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London: Jonathan Cape, 1957 First edition, first impression in Gilbert's Binding A (no priority determined), with "the sexuality" on page 18, line 1, and "ice twinkled" on page 136, line 8. Publisher's black cloth, centrally stamped with a silver revolver in front of a metallic-red rose with a silver stem, lettered in silver and red to spine; in the original pictorial dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping with the illustration of a sawn-off Smith & Wesson revolver placed across a red rose to front panel. About near fine book with light soiling to front board and front edge of text block; in a very good unclipped dust jacket with light toning to spine, some wear to spine joints and spine ends, small closed tear to top of rear panel. Overall, a bright and lovely copy. Gilbert A5a (1.1). From Russia, With Love has an archetypal Cold War plotline in which the democratic West must defend itself from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In this novel, Bond faces…
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From Russia, With Love
by Fleming, Ian
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Moonraker
by Fleming, Ian
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1955 First edition, first impression, second state, with "shoot" to page 10, in Gilbert's Binding A (no priority determined). Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in metallic silver; in the original yellow and orange pictorial dust jacket devised by Fleming and executed by Kenneth Lewis. Near fine book, with light bumping to top edge and top right corner of front board, light offsetting to endpapers, a hint of dampstaining to top edges of first few pages of front matter; near fine unclipped dust jacket, with some toning to spine and versos of flaps, light chipping to spine ends, front panel unfaded, some light spotting to rear panel, and light rubbing to folds. Overall, an excellent copy in a bright example of the scarce dust jacket. Gilbert A3a (1.2). In Moonraker, James Bond faces the wealthy businessman Sir Hugo Drax, a member of the gentlemen's club Blades whom M suspects of cheating at bridge. After exposing Drax in a card game, Bond…
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The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
by le Carré, John
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London: Victor Gollancz, 1963 First edition, first printing. Original publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; in its original red dust jacket, lettered in black and white. Very good book, with a slight lean to spine, light fading to spine, light toning to spine ends, gilt on spine very bright except for a few letters that are dimmed; near fine unclipped dust jacket, with light soiling to front and rear panels, light fading to spine, a bit of toning to edges of rear panel, and very mild rubbing to head of spine. With laid-in piece of a limitation page, signed by Le Carré and numbered 220. Overall, a beautiful, crisp example of the original dust jacket. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a classic espionage novel that takes place during the Cold War. In the novel, British agent Alec Leamas wants to get out of the intelligence profession - or "come in from the cold" - but is convinced to do one last mission. For his mission, Leamas must defect to East Germany and frame…
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