Eighth printing. Publisher's original black cloth with titles and rose design in silver and red to the upper board and spine, in the Richard Chopping 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 fifth book in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. The first printing of the first edition was issued in April 1957 with a print-run of 14,087 copies. This eighth printing was issued in February 1965 in an edition of 4,997 copies. [Gilbert A5a (1.1 & 8)].
Stock code: 27909
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