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On Her Majesty's Secret Service

by FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964)

$1,025 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'A', association copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's dark brown cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine, in original jacket designed by Richard Chopping, priced at 16s. Some toning/spotting to edges, jacket lightly handled with a few small nicks. Very good. This copy bears the ink ownership signature of the acclaimed fellow spy/mystery writer Michael Gilbert (1912-2006), a recipient of the CWA Diamond Dagger, named a 'Grandmaster' of the genre by the MWA. This copy was later owned by his namesake and Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). Gilbert, Jon: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A11a (1.1).

  • Publisher: London: Jonathan Cape, 1963
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: unknown

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