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Ian Fleming – Casino Royale – First UK Edition 1953 – Cape – The true first issue James Bond novel in the correct dust wrapper
£30,000.00
A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1953. Some light spotting to edges, endpapers lightly toned with ink ownership name, original black boards with heart motif in red to upper cover, spine lettered in red, first issue dust-jacket without Sunday Times review, light toning to spine, lower panel with light marking and toning, neat and expert restoration to spine ends and corners but in effect a near-fine copy overall, 8vo, 1953. The first novel by Fleming and the first appearance of James Bond, one of the 20th Century’s most enduring characters.
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A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1953. Some light spotting to edges, endpapers lightly toned with ink ownership name, original black boards with heart motif in red to upper cover, spine lettered in red, first issue dust-jacket without Sunday Times review, light toning to spine, lower panel with light marking and toning, neat and expert restoration to spine ends and corners but in effect a near-fine copy overall, 8vo, 1953. The first novel by Fleming and the first appearance of James Bond, one of the 20th Century’s most enduring characters.
