On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

by FLEMING, Ian.

$1,028 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

London: Jonathan Cape,, 1963. The world is not enough First edition, first impression, featuring the first meeting between James Bond and his nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the leader of the criminal organization SPECTRE. The villain had been introduced in Thunderball (1961), pulling the strings in the background but not yet facing off against the secret agent himself. The story was adapted into the 1969 film starring George Lazenby. Octavo. Original dark brown boards (Gilbert's binding A), spine lettered in silver, white ski track design on front cover. With dust jacket. Spine foot bumped, light foxing to edges; jacket price-clipped, light sunning to spine and soiling to rear panel, small chips to ends and corners: a very good copy in like jacket. Gilbert A11a (1.1).

• Year: 1963
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: first
• Binding: hardcover

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