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'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's brown cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine, in the original jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping priced 16s. Contents clean and fresh, no marks to edges, jacket with the merest hint of handling, lovely clean spine with no toning/fading whatsoever. Without question, a crisp, fine copy. Not a rare book, and copies that are well read abound; this is a sublime example, housed in an elegant leather-spined clamshell box. The second James Bond novel to feature Ernst Stavro Blofeld, arch nemesis of agent 007. Item #73462

Gilbert A11a (1.1).

Price: £2,500.00