Ian Fleming – Moonraker – First UK Edition – 1955
£4,850.00
First edition, first printing of ‘Moonraker’. Published by Jonathan Cape in London, 1955. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper, designed by Kenneth Lewis, is slightly toned throughout, though remaining altogether vibrant. There is slight creasing to the spine and chipping to the corners and spine tips. It has not been price clipped, showing the correct price. The publisher’s black boards, with the titles to the front panel and spine in silver gilt, are in near fine condition. The text blocks are foxed to the top and side blocks and to the edges of the pages internally. It is slightly toned internally, from the paste down to the contents page. This is the ‘second state’, showing ‘shoot’ rather than ‘shoo’ on the tenth page. Bibliographer Gilbert states that the ‘shoo’ misprint developed later in the initial run (Gilbert A3a 1.2). This copy has a neat name to the front endpaper and is, overall, in very good condition. The third title in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series.
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First edition, first printing of ‘Moonraker’. Published by Jonathan Cape in London, 1955. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper, designed by Kenneth Lewis, is slightly toned throughout, though remaining altogether vibrant. There is slight creasing to the spine and chipping to the corners and spine tips. It has not been price clipped, showing the correct price. The publisher’s black boards, with the titles to the front panel and spine in silver gilt, are in near fine condition. The text blocks are foxed to the top and side blocks and to the edges of the pages internally. It is slightly toned internally, from the paste down to the contents page. This is the ‘second state’, showing ‘shoot’ rather than ‘shoo’ on the tenth page. Bibliographer Gilbert states that the ‘shoo’ misprint developed later in the initial run (Gilbert A3a 1.2). This copy has a neat name to the front endpaper and is, overall, in very good condition. The third title in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series.
