Description
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING 1960
BY IAN FLEMING
This listing is for a First Edition of FOR YOUR EYES ONLY by Ian Fleming. Published by Jonathan Cape of London 1960.First Edition, First Printing Near fine vibrant fresh book in a bright near fine unrestored dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing with the elusive scarce original first edition dust jacket with red titles to the spine.
The book is in beautiful near fine condition with crisp black covered boards, still retaining the vibrant original sheen, with a stamped eye to the front of the boards. Bright unfaded gilt titles to spine. The boards have sharp corners with no edgewear, and no stains to the cloth. The end papers are clean with no inscriptions, no owner names, no book plates, and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with No handling marks, No stains, No bent pages and No foxing. Stunning book internally appearing as unread! Please see images for details.
The unrestored attractive near fine dust jacket has strong vibrant colors and with an usually red title to the spine (the holy grail for this title as the spine always fades). The dust jacket has No edgewear, No tears, No stains, No rips, No chips, No rubbing, No fading and No foxing. Some toning to the rear panel. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of 15s net. The dust jacket is protected in a new clear removable archival cover. Beautiful unrestored jacket. Please see images for more details.
Near fine, clean beautiful vibrant book in hard to locate highly collectible condition at a great price for this title. with a dust jacket with an unfaded spine, with simliar copies selling for $2400 and up. Please see our stores on Ebay, and MeierAndSons.com for other listings, many of which are Ian Fleming first editions.
Please note the cost to ship includes full insurance. Insurance is calculated at the standard USPS rate of $1.00 per $100 of value. The cost of insurance will show up as a handling charge on your invoice, but is only the cost to fully insure the book in transit.
