![]() ![]() This book is in near fine condition with a square, tight binding, sharp silver lettering over clean black boards, and clean white pages throughout the book does show some light rubbing to the spine ends and a PO signature to the front pastedown, else fine. An excellent copy of this novel, the 4th in the James Bond series, uncommon in this condition, particularly in the original dust jacket. First UK Edition/First Printing A Near Fine book in a Good Original dust jacket. Ian Fleming James Bond 1st printing hardcover appearances up for sale. Overall a VG+ (lower grade to cover crease only) book of an Ian Fleming 1st UK printing pb James Bond book. Book has no hard vertical spine creasing (faint stress mark caused by spine glue shrinking overtime and causing the spine to pull inward), no spine lean, virtually no wear to spine tips and no chipping or tearing at spine tips (common defect with this book), almost no wear to left/right on spine, vertical cover crease and small crease to bottom right corner on cover, almost no edge wear, tight flat white pages with just a couple of creased page corners, pages just starting to age yellow at page edges, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, very slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no former owner's markings or used book store stamps inside, just a hint of dust soiling and almost no age yellowing to back rear cover & no color transfer. ![]() RARE BOOK - THIS COVER IS ON FOUND ON THE FIRST PRINTING (THE 2ND AND LATER PRINTINGS WENT TO A DIFFERENT COVER ART) - VERY RARE BOOK (MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND THAN THE PAN 1ST OF CASINO ROYALE WHICH HAD 2 PRINTINGS BEFORE THE COVER ART WAS CHANGED). IAN FLEMING - MOONRAKER, published by UK publisher Pan, copyright 1955, First Printing ("This edition published 1956 by Pan Books Ltd." with no references to subsequent printings on the copyright page), 2'- in U.K. Ian Fleming James Bond magazine appearances up for sale. VARIANT EDITION WITH TIPPED-ON WHITE LABEL (I HAVE HANDLED 30+ COPIES OF THIS MAGAZINE OVER THE LAST 20+ YEARS AND THIS IS THE FIRST COPY I HAVE EVER HAD WITH THIS ADDITIONAL TIPPED-ON "LONDON" LABEL. Magazine has almost no edge wear, no chipping to front cover, no tearing, almost no wear to squared spine, no cover creases, no subscription label, no missing pages, no former ownership markings inside, no dust soiling to covers. NOTE - THIS IS A VERY LARGE HEAVY MAGAZINE PRINTED ON HEAVY PAPERSTOCK (THINK LIFE MAGAZINE OR SATURDAY EVENING POST SIZE). VERY RARE AND MUST HAVE FOR THE IAN FLEMING/JAMES BOND COLLECTOR. ![]() THIS FLEMING ARTICLE WAS COLLECTED IN A BOOK PUBLISHED IN 1960 BY SIMON & SHUSTER. IAN FLEMING'S "LONDON'S BEST DINING", in Holiday magazine, April 1956 issue, includes THE TRUE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THIS IAN FLEMING ARTICLE (published around the same time as "Diamonds Are Forever" so Fleming was not a household name at this point). NOTE - BECAUSE THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF THIS MAGAZINE (ITS LARGER AND HEAVIER THAT MOST HARDCOVER BOOKS) THERE MIGHT BE AN ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGE. ![]()
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