James Bond First Editions

Casino Royale.

FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964).

London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles and 'heart' design to upper, tail edge untrimmed, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. Edges clean and fresh, no inscriptions, a few faint spots of foxing to endpapers and rear panel of jacket, shallow chip to crown and slightly larger loss to top edge else a decent example of the wrapper with no restoration whatsoever. Housed in a leather-spined cloth-covered clamshell box. Item #63994

Gilbert A1a (1.1).

Price: £32,500.00