On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming - 1963

1963 First Edition / First State (Jonathan Cape Ltd)Superb Original Unclipped Dust Jacket
A fabulous example first edition / first state with unclipped original Richard Chopping designed
dust jacket; the correct version for the first edition.
The book is in very good + to NF condition; black clothed hardback cover, white tram line motif on front board andsilver lettering on the spine. There are no major issues to the cover other than some minor bumpingat spine ends and a patch a very faint sunning on edge of front board. The interior is similarly excellent with the one point of note is some staining to leaf ends which are noticeable when book is closed. Otherwise endpapers and leafs clean, unmarked and very white. No age related issues. There is a very small blue ink price on ffep.
The dust jacket is in very good - near fine condition and comes with protective clear cover. The colours retain an excellent vibrancy and there is only the merest hint of any sunning seen at spine. There is some very minor chipping at spine foot and a tiny bit of rubbing at top. These are really small issues. The jacket is clean, clearand unmarked and free of creasing. The inside flap shows a price of 16s. net. and the rear has a list of Fleming novels to "The Spy Who Loved Me."
This is a really good example first edition and really the only issue of real note is the staining markson the leaf ends which can be seen in the photos. 288 pages - octavo