THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Richard Chopping illustrated dustwrapper. Green patterned endpapers. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Two tiny spots to the closed fore-edge of the text block. Complete with the fine price-clipped dustwrapper that is otherwise without fading, loss or tears. A beautiful copy.

The first edition was published in a print-run of 81,890 copies on 1st April 1965. [Gilbert A13a (1.2 First impression, first issue, second state, binding A, preceded only by the issue of 940 copies with the gilt stamped gun on the upper board].