King Rat

by Ian Fleming, James Clavell

$250 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available

Taipei Central Publishing Co., 1967. Modern Literature Taiwanese Pirated edition, bibliographer's copy. Octavo 19 x 14cm , pp.160. Bound in green cloth hardcovers, titled in gilt to the spine, with illustrated jacket design and supporting quote form Ian Fleming in bold. Contents clean, cheap paper slightly toned, jacket with a couple of tiny nicks and a short tear to rear. RARE pirate printing; such editions rarely survive and are now extremely difficult

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