"Books are a hardbound drug with no danger of overdose. I am the happy victim of books."
— Karl Lagerfeld
Casino Royale.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with red titles and 'Heart' design to upper, tail edge untrimmed, in pictorial second issue (overprinted) dust-jacket, designed by the author, showing the correct price of 10/6 to both flaps. Publisher's 'Now & Then' subscription card tucked in (as issued), together with vintage purchase receipt (1970). Contents clean and fresh, no inscriptions. An unquestionably fine copy in like, crisp dust-wrapper. A remarkable survival, housed in an elegant custom-made leather-spined clamshell case. The first James Bond novel; only 4728 copies of the first edition were published. Item #72337
Gilbert A1a (1.2).
Price: £22,500.00
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