Ian Fleming

First edition, first impression of the second of the original fourteen James Bond books penned by Ian Fleming.

• Ian Fleming (English).
• London: Jonathan Cape, 1954.
• pp. 240.
• Octavo.
• Bound in publisher’s black cloth-effect paper-covered boards, titled and decorated in gilt, with dust jacket, priced twice as issued, at 10/6.
• Housed in a custom-made leather-spined clamshell case. 

This is the second issue, the jacket features artist Kenneth Lewis’ credit immediately below the final line of the blurb on the front flap.

Jon Gilbert, Ian Fleming: The Bibliography A2a (1.3).