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Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming, First Edition with Dust Jacket

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A First Edition, [First Printing] of 'Live and Let Die' by Ian Fleming in Very Good condition in a Very Good condition first state dust jacket published by Jonathan Cape Limited in 1954

Live and Let Die [Bond Series Number Two] by Ian Fleming, First Edition with Dust Jacket

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Condition Summary: (Very Good/Very Good) A sound book with clean boards and pages, in a clean bright dust jacket

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Book Number B0015255
Title Live and Let Die
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: Priced 10s 6d on the front flap with no mention of the jacket artist, except for 'Live and Let Die, Fleming, Cape, 10s 6d. net at the foot and Casino Royal reviews on the lower panel

Hardcover, 12 mo 195 mm (7 5/8 inches) by 132 mm (5 1/4 inches). 240 printed pages in publisher's original black cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine and upper board, in first state dust jacket
Publisher(s) Jonathan Cape Limited, London, 1954

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 Two

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

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Bond investigates 'Mr. Big', an underworld voodoo leader suspected of selling 17th century gold coins to finance Soviet spying in America ….

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