"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. "
— Oscar Wilde
Casino Royale (a James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, second Impression, Jacket B, export copy, also bibliographer's copy. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, decorated with heart motif to upper, lettered in red to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. This copy was originally sold in Johannesburg, SA (bookseller ticket to pastedown). No inscriptions, some spotting/toning (likely from climate), jacket with some nicks and tears, chipped at crown. Very good. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's file copy (printed bookplate and pencil notes within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. This printing is twice as scarce as the first. Item #67233
Gilbert A1a (2.2).
Price: £9,750.00
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