James Bond First Editions

The Serpent Under It.

TAYLOR, Edith.

London: Arthur Barker, 1974. [Murder mystery] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth hardcovers lettered in metallic red, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at £1.95. Contents clean, jacket with a few minor nicks and tears. Very good. Detective novel typical of the early '70s. The jacket design is attributed to 'Ian Fleming Associates' although this is unconnected to the creator of James Bond. This copy is from the comprehensive archive of bibliographer Jon Gilbert (pencil ownership within), whose encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Item #70337

Price: £55.00