Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming. London: Jonathan Cape, 1954, 8vo.
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FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION in its first edition state B dust jacket with printed credit to Kenneth Lewis [Gilbert A2a].
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Size: 131 x 193 mm (approx.)
Condition:
Original publisher's black cloth binding, both boards securely attached, binding secure, a little dulled, with the extremities of the spine very slightly bumped with a very small nick at the foot. Edges toned, foxing to leaf edges as typical. Dust jacket in state B with the credit to Kenneth Lewis to the front flap as usual. Dust jacket price-clipped, toned to verso, minor stains to rear panel recto, some chips to extremities of the spine and corners, secure, structurally an excellent example of the dust jacket which shows very well indeed on the shelf, secured in a removable protective wrapper. Small bookseller ticket to front pastedown as usual. Foxing throughout the text, heavier to the first and last few leaves, else internally good.
