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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. First printing. Hardcover. Good. First state First Edition - "First Published 1958" 256 pages (complete). The black cloth covered boards are blank (i.e.: no decoration/ illustration/ silhouette). The boards have evidence of use. They have shelving wear. The spine has silver titlingand has wear to head and foot. The text block has evidence of handling with some foxing.. Spine slightly cocked.
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On Sep 30 2015, a reader said:
I believed the first edition to be printed in 1958?
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Last Word (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3533
- Title
- DR NO
- Author
- Fleming Ian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
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About the Seller
The Last Word
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Wellington
About The Last Word
Dealer in good quality books. Especially Man Booker Prize winners - signed first editions, vintage childrens\\\' books and important New Zealand books such as those by Janet Frame. Prices are not set in stone - contact me if you want to haggle or submit a reasonable offer.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...