The Man With the Golden Gun.

FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964).

London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Thriller] FIRST ISSUE, Second state, Binding 'A'. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with gilt lettering to the spine, plain covers, patterned green endpapers. In the original pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping. A very good copy with a little edge spotting, owner name, jacket chipped to extremities. This copy was exported to South Africa; it is price clipped and shows a previous pencil price of R3.50. 'The Man With The Golden Gun' was the last full-length 007 novel; basis for the 1974 movie starring Roger Moore as James Bond and (Fleming's cousin) Christopher Lee as villain Francisco Scaramanga who, in the novel, the is nicknamed "Pistols" Scaramanga. UK Cape editions of Fleming's best-selling James Bond series were imported by numerous British overseas territories across the globe [Gilbert], as demonstrated by the present copy. Item #60457

Gilbert A13a (1.2).

Price: £95.00