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You Only Live Twice
by Ian Fleming
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: Jonathan Cape, 1964. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming First Edition Second Impression Jonathan Cape April 1964. Published one month after first. A very fine copy that appears unread and as new. No previous owner's marks or inscriptions and no foxing to contents or edges. In a fine later state (Octopussy and the Living Daylights listed on flap) dust jacket that has no toning or fading to spine.
Synopsis
Bond, a shattered man after the death of his wife at the hands of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, has gone to pieces as an agent, endangering himself and his fellow operatives. M, unwilling to accept the loss of one of his best men, sends 007 to Japan for one last, near-impossible mission. But Japan proves to be Bond's downfall, leading him to a mysterious residence known as the 'Castle of Death' where he encounters an old enemy revitalized. All the omens suggest that this is the end for the British agent and, for once, even Bond himself seems unable to disagree...
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Details
- Bookseller
- Brought to Book Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007885
- Title
- You Only Live Twice
- Author
- Ian Fleming
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1964
- Weight
- 1.43 lbs
- Keywords
- You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming First Edition Second Impression Jonathan Cape April 1964
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Brought to Book Ltd
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About Brought to Book Ltd
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Later State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from a later run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some part...
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