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Moonraker by Ian Fleming, First Edition with Dust Jacket

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A First Edition, [First Printing] of 'Moonraker' by Ian Fleming in Very Good condition in a Very Good condition dust jacket published by Jonathan Cape Limited in 1955

Moonraker [Bond Series Number Three] 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 tidy dust jacket

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Book Number B0015267
Title Moonraker
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 and page 10 last line reads 'shoot' not 'shoo'. Dust jacket edition identified by: Front flap mentions Casino Royale and Live and Let Die with a price of 10s 6d jacket credit, rear flap, blank but for price and title to corner and reviews of Casino Royale and Live and Let Die on the lower panel

Hardcover, 12 mo (17.5-20 cm high). 256 printed pages in publisher's original black cloth with silver lettering, in dust jacket
Publisher(s) Jonathan Cape Limited, London, 1955

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 Three

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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M asks Bond to investigate Sir Hugo Drax, who is winning a lot of money playing bridge at M's favourite club, Blades. Bond confirms Drax is cheating and wins £15,000 infuriating the out-smarted Drax ….

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