Live and Let Die
by Fleming Ian
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine to Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1955. Nice copy of first printing in dark gray textured cloth and gold stmaping to spine and front board. Unmarked, tight and square with first printing stated on copyright page. Jacket has light soiling to back panel but no tears, chips or creases. Spine of jacket has moderate edgewear to spine ends with minimal paper loss. Author's second Bond adventure is scarce and even more so in this condtion. Jacket design by Leo Manso. Front flap of jacket has price intact but two additional clips that is common in the book, one of which was publishers indecision on which price it would have. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine to Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
"Her hair was black and fell to her shoulders. She had high cheekbones and a sensual mouth, and wore a dress of white silk. Her eyes were blue, alight and disdainful, but, as they gazed into his with a touch of humour, Bond realized that they contained a message. Solitaire watched his eyes on her and nonchalantly drew her forearms together so that the valley between her breasts deepened. The message was unmistakable." Beautiful, fortune-telling Solitaire is the prisoner (and tool) of Mr Big—master of fear, artist in crime and Voodoo Baron of Death. James Bond has no time for superstition—he knows that this criminal heavy hitter is also a top SMERSH operative and a real threat. More than that, after tracking him through the jazz joints of Harlem, to the everglades and on to the Caribbean, 007 has realized that Big is one of the most dangerous men that he has ever faced. And no-one, not even the mysterious Solitaire, can be sure how their battle of wills is going to end…
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Details
- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012142
- Title
- Live and Let Die
- Author
- Fleming Ian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine to Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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