Casino Royale – Ian Fleming

Description

HARDBACK – A very good or better book, bound in the publisher’s black cloth boards with bright unfaded red lettering to the spine and with the red heart motif present to the front panel. The boards are clean and fresh with no pushing to the spine tips and with no bumping to any of the corners. Internally the inner text is clean with sporadic foxing spots to the first and rear end-papers, also to the front and rear paste downs. No other foxing present to the inner text. Free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. The dust wrapper is in very good condition with shallow chipping to the spine tip, also with small chips to the corners of the front and rear flap folds. There is a one centimeter closed tear with some faint associated creasing to the top left hand corner of the front panel. No further loss or tears. There is light toning to the rear panel, also with light dustiness to the top few millimeters of the front and rear flap. The publisher’s printed price of 10s.6d.net is present to both the front and rear flaps. The book is the correct UK first edition with no Sunday Times review present to the lower front flap. Seller Inventory # 002442