Goldfinger
by Fleming,Ian
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ /No Jacket
- Seller
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape. This is a Very Good + Copy of this Book in Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and with skull stamped in blind and with gilt embossed eyes to the front cover.No Dust-Jacket.There are NO former owner's names or inscription present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness,it's a nice tight square copy with a clean text block other than just a little age toning to the page edges.A very decent copy for the collector.8vo 8vo 318pp First Edition 3rd Impression [1960] . Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 3rd Printing. 1960.
Synopsis
In Ian Fleming's Goldfinger , we are introduced to Auric Goldfinger. This man is without a doubt the most phenomenal criminal Bond has ever faced! This evil genius likes his cash in gold bars and his women dressed in gold paint - and now he is planning to steal all the gold in Fort Knox. That is, unless Secret Agent 007 can stop him! He must first take on two of the most memorable Bond villains: a human weapon named Oddjob and a luscious crime boss named Pussy Galore. Originally titled The Richest Man in the World, Goldfinger is the seventh novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series (preceded by Dr. No and followed by For Your Eyes Only). Fleming structured the novel in three sections — “Happenstance,” “Coincidence,” and “Enemy Action” — which was how Goldfinger described Bond's three seemingly coincidental meetings with him. As a whole, the novel centers on James Bonds’ investigation into the gold smuggling activities of Auric Goldfinger, the richest man in England, who is also suspected of being connected to the Soviet counter-intelligence organization. As well as establishing the background to the smuggling operation, Bond uncovers a much larger plot: Goldfinger’s plan to steal the gold reserves of the United States from Fort Knox.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Richard Thornton Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82700
- Title
- Goldfinger
- Author
- Fleming,Ian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- James Bond 007
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
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About the Seller
Richard Thornton Books
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire
About Richard Thornton Books
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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