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THE SCOTT GREENBAUM COLLECTION OF LITERARY FIRST EDITIONS
The Man with the Golden Gun, rare variant
Ian Fleming, 1965
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The Man with the Golden Gun, rare variant
Ian Fleming, 1965
FLEMING, Ian (1908-1964). The Man with the Golden Gun. London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.
Fine first edition, extremely scarce variant with a Golden Gun stamped on the front cover of cloth. "Copies of the first British edition exist with a variant binding on which, like the U.S. edition, the gun is stamped in gold on the front cover. It is reported that 1000 copies were produced for export to South Africa and Australia. It is extremely scarce..." (Penzler, pp. 28-30).
Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, a gun image stamped in gold on the front cover, presumed first endpapers of patterned green; pictorial dust jacket by Richard Chopping (a few very pale spots, inconspicuous crease to spine panel).
Ian Fleming, 1965
FLEMING, Ian (1908-1964). The Man with the Golden Gun. London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.
Fine first edition, extremely scarce variant with a Golden Gun stamped on the front cover of cloth. "Copies of the first British edition exist with a variant binding on which, like the U.S. edition, the gun is stamped in gold on the front cover. It is reported that 1000 copies were produced for export to South Africa and Australia. It is extremely scarce..." (Penzler, pp. 28-30).
Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, a gun image stamped in gold on the front cover, presumed first endpapers of patterned green; pictorial dust jacket by Richard Chopping (a few very pale spots, inconspicuous crease to spine panel).
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