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Goldfinger
by Fleming, Ian
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0224602047
- ISBN 13
- 9780224602044
- Seller
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape, London, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 318 pages (complete). True first edition. Blind stamped illustration of a skull with gilt coloured 'eyes' (a little scuffed). The black boards are comfortable, just a little worn about the edges and corners. The back board has very mild 'bubbling' from storage conditions. Both front and back have a little scuffing and marking. The spine has pull-wear to the head and foot. The gilt titling on the spine is fresh. The boards are secure and sure. The papertrims are a little streaked with foxing. The front and end papers have handling and ownership marks, wear, just a few spots of foxing. The pages have some few foxing marks along the edges that have seeped from the trim. There are very faint - and very few - handling marks here and there. Otherwise, the contents are overwhelmingly comfortable, clean, clear, generous, welcoming, amenable, fresh-faced. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Synopsis
In Ian Fleming's Goldfinger , we are introduced to Auric Goldfinger. This man is without a doubt the most phenomenal criminal Bond has ever faced! This evil genius likes his cash in gold bars and his women dressed in gold paint - and now he is planning to steal all the gold in Fort Knox. That is, unless Secret Agent 007 can stop him! He must first take on two of the most memorable Bond villains: a human weapon named Oddjob and a luscious crime boss named Pussy Galore. Originally titled The Richest Man in the World, Goldfinger is the seventh novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series (preceded by Dr. No and followed by For Your Eyes Only). Fleming structured the novel in three sections — “Happenstance,” “Coincidence,” and “Enemy Action” — which was how Goldfinger described Bond's three seemingly coincidental meetings with him. As a whole, the novel centers on James Bonds’ investigation into the gold smuggling activities of Auric Goldfinger, the richest man in England, who is also suspected of being connected to the Soviet counter-intelligence organization. As well as establishing the background to the smuggling operation, Bond uncovers a much larger plot: Goldfinger’s plan to steal the gold reserves of the United States from Fort Knox.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chapter 1 Books
(ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88rg
- Title
- Goldfinger
- Author
- Fleming, Ian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0224602047
- ISBN 13
- 9780224602044
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape, London
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- X weight
- 0 oz
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