VERY FIRST 1ST PRINTING OF THE NOVEL “FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE” BY IAN FLEMING FEATURING JAMES BOND 007. THE PRINTED PAPERS WERE INITIALLY NOT ACCEPTED BY JONATHAN CAPE BEING NOT AS THICK AS WANTED AND WERE USED BY THE BOOK CLUB. THE PAPERS ARE THE SAME IN SIZE AND CONTENT AS THE CAPE 1957 EDITION BUT BOUND WITH BLUE BOARDS, WHEREAS CAPE FIRST AND LATER EDITIONS HAD DARK BOARDS. THERE IS NO MENTION OF THE BOOK CLUB INSIDE THE 1957 VERSION, ONLY ON THE DUSTWRAPPER, WHICH IS ORIGINAL AND NOT A REPRODUCTION.

THIS FIRST PRINTING OF THE “FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE” PAGES IS VERY COLLECTABLE AS THE BOOK HAS THE JONATHAN CAPE NAME AND COMPANY LOGO ON THE TITLE PAGE AND ALSO SHOWS "FIRST PUBLISHED 1957" ON THE COPYRIGHT PAGE. THESE DETAILS ONLY APPEARED ONCE AND ARE NOT IN SUBSEQUENT BOOK CLUB EDITIONS (WHICH STATE “BOOK CLUB” ON THE TITLE PAGE AND ARE UNDATED WITHOUT “1957”). PLEASE SEE PICTURES.

EXAMPLES OF THESE FIRST PRINTING “FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE” BOOKS RARELY APPEAR. BOOK IS IN NICE CONDITION WITH FIRM BOARDS AND CLEAN PAGE BLOCK EDGES. NO TEARS, STAMPS OR STICKERS. THE DUSTJACKET HAS SEPARATION ON THE FRONT SPINE EDGE AND NIBBLES IN OTHER PLACES PLUS A SMALL HOLE ON THE FRONT AND A SIMILAR ONE ON THE BACK WHICH ARE THE ONLY ONES. THE DUSTJACKET IS IN PROTECTIVE MYLAR TYPE REMOVABLE FILM. THE DUSTJACKET IS AN ORIGINAL 1957 ONE, NOT A COPY OR REPRODUCTION, AND SO MAKES THE BOOK MORE RARE AS OFTEN NOWADAYS THEY NO LONGER HAVE A DUSTJACKET.

THE FIRST BLANK FFEP PAGE HAS A SMALL NAME WRITTEN WITH AN INITIAL AND SHORT SURNAME IN INK.