Tenth printing. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt medallion to the upper board and titles to the spine, in the Kenneth Lewis illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine, price-clipped dustwrapper that is otherwise without fading, loss or tears.
A beautiful early reprint of the second book in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. The first printing of the first edition was issued in April 1954 with a print-run of just 7,538 copies. This tenth printing was issued in January 1963 in an edition of 4,015 copies. [Gilbert A2a (1.1 & 10)].
Stock code: 27910
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