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JONATHAN CAPE, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
Jonathan Cape, 1955
First Edition, First Printing: Beautiful Fine condition book with a Fine/Near Fine vibrant dust jacket. Accompanied by a custom clam shell.
Original crisp fine black covered boards with bright unfaded silver titles to front and spine. The boards are in clean, beautiful condition with sharp corners, and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are in perfect clean condition, being bright and flat with no owner names, no inscriptions, no book plates, and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with crisp page corners with no stains, no handling marks, no writing, no foxing, and no bent pages. Shoot spelled correctly as Shoot on page 10. Beautiful book with very bright, clean boards! A stunning example of this elusive first edition, first impression Fleming book. Please see images for details. Accompanied by a custom clam shell.
The dust jacket has benefited from minor restoration by an expert paper conservator, to the spine tip ends and the outer edge of the rear flap, and as such presents in fine/near fine condition. The jacket has strong vibrant colors with only a bit of fading to the spine (the spine area is usually more commonly found with quite a bit of fading/sunning). The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of 10s 6d net. The dust jacket is protected in a new clear removeable archival cover. Please see the many detailed images.
A very striking, handsome example of this Fleming title in scarce condition with the stunning dust jacket! Outstanding presentation on the shelf.
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Price: $11,895.00