Goldfinger.
New York: Macmillan [Printed and bound in Great Britain], 1959. [Spy thriller] FIRST US EDITION with the EARLIEST STATE of the jacket. SAMPLE COPY. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.318. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with 'skull' design stamped to upper, in original pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Richard Chopping, with front flap not clipped and with both prices [$3.00 and $2.95] present. Publisher's sample copy, with discreet label to free endpaper stating "Paul F. Hannigan Maufacturers' Rep." Housed in a custom-made cloth slipcase. A clean, fresh copy of the book. Jacket with a few light marks and a small amount of wear at crown. Extremely scarce with an unclipped wrapper; the bibliography notes "one of the prices to the front flap is invariably found clipped away". From the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled ownership within. Item #74091
Gilbert A7b (1).
Price: £2,350.00
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