Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1965. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1965. First Edition. 221 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with black lettering over black cloth. Second state of the first edition without the embossed golden gun to the front board. Green marbled endpapers. Notable long brown stains mainly to text block edges. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Minor tanning to spine, with notable scuffing and soiling across the boards. Small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends. Book has a forward lean. Dust jacket corners cut but not price clipped. Moderate wear, with small (approx. 1cm) tears and chips to edges and corners. Notable tanning to spine and edges, with brown staining and soiling to DJ.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1678892342IEV
Title: The Man with the Golden Gun
Author: Ian Fleming
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Date Published: 1965

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Second State: used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
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....
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...
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...