Publisher's illustrated soft covers, all edges tinted red. Ian Fleming James Bond 1st printing hardcover appearances up for sale. Overall a FINE-/N-FINE book of an Ian Fleming 1st printing pb book.

Book has no vertical spine creases (faint partial stress caused by spine glue shrinking over time), no creased page corners from prior reading, no spine lean, almost no wear to spine tips, no tearing at spine tip corners (common defect with these Signet James Bond books), no front cover creases, no wear to left/right on spine, no edge wear, no color rubbing to cover, red outside page edge stain has no drop spots or fading, outer page corners are sharp but page edges slightly uneven (manufacturing defect), no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, hint of age darkening to page edges, no former owner's markings or used book store stamps inside, rear cover is clean. PB PUBLISHER - POPULAR LIBRARY/PERMA BOOKS). NO, THEN GOLDFINGER AND LATER WOULD ISSUE PRINTINGS OF THE 1ST 3 FLEMING BOOKS THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN PUBLISHED BY ANOTHER U.S.

THIS WAS IAN FLEMING'S THIRD BOOK, BUT WAS ACTUALLY THE 6TH BOOK PUBLISHED BY SIGNET (WHOM STARTED PUBLISHING IAN FLEMING'S BOOKS WITH FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, THEN DR. IAN FLEMING - MOONRAKER, published by Signet, #S1850, copyright 1955, 'First Printing, October, 1960' - THERE WAS ONLY ONE PRINTING OF THIS PB EDITION WITH THIS COVER ART - the 2nd and later printings had a more generic cover art with a single color background and a very small picture at the bottom portion of the cover - that cover format was used for the next 20+ printings into the early 1970s.

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