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Diamonds are Forever
by Ian Fleming
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Barmouth, Gwynedd, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Black boards, silver titles, little bit of wear near base of spine, slight fading bottom corner of front board and along edges of rear cover. Age toned and spotted fore edge. Surname on inside front board. Bubble crease on endpaper, light foxing on endpapers and ffep, half title and title and lightly continued over first few pages, and scattered throughout and at rear, not dreadful. Tight binding with very slight lean. Spine lightly bumped. No dj
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
- Walter Lloyd Jones Saleroom
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2024127
- Title
- Diamonds are Forever
- Author
- Ian Fleming
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Date Published
- 1956
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Barmouth, Gwynedd
About Walter Lloyd Jones Saleroom
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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