Fleming, Ian

8vo, first edition of the first James Bond book, original black cloth lettered in red on spine and with design in red on upper cover, dust-jacket, collector's full black morocco folding box by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with title and design in red morocco onlays and gilt and silver tooling, some browning and soiling, head and foot of spine frayed, abrasion to upper cover, professional restoration to soiled dust-jacket including recreated sections of spine, remnants of previous owner's name on upper panel

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A beautifully presented copy of this landmark novel by Ian Fleming.