Ian Fleming – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – First UK Edition 1963
£350.00
A first edition, first printing of ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ published by Cape in 1964. A very good book with a small stain to the foot of the front panel. In very good dust wrapper. Small closed tear to the head of the spine, some internal reinforcement. Small loss to the corners. Titles still colourful. A very good copy. Wrapper design by Richard Chopping.
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, published by Cape in 1963, is the eleventh novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. In it, Bond faces off against the criminal mastermind Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who plans to use biological warfare to extort the world. Bond is also deeply affected by his romance with Tracy di Vicenzo, a woman with a troubled past. The novel explores themes of loyalty, love and revenge, while continuing Bond’s high-stakes espionage adventures.
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A first edition, first printing of ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ published by Cape in 1964. A very good book with a small stain to the foot of the front panel. In very good dust wrapper. Small closed tear to the head of the spine, some internal reinforcement. Small loss to the corners. Titles still colourful. A very good copy. Wrapper design by Richard Chopping.
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, published by Cape in 1963, is the eleventh novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. In it, Bond faces off against the criminal mastermind Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who plans to use biological warfare to extort the world. Bond is also deeply affected by his romance with Tracy di Vicenzo, a woman with a troubled past. The novel explores themes of loyalty, love and revenge, while continuing Bond’s high-stakes espionage adventures.
