, London, 1955.
First Edition, First Printing Beautiful Fine/Near fine book with a fine/Near Fine unrestored vibrant dust jacket.
Original crisp fine/near fine black covered boards with bright unfaded silver titles to front and spine. The boards are in clean, beautiful condition with sharp corners, one outer tip bump, and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are in perfect clean condition, being bright and flat with no owner names, no inscriptions, no book plates, and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with crisp page corners with no stains, no handling marks, no writing, no foxing, and no bent pages. “Shoot” spelled correctly as “Shoot” on page 10. Beautiful book with very bright, clean boards! A stunning example of this elusive first edition, first impression Fleming book. Please see images for details.
The unrestored dust jacket is in fine/near fine condition with but a touch of edgewear to the upper spine tip, otherwise No edgewear, No chips, No rips, No tears, No stains, and No foxing. Some fading to the spine as otherwise common to this title. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of 10s 6d net. The dust jacket is protected in a new clear removeable archival cover. Please see the many detailed images, taken without the protective cover.
A very striking, handsome example of this Fleming title in scarce condition with the stunning dust jacket! Outstanding presentation on the shelf.
