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MOONRAKER.
by Fleming, Ian
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1955., 1955.. Good. - Octavo, 7-1/2 inches high by 5 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in green cloth titled in black on the front cover and the spine with the outline of a half-moon or the trail of a rocket design on the front cover, in a pictorial dust wrapper designed by Leo Manso. There is a very tiny tear to the cloth on the book's spine. The edges of the dust jacket are chipped with several short tears. The jacket's rear panel is soiled and there is a small hole to the jacket's spine. 220 pages. Very good in a good dust wrapper.
First American edition, stated first printing.
The third James Bond novel.
Synopsis
Ian Fleming (1908-1964), creator of the world's best-known secret agent, is the author of fourteen James Bond books. Born in London in 1908 and educated at Eton and Sandhurst, he became the Reuters Moscow correspondent in 1929. In the spring of 1939, Fleming went back to Moscow as a special correspondent for the London Times . In June of that same year, he joined Naval Intelligence and served throughout World War II, finally earning the rank of Commander, RNVSR (Sp.). Much of the James Bond material was drawn directly from Fleming's experiences as an intelligence officer. Later, Fleming became a consultant on foreign affairs for the London Sunday Times , by which time he had become far better known as the creator of James Bond.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 97796
- Title
- MOONRAKER.
- Author
- Fleming, Ian
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1955.
- Date Published
- 1955.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; SPY NOVEL; IAN FLEMING; MOONRAKER; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; JAMES BOND; LEO MANSO; 007; BRITISH SECRET SERVICE; SPY; ROCKET ATTACKS; NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION; M; DRAX; 1ST U.S. EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY.
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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