Casino Royale.

by FLEMING, Ian.

$61,556 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

London: Jonathan Cape,, 1953. Mine's Bond - James Bond First edition, first impression, in a bright example of the first issue dust jacket. Fleming's first novel and the creation of James Bond had an initial print run of 4,760 copies, of which 4,728 were bound up. "Many of these went to public libraries and we believe that less than half of the first printing was sold to the public" (Biondi & Pickard). Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in red, heart device on front cover in red, lower edge untrimmed. With dust jacket (first issue, with no Sunday Times review on front flap). Housed in custom black folding box. Lean to spine, light foxing to edges, else clean; jacket bright, rear panel a trifle soiled, edges a little rubbed and nicked, with short closed tear to foot of front panel: a very good copy in like jacket. Biondi & Pickard, p. 40; Gilbert A1a (1.1).

• Year: 1953
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: first
• Binding: hardcover

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