IAN FLEMING ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE TAIWANESE PIRATE 1963 w/DJ

by Ian Fleming

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IAN FLEMING - ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE, Taiwanese "Pirate" Edition circa 1963 (per date on title page), white endpapers, dark green (darker than shown in the attached scan) cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. NOTE - DUE TO THE IMMENSE POPULARITY OF IAN FLEMING'S JAMES BOND BOOKS FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF THE FIRST JAMES BOND MOVIE "DR. NO" IN 1962 AND JFK ANNOUNCING THAT FLEMING WAS HIS FAVORITE WRITER, FLEMING'S JAMES BOND BOOKS WERE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BY U.S. SERVICEMEN STATIONED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIAN PACIFIC THEATER. TO FILL THAT NEAT "PIRATE" EDITIONS OF FLEMING'S BOOKS (AS WELL AS NUMEROUS OTHER POPULAR AUTHORS OF THE TIME) WERE CREATED - PRINTED IN ENGLISH AND USING VARIOUS TYPE SET PAGES AND DUST JACKET COVER ART (THEY WOULD USE WHATEVER VERSION OF THE BOOK THEY COULD FIND - WHETHER IT WAS A U.S. HARDCOVER OR A U.K. PAPERBACK) - IN THE CASE OF ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE THEY USED THE U.K. JONATHAN CAPE 1ST BUT THE DUST JACKET USED THE U.K. NAL PRINTING (THESE "TAIWANESE" EDITIONS ARE MOST EASILY IDENTIFIED BY THE UNINITIATED BY THE PRESENCE OF A BLOCK OF ASIAN CHARACTERS - SOMETIMES ON THE COPYRIGHT PAGE BUT USUALLY AT THE BOTTOM LEFT ON THE REAR ENDPAPER). WHILE THESE BOOKS HAVE NEVER BEEN PARTICULARLY COMMON (THE ONLY WAY THEY TURN UP FOR SALE IS IF A SERVICEMAN DECIDED TO BRING THE BOOK BACK TO THE U.S.), UP UNTIL ABOUT 3-4 YEARS AGO THESE BOOKS ROUTINELY SOLD FOR $100 OR LESS. NOW THESE BOOKS ARE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND (AND ARE MUCH MORE

• Publisher: New American Library
• Year: 1963
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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