Goldfinger

London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. First edition. Fine/Very Good. First state binding, with the extra detail on the skull. A Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket. Publisher's black cloth effect paper over boards, front cover with a blind-stamped skull and gilt coins in the eye sockets, spine lettered in gilt, plain endpapers. First state dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping. First state dust jacket with wear to crown, spotting to fold of front panel, and staining to back panel.

The seventh novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape on March 23, 1959. Goldfinger originally bore the title The Richest Man in the World and was written in January and February of 1958. The story centers on the investigation by MI6 operative James Bond into the gold smuggling activities of Auric Goldfinger, who is also suspected by MI6 of being connected to SMERSH, the Soviet counter-intelligence organization. As well as establishing the background to the smuggling operation, Bond uncovers a much larger plot, with Goldfinger planning to steal the gold reserves of the United States from Fort Knox. Goldfinger was the third Bond novel adapted for the screen, premiering in 1964. Fine in Very Good dust jacket.