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On Her Majesty's Secret Service
by Ian Fleming
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Book Club , 1963. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None . A lovely first book club edition of Ian Fleming's acclaimed Bond novel, published in the same year as the true first. The first Book Club edition of 1963, published in the same year as the true first. An acclaimed Bond novel by the famed author, Ian Fleming. The tenth full novel in the celebrated spy series of 'James Bond:' a Secret Service agent 007, a peerless spy and notorious womaniser. The character is featured in twelve novels and two collections of short stories, as well as being used in the long-running and sixth most financially successful English language film series.With the original, unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. With a minor soiling to the boards. Previous ownership signature to the front free endpaper. The dust wrapper is very smart and unclipped, with only minor shelf wear and some minor chipping to the head of the spine. internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Seller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 788A15
- Title
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service
- Author
- Ian Fleming
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Book Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- ian fleming james bond first book club james bond
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
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