Lot 204
Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale, first edition, neat ink ownership inscription dated 1953 to front free endpaper along with small patch of browning, original boards with heart design and lettering in red, light bumping to head of spine and corners, clean and bright otherwise, first issue dust-jacket without Sunday Times review, head of spine and upper corners a little chipped, a few short nicks with light creasing to head, usual foxing to lower panel, small internal chip to upper panel, small patch of browning to front flat, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example overall, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1953.
*** A bright and excellent example of the first James Bond novel. Increasingly difficult to find not price clipped and unrestored.
Hammer Price: £18,000
Description
Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale, first edition, neat ink ownership inscription dated 1953 to front free endpaper along with small patch of browning, original boards with heart design and lettering in red, light bumping to head of spine and corners, clean and bright otherwise, first issue dust-jacket without Sunday Times review, head of spine and upper corners a little chipped, a few short nicks with light creasing to head, usual foxing to lower panel, small internal chip to upper panel, small patch of browning to front flat, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example overall, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1953.
⁂ A bright and excellent example of the first James Bond novel. Increasingly difficult to find not price clipped and unrestored.
Description
Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale, first edition, neat ink ownership inscription dated 1953 to front free endpaper along with small patch of browning, original boards with heart design and lettering in red, light bumping to head of spine and corners, clean and bright otherwise, first issue dust-jacket without Sunday Times review, head of spine and upper corners a little chipped, a few short nicks with light creasing to head, usual foxing to lower panel, small internal chip to upper panel, small patch of browning to front flat, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example overall, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1953.
⁂ A bright and excellent example of the first James Bond novel. Increasingly difficult to find not price clipped and unrestored.
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