first edition Hardcover
1954 · New York
by Fleming, Ian
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. About Near Fine in a Very Good second-issue jacket, corners clipped but priced ($2.75), rubbed and with some short tears, chips, and creases, soiled at the back panel. Dark green cloth, lightly bumped at the head and foot of the spine, red ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, former owner's signature on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. The first U.S. printing of the first James Bond novel. (Inventory #: 12915)