Ian Fleming | Goldfinger, 1959, uncorrected proof

Ian Fleming

Goldfinger. London: Jonathan Cape, 1959

8vo, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, original yellow-green wrappers, lettered in black, proof DUST-JACKET, unclipped, with uncorrected "DR NO" text to front flap, collector's black cloth clamshell box, spine creased, worn at joints, marginal yellow staining to rear inner flap of dust-jacket

Jon Gilbert notes that 125 copies were printed and issued in January 1959. Of these, "very few" were produced with proof dust-jackets.