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Casino Royale

by FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964)

$30,778 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles and 'Heart' design to upper, tail edge untrimmed, in pictorial second issue (overprinted) dust-jacket, designed by the author, showing the correct price of 10/6 to both flaps. Publisher's 'Now & Then' subscription card tucked in (as issued), together with vintage purchase receipt (1970). Contents clean and fresh, no inscriptions. An unquestionably fine copy in like, crisp dust-wrapper. A remarkable survival, housed in an elegant custom-made leather-spined clamshell case. The first James Bond novel; only 4728 copies of the first edition were published. Gilbert A1a (1.2).

  • Publisher: London: Jonathan Cape, 1953
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Printing: first
  • Binding: unknown

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