Goldfinger -
Ian Lancaster Fleming
1959 - Jonathan Cape, London - First Edition, First Issue, Second State, in First Edition, First Impression, First Issue dust jacket.
Auric Goldfinger, the most phenomenal criminal Bond has ever faced, is an evil genius who likes his cash in gold bars and his women dressed only in gold paint. After smuggling tons of gold out of Britain into secret vaults in Switzerland, this powerful villain is planning the biggest and most daring heist in history-robbing all the gold in Fort Knox. With two of the most memorable villains ever created, a human weapon named Oddjob, and a luscious female crime boss named Pussy Galore.
Smartly housed in custom made clamshell case, black half morocco, gilt titles, felt lined. Reference: Gilbert, Ian Fleming - The Bibliography, A7a (1.2):- Book - First Impression, First Issue, Second State, in type A cloth, with small area of detail previously seen at the top left-hand section of the skull not present. This appeared as a thin line or indent in the bone, but seems to have worn out or broken away during the blocking process. Dust jacket First Edition, First Impression, First Issue - with nineteen line blurb to the front flap (replaced with short quotes from eight reviews of Goldfinger in the second issue).
Other references: Penzler Ian Fleming's James Bond. Biondi/Pickard Firsts V8 No4. Campbell Ian Fleming- A Catalogue of a Collection. Steinbrunner & Penzler, Encyclopaedia of Mystery & Detection. Eric Quayle Detective Fiction.
Octavo (book size 19.5x13.2cm), pp. 318 [2]. In publisher’s black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front board with outline of skull blocked in blind and two coins overt the eyes in gilt. Dust jacket priced ‘15s net’ top lower corner of front flap, all corners with Jonathan Cape’s decorative clip. Condition: Near fine, light foxing to upper edge, in near fine dust jacket, minor wear to corners, slightly heavier to head of spine, moderate toning to rear panel. Ref: 110108 Price: HK$ 28,000
Smartly housed in custom made clamshell case, black half morocco, gilt titles, felt lined. Reference: Gilbert, Ian Fleming - The Bibliography, A7a (1.2):- Book - First Impression, First Issue, Second State, in type A cloth, with small area of detail previously seen at the top left-hand section of the skull not present. This appeared as a thin line or indent in the bone, but seems to have worn out or broken away during the blocking process. Dust jacket First Edition, First Impression, First Issue - with nineteen line blurb to the front flap (replaced with short quotes from eight reviews of Goldfinger in the second issue).
Other references: Penzler Ian Fleming's James Bond. Biondi/Pickard Firsts V8 No4. Campbell Ian Fleming- A Catalogue of a Collection. Steinbrunner & Penzler, Encyclopaedia of Mystery & Detection. Eric Quayle Detective Fiction.
Octavo (book size 19.5x13.2cm), pp. 318 [2]. In publisher’s black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front board with outline of skull blocked in blind and two coins overt the eyes in gilt. Dust jacket priced ‘15s net’ top lower corner of front flap, all corners with Jonathan Cape’s decorative clip. Condition: Near fine, light foxing to upper edge, in near fine dust jacket, minor wear to corners, slightly heavier to head of spine, moderate toning to rear panel. Ref: 110108 Price: HK$ 28,000