London, Jonathan Cape, 1961
A lovely copy of the ninth book in the James Bond series, the first novel in Fleming's Blofeld trilogy, and the first to feature the crime syndicate SPECTRE.
First edition, first impression, binding A; 8vo (19.5 x 13.5 cm); publisher's dark brown cloth, front cover blind-stamped with skeletal hand design, spine lettered in gilt, unclipped pictorial dust-jacket by Richard Chopping, spine slightly darkened, minor wear and toning to jacket extremities, internal tape repair to head of spine, light spotting to fore-edge, offsetting to endpapers, otherwise internally clean, and very good.
Gilbert A9a (1.1).
First edition, first impression, binding A; 8vo (19.5 x 13.5 cm); publisher's dark brown cloth, front cover blind-stamped with skeletal hand design, spine lettered in gilt, unclipped pictorial dust-jacket by Richard Chopping, spine slightly darkened, minor wear and toning to jacket extremities, internal tape repair to head of spine, light spotting to fore-edge, offsetting to endpapers, otherwise internally clean, and very good.
Gilbert A9a (1.1).
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