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Diamonds are Forever
by FLEMING, Ian
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- first
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1956. London: Jonathan Cape, [1956].
First edition of the fourth James Bond book. Small octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 187 x 125 mm).. [8], 11-257, [1, blank] pp. In original dust jacket.
Original black cloth over boards. Front cover stamped in blind with an overall diamond pattern with a baguette-cut diamond stamped in silver in the center. Spine lettered in silver with Jonathan Cape logo in silver at foot. Top front corner slightly bumped. Some very minor foxing to end papers and text block edges. A very fine copy, difficult to find in this condition. In the original color pictorial dust jacket. Jacket with no restoration. Overall a very nice jacket.
"Greater than Casino Royale? More terrible than Live and Let Die? More hazardous than Moonraker? Yes." (Front the front flap).
Biondi and Pickard, pp. 42-43. Campbell A4007A1.
HBS 68634.
$10,000.
First edition of the fourth James Bond book. Small octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 187 x 125 mm).. [8], 11-257, [1, blank] pp. In original dust jacket.
Original black cloth over boards. Front cover stamped in blind with an overall diamond pattern with a baguette-cut diamond stamped in silver in the center. Spine lettered in silver with Jonathan Cape logo in silver at foot. Top front corner slightly bumped. Some very minor foxing to end papers and text block edges. A very fine copy, difficult to find in this condition. In the original color pictorial dust jacket. Jacket with no restoration. Overall a very nice jacket.
"Greater than Casino Royale? More terrible than Live and Let Die? More hazardous than Moonraker? Yes." (Front the front flap).
Biondi and Pickard, pp. 42-43. Campbell A4007A1.
HBS 68634.
$10,000.
Synopsis
Ian Fleming (1908-1964), creator of the world's best-known secret agent, is the author of fourteen James Bond books. Born in London in 1908 and educated at Eton and Sandhurst, he became the Reuters Moscow correspondent in 1929. In the spring of 1939, Fleming went back to Moscow as a special correspondent for the London Times . In June of that same year, he joined Naval Intelligence and served throughout World War II, finally earning the rank of Commander, RNVSR (Sp.). Much of the James Bond material was drawn directly from Fleming's experiences as an intelligence officer. Later, Fleming became a consultant on foreign affairs for the London Sunday Times , by which time he had become far better known as the creator of James Bond.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Book Shop, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68634
- Title
- Diamonds are Forever
- Author
- FLEMING, Ian
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Modern Firsts
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Heritage Book Shop, LLC
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Beverly Hills, California
About Heritage Book Shop, LLC
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