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FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION Thunderball IAN FLEMING 1961 James Bond 007

Updated: Mar 29, 2023


SOLD.

FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION of Thundeball by Ian Fleming. Published in by Jonathan Cape in 1961.


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Bound in original publisher's cloth.

The book itself is in near fine condition and entirely internally complete with all called for pages.


Size: 19.5 x 13 x 2.5 cm.


Condition: Near Fine (NF)


Text block near fine with additional details below. No institutional ownership stamps or marks. Spine and boards near fine with very minor warping of the spine and very minor marks to boards visible under very close inspection. Very minor foxing and marks on page edges. Very minor rubbing on the 'n' in 'Ian' on the spine, and on the top left corner of the spine. Very minor dark marks around the 'n' in 'Ian' on spine. Very small, almost imperceptible, bent on the top of the rear board. Very minor wear to tail (bottom of the spine). Very small rubbed out pencil inscription and very small spot of foxing on rear pastedown. Very minor break of hinge between half title and title page. Very minor wear to the bottom of rear hinge. Very small mark on title page. Very minor marks (specs) on the bottom inside corner of pages 16 and 17; very difficult to notice (do not affect text). Small crease caused by folding page corner on pages 27/28, 33/34, 67/68, 77/78, 89/90, 99/100, 135/136, 145/146, 147/148, 155/156, 183/184, 191/192, 201/202, 211/212, 245/246. Very small mark on page 66. Very small mark on the top left corner on page 90. Very minor foxing to the top of page 114. Very small tear to single endpaper page. Lacking dust jacket.


Text block begins at page 9 and continues uninterrupted to page 254.


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