James Bond First Editions

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (a James Bond novel).

FLEMING, Ian Lancaster, (1908-1964).

New York, NY: New American Library, 1963. [Spy novel] FIRST US EDITION, fifth printing (stated). Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.299; [1], blank. Cloth-backed blue paper-covered boards, decorated in gilt to the spine, ochre top edge and endpapers, illustrated jacket priced at $4.50. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket is used, with some spots to spine, large chip at crown (although presentable in a paper-backed sleeve), sunned to cloth beneath at area of loss. Very good. These later printings are far less common than the first [Gilbert]. Basis for the 1969 film starring George Lazenby. Item #67513

Gilbert A11b (5).

Price: £48.00