Robert Markham - Colonel Sun - Uk W/Dj Uncorrected Proof 1968 Rare Ian Fleming

by Robert Markham

$1,075 · Offered by eBay

First edition

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ROBERT MARKHAM (KINGSLEY AMIS penname) - COLONEL SUN, published by UK publisher Jonathan Cape, copyright 1968, UNCORRECTED PROOF (also commonly referred to as Advance Reading Copy, Advance Readers Edition or "ARC"), trade pb format with plain yellow cover illustrated with the Jonathan Cape logo (as was typical for Jonathan Cape proofs from this time period), printed in very small quantities (several Fleming biographers list the print run for the proof of this book to have been a few hundred copies but even fewer of those had the proof dust jacket) several months before the trade pb release (book was used by editors/book reviewers in advance of hardcover publication), also includes the proof Dust jacket (as marked on the front flap - the proof DJ also differs in the location of "A James Bond adventure by Robert Markham" on the DJ spine & front panel from the final published dust jacket). THIS WAS THE FIRST JAMES BOND BOOK PUBLISHED AFTER FLEMING'S DEATH (AUTHORIZED BY HIS ESTATE COPYRIGHT HOLDER GILDROSE PRODUCTIONS. SHOP AND COMPARE - ANOTHER COPY OF THIS PROOF W/PROOF DUST JACKET IS LISTED FOR SALE WITH OVERSEAS SHIPPING FOR $1,231 - SEE EBAY 116390686672 AND ANOTHER COPY OF THIS PROOF (WITHOUT THE PROOF DUST JACKET) IS LISTED FOR SALE WITH OVERSEAS SHIPPING FOR $682 - SEE EBAY 115997015119 Book has no creased page corners, no former ownership markings or used book store marks/stamps/stickers inside, no foxing to pages or endpap

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Year: 1968
• Condition: Very Good

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