London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. . 8vo, limited first edition, #98 of 250 copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Frontispiece portrait by Amherst Villiers, title page in red and black, black cloth board with vellum spine, bright gilt lettering on the spine, white ski-track illustration on the upper board, top edges gilt. Clear plastic dust jacket, as issued. Very slight soing to the spine ends, light foxing to the edges and endpapers. Near fine condition.

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Bookseller: Schwabe Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: mon0003111370
Title: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Author: Ian Fleming
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: London: Jonathan Cape
Date Published: 1963
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Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Vellum: Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
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...
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....