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Auction archive: Lot number 102

Ian Fleming | Casino Royale, 1953, first edition of the author's first James Bond novel

Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$20,472 - US$27,296
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 102

Ian Fleming | Casino Royale, 1953, first edition of the author's first James Bond novel

Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$20,472 - US$27,296
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Ian Fleming Casino Royale. London: Jonathan Cape, 1953 FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST JAMES BOND BOOK, 8vo, original black cloth lettered in orange-red, DUST-JACKET (first issue without Sunday Times review to front flap and without 'THE AUTHOR' on rear panel), ownership signature to front free endpaper, very slightly skewed, slightly soiled dust-jacket frayed at extremities with some loss to spine and occasional short tears Introduction of the most famous spy in English literature and cinema history. This copy features an unrestored dust-jacket. LITERATUREGilbert A1a (1.1) PROVENANCEThe Alexis Galanos CollectionCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The

Auction archive: Lot number 102
Auction:
Datum:
4 Feb 2021
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Ian Fleming Casino Royale. London: Jonathan Cape, 1953 FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST JAMES BOND BOOK, 8vo, original black cloth lettered in orange-red, DUST-JACKET (first issue without Sunday Times review to front flap and without 'THE AUTHOR' on rear panel), ownership signature to front free endpaper, very slightly skewed, slightly soiled dust-jacket frayed at extremities with some loss to spine and occasional short tears Introduction of the most famous spy in English literature and cinema history. This copy features an unrestored dust-jacket. LITERATUREGilbert A1a (1.1) PROVENANCEThe Alexis Galanos CollectionCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The

Auction archive: Lot number 102
Auction:
Datum:
4 Feb 2021
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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