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Dr. No by Ian Fleming, First Edition with Dust Jacket

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A First Edition, [First Printing] of 'Dr. No' by Ian Fleming in Very Good condition in a Very Good condition dust jacket published by Jonathan Cape Limited in 1958

Dr. No [Bond Series Number Six] by Ian Fleming, First Edition with Dust Jacket

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  • Dr. No [Bond Series Number Six] by Ian Fleming, First Edition with Dust Jacket
  • Dr. No [Bond Series Number Six] by Ian Fleming, First Edition with Dust Jacket
  • Dr. No [Bond Series Number Six] by Ian Fleming, First Edition with Dust Jacket

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Condition Summary: (Very Good/Very Good) A generally sound book with overall clean boards and pages, in a generally tidy dust jacket. All notable faults: Book has moderate foxing and marks on the prelims and page ends. Dust jacket has two closed tears, up to 15 mm (5/8 of an inch) long, minor wear, up to 5 mm (1/4 of an inch) deep on the corners and Some 'archival style' tape to the rear

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Book Number B0015263
Title Dr. No
Author(s) Author: Fleming, Ian [Lancaster]

Ian [Lancaster] Fleming (1908 to 1964)—British author and journalist, born in Mayfair, London, best known for his twelve novels and nine short stories about James Bond. He also wrote the children's story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and two non-fiction books

Edition and Format First Edition, [First Printing] Book edition identified by: Publisher's stated imprint information. Dust jacket edition identified by: Blurb and price of 13s. 6d on the front flap, 'Jacket design by Pat Marriott' on the rear flap and six reviews for From Russia with Love on the lower panel

Hardcover, 12 mo 192 mm (7 1/2 inches) by 135 mm (5 3/8 inches). [viii] and 9 to 256 printed pages in publisher's original black cloth with silver lettering on the spine and plain on the upper board, in dust jacket
Publisher(s) Jonathan Cape Limited, London, 1958

Jonathan Cape Limited—(Founded in 1919) British publisher founded in 1919 by Herbert Jonathan Cape (1879-1960), the son of a builder who started as an apprentice in the book trade. The company was initially named Jonathan Page and Company (Page was his mother's maiden name) and this changed to Jonathan Cape in 1921. Its most books and authors are probably: T. E. Lawrence, Arthur Ransome, the later Roald Dahl books, Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano, Fitzroy Maclean's Eastern Approaches, the James Bond series by Ian Fleming and more recently Anita Brookner, Margaret Atwood, Julian Barnes, Salman Rushdie. It is currently an imprint of Random House.

Series Bond Series Number Six

Bond Series—A series of espionage novels and short stories (Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia, with Love. Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories), Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun and 1966 Octopussy and The Living Daylights (short stories) by Ian Fleming featuring Commander James Bond, (KCMG, RNVR), an officer of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). The film adaptations form longest running English language film franchise to date, starting with Dr. No in 1962. The series contains 14 books. The first book was originally published in 1953 and the last book was originally published in 1966

Content Content

Bond is sent by M on a 'rest cure' to Jamaica, to investigate the disappearance of Strangways, the head of Station J who had been investigating the activities of Doctor Julius No, a reclusive Chinese-German who lives on an island called Crab Key ….

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