signed first edition
1957 · London
by FLEMING, Ian
London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. London: Jonathan Cape, [1957].
First edition. Inscribed by Ian Fleming on the front endpaper to Sir William Stephenson, who was known as the "Real James Bond." Small octavo (7 7/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 200 x 135 mm). [10], 11-160 pp. In original dust jacket.
Publisher's full black cloth. Spine lettered in white. Book is about fine. In a near-fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket spine very lightly sunned. One small tape repair on to inside of front panel. With a second jacket, price not clipped. Housed in a custom black morocco clamshell.
Inscription reads: "To Bill/ This further volume for/ your (truncated)
First edition. Inscribed by Ian Fleming on the front endpaper to Sir William Stephenson, who was known as the "Real James Bond." Small octavo (7 7/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 200 x 135 mm). [10], 11-160 pp. In original dust jacket.
Publisher's full black cloth. Spine lettered in white. Book is about fine. In a near-fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket spine very lightly sunned. One small tape repair on to inside of front panel. With a second jacket, price not clipped. Housed in a custom black morocco clamshell.
Inscription reads: "To Bill/ This further volume for/ your (truncated)