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Lot 190

FLEMING (IAN)
Live and Let Die, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, [1954]

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10 – 20 March 2025, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, Knightsbridge

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FLEMING (IAN)

Live and Let Die, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, FIRST STATE, light toning, small circular library stamp in margin of 3 pages, publisher's black cloth gilt (oxidised to green on spine as often), DUST-JACKET without credit to designer, unclipped, soiled, minor loss at blank joint of upper flap, old tape tab repair at head and foot of spine and outer fore-corners of upper cover/flap) [Gilbert A2a(1.1], 8vo, Jonathan Cape, [1954]

Footnotes

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, FIRST STATE OF FLEMING'S SECOND BOND NOVEL.

Provenance: Bolton Public Library stamp on 3 leaves, and ink note "April '54 10/6" on verso of title, with later pencil price "13p[ence]" inside upper cover.

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lacks blank front free endpaper

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