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Ian Fleming – From Russia With Love – First Paperback Edition 1959 – PAN
£275.00
First edition, first print of the PAN paperback From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming, published by PAN Books Ltd., London, 1959. This is a near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, some creasing and browning to the spine and bumping to the spine tips, light bumping to the corners, the text blocks are toned throughout with some damp staining to the fore edge and bottom edge, with associated damp staining to rear panel and similarly to the lower hinge of the half title page and interior of front panel.
From Russia with Love by Ian Fleming, the fifth James Bond novel, was originally published in 1957. The plot centres around British secret agent 007, who is lured into a Soviet trap involving a beautiful Russian cipher clerk, Tatiana Romanova, and an advanced decoding machine. Unbeknownst to Bond, the mission is a deadly plot by the Soviet agency SMERSH to assassinate him. Filled with intrigue, romance and danger, the novel is a classic of the Bond series, blending Cold War tensions with espionage. Peff
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First edition, first print of the PAN paperback From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming, published by PAN Books Ltd., London, 1959. This is a near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, some creasing and browning to the spine and bumping to the spine tips, light bumping to the corners, the text blocks are toned throughout with some damp staining to the fore edge and bottom edge, with associated damp staining to rear panel and similarly to the lower hinge of the half title page and interior of front panel.
From Russia with Love by Ian Fleming, the fifth James Bond novel, was originally published in 1957. The plot centres around British secret agent 007, who is lured into a Soviet trap involving a beautiful Russian cipher clerk, Tatiana Romanova, and an advanced decoding machine. Unbeknownst to Bond, the mission is a deadly plot by the Soviet agency SMERSH to assassinate him. Filled with intrigue, romance and danger, the novel is a classic of the Bond series, blending Cold War tensions with espionage. Peff
