ALL 4 SOL WEINSTEIN ISRAEL BOND books PBs & HC w/DJ 1965 IAN FLEMING BONDIANA

by Sol Weinstein (Ian Fleming pastiche)

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First edition

SOL WEINSTEIN - ALL 4 "THE COMPLETE THRILLING ADVENTURES OF ISRAEL BOND, HEBREW SECRET AGENT OY-OY-7: LOXFINGER, MATZOHBALL, ON THE SECRET SERVICE OF HIS MAJESTY THE QUEEN, & YOU ONLY LIVE UNTIL YOU DIE, published by Pocket Books & Trident, copyrights 1965-1966 & 1968, all 4 books are First Printing (no reference to subsequent printings on copyright pages), white endpapers, large format trade paperbacks (first 3 books) & red boards with white lettering to spine, $3.95 price on DJ front flap. NOTE - DUE TO THE SUCCESS OF IAN FLEMING'S JAMES BOND BOOKS (AND THE MOVIES), A NUMBER OF "SPOOF" OR "PASTICHE" JAMES BOND BOOKS WERE RELEASED IN THE MID 1960s, WITH THESE 4 "ISREAL BOND" BEING THE MOST RECOGNIZED "BONDIANA" SPOOF JAMES BOND BOOKS. THE FIRST THREE BOOKS WERE ONLY PUBLISHED AS LARGE FORMAT TRADE PAPERBACKS AND THE 4TH BOOK WAS ONLY PUBLISHED AS A HARDCOVER w/DUST JACKET. Books have no creased page corners, slight dust soiling/age darkening to outer page edges (no foxing), no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps/stickers inside, clean endpapers with no scotch tape marks or erasures, no internal hinge splitting, no cover creases to the 3 trade paperbacks and no wear to squared spines (hint of age darkening/dust soiling to rear covers/spines), almost no color rubbing to covers; hardcover - no wear to board edges or board corners or spine tips, no bumped board corners, no soiling/markings to boards. Dust Jacket has closed tear at top left on rear panel otherwise

• Publisher: Random House
• Year: 1965
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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