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Lot 193

FLEMING (IAN)
Dr. No, FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, [1958]

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

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FLEMING (IAN)

Dr. No, FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, light spotting to opening and final leaves and edges of text block, plain black cloth boards, stamped in silver on spine, dust-jacket (unclipped, toning and some spotting, mostly to lower cover, slightly frayed at edges) [Gilbert A6a(1.1)], 8vo, Jonathan Cape, [1958]

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This first state binding, with plain boards, was printed in a run of 3,495 copies, and is much rarer than those with boards printed with a silhouette, of which Gilbert states 16,020 copies were printed.

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