Description
A first edition, first printing of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service by Ian Fleming, published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1963. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, boards lightly cocked, with pushing to the spine tips, light shelf wear to the boards with some spotting, toning and spotting to the text block. In a similarly near fine unclipped wrapper with fading to the spine, chipping to the foot of the spine, rubbing to the spine tips, toning to the rear panel and some red staining to the front flap. Comes in custom made clamshell box Ian Fleming’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service sends James Bond into the Swiss Alps, where he infiltrates Blofeld’s mountaintop clinic while posing as a heraldry expert. The novel mixes espionage, glamour, danger and surprising vulnerability as Bond meets Tracy, one of Fleming’s most memorable heroines. Beneath the ski chases and villainous plots, it becomes a story about loneliness, loyalty and the possibility of love in a life built around risk.
