Ian Fleming | Dr. No, 1958, advance binding

Ian Fleming

Dr. No. London: Jonathan Cape, 1958

8vo, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, advance binding, upper edge blue, original red cloth, lettered in silver, DUST-JACKET, entirely unclipped and overly wide, collector's red cloth clamshell box, minor wear and chips to head and foot of spine, some soiling to lower rear cover

This advance binding was not for commercial use, instead intended as the printer's final or proof-state dust wrapper. Accordingly, it is entirely unclipped and overly-wide, having not been trimmed to size. The copy is one of 500 in a certified library binding; this copy however is entirely free of marks/stamps or signs of institutional use.