Ian Fleming | Diamonds Are Forever, 1956, first impression, signed by Fleming

Ian Fleming

Diamonds are Forever. London: Jonathan Cape, 1956

SIGNED BY IAN FLEMING on front free endpaper, 8vo, FIRST IMPRESSION, original black cloth, binding B (Linson), DUST-JACKET illustrated by Pat Marriott (priced at 12s. 6d.), collector's black half morocco clamshell box, binding slightly bumped at extremities, dust-jacket slightly frayed at extremities with a few small closed tears and slight loss at spine ends

The first of the James Bond novels to feature a pictorial dust-jacket and the first to be illustrated by Pat Marriott. The three previous wrappers, all executed by Ken Lewis, featured simpler typographic and/or patterned designs.