Jonathan Cape, London, 1955
First Edition, First Printing Beautiful near fine book with a near fine 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 ever so slightly rounded corners, and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are in clean condition, 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 dust jacket is in near fine condition having benefited from slight restoration to the outer spine tips. The dust jacket has No edgewear, No chips, No rips, No tears, No stains, and No foxing. Some light overall fading to the flame colors, more so on the spine. 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.
A very striking, handsome example of this Fleming title. Outstanding presentation on the shelf.
