The true first edition, without the Times review on the front flap of the dust jacket. Black cloth boards with red lettering to the spine and heart to the front board. Dust jacket is price clipped, but price of 10s. 6d. net appears on the back flap, along with the book title and author’s name. There is some minor chipping and loss to the head and foot of the dust jacket at the spine. The dj spine is lightly sunned. The back panel has the sketch of Fleming and the blurb about his life. There is some even age toning to the back panel. Some very minor chipping to the foredges of the jacket. Black boards are clean and sharp, There is a 0.5cm closed tear to the top of the spine. Bookseller’s sticker to the bottom of the pastedown fep. A very good copy of this scarce title. Please contact seller for more images and for courier options.

1393 illustrations including 264 colour plates. Ink inscription to the front endpapers. Text is clean and clear. Boards show some wear and binding is slightly shaken. DW in good condition showing minor wear and scuffing. Large item, will incur extra postage.

Boards show very little wear along the edges. Green marker ‘markings’ to the bottom right corner of title page. Text is clean and clear.

Clean clear text. Leaves show some browning.

Text clean and clear. DW shows some wear.