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The Man With The Golden Gun
by Ian Fleming
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$717.13A$645.42
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". None. A very smart, first edition copy of this novel from Ian Fleming's noted James Bond series. In the original Richard Chopping designed dustwrapper. With the original dustwrapper unclipped.Posthumously published, 'The Man With the Golden Gun' is Ian Fleming's twelfth and final novel in his James Bond Series, and the penultimate Bond book overall. This novel was issued eight months after the author's death and was a best-seller. In the second state binding, as is most common with this work. A wonderful example of this sought after James Bond novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart with just some minor shelfwear to the extremities. Dustwrapper is smart with some small closed tears to the head and tail of the wrap. Light rubbing to the head and tail of spine as well as the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. A few light spots to the fore-edge, not affecting the pages. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 737L32
- Title
- The Man With The Golden Gun
- Author
- Ian Fleming
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- Bond 007 James Bond 007
Terms of Sale
Rooke Books
Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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