The Macmillan Company, New York, 1953
First Edition, First Printing Stunning near fine book with a near fine vibrant dust jacket. A superior copy of the First American edition of the first James Bond novel.
The book is in near fine clean condition with dark green boards, still maintaining their original sheen, and deep red titles to front and spine. The book has sharp corners with one tiny tip bump, and no edgewear. The book has a tight, square binding. The end papers are clean, with slight toning, but with NO owner names, NO inscriptions and NO book plates. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with no marks, no stains, no bent pages and no foxing. Beautiful book, internally appearing as unread!
The stunning scarce original first edition dust jacket has benefited from very slight restoration to the spine tips, and as such presents in near fine condition with strong vibrant colors, and WITHOUT the otherwise typical fading of the spine colors. The jacket has very strong vibrant colors with no rips, no chips, no age toning, no foxing, and no edgewear. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $2.75 with angled cut flaps as issued. Please see the many detailed images. The dust jacket is now protected in a new clear archival cover. Please see detailed images.
A most handsome example of this title in exceedingly scarce condition, with a clean, crisp book and stunning jacket, presenting very well on the shelf.
