James Bond First Editions

On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

FLEMING, Ian Lancaster, (1908-1964).

London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, Binding 'A', British export/colonial copy. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's brown cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine, in the correct original jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping. Contents clean, no ink names, vintage (original?) pencil price to fly, edges gently toned/spotted, in a used yet presentable wrapper with a few small nick, some neat secured tears, browning to rear. This copy was exported and sold by McGills Bookstore, Melbourne, Australia (with their agency stamp to front endpaper), price clipped accordingly. Very good. UK Cape editions of Fleming's bestselling James Bond series were imported by British overseas territories across the globe[Gilbert], as demonstrated by the present copy. McGills was one of Melbourne's oldest retail stores, which closed in 2009 after 149 years of trade. Item #65472

Gilbert A11a (1.1).

Price: £350.00