IAN FLEMING - OCTOPUSSY AND THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS, published by Jonathan Cape, copyright 1966, First Printing ("First Published 1966" at top of copyright page with no reference to subsequent printings or a month of printing), gray & dark grey (granite like) patterned endpapers, list in front of book & DJ rear flap to "The Man With The Golden Gun", black boards with
gold gilt lettering on spine, Richard Chopping
illustrated DJ.
SHOP AND COMPARE - ANOTHER COPY OF THIS BOOK (IN WORSE CONDITION DUST JACKET WITH WRITING ON THE FLAP) JUST RECENTLY SOLD FOR $295 - SEE EBAY 234647857376 AND ANOTHER COPY IN WORSE CONDITION IS LISTED FOR SALE AT $645 - SEE EBAY 176287497963
Book has no creased page
corners, barest hint of dust soiling/age darkening to outer page edges (no foxing), no former ownership
markings or used bookstore stamps/stickers inside, clean endpapers with
no erasures or foxing, no internal hinge splitting, no wear to
board
edges or board corners or to spine tips, no bumped board corners, no
soiling/markings to
boards, no wear to gilt spine lettering.
Dust Jacket has no
chipping, tearing or creasing (but the front flap has been aggressively price clipped - in the late 1960s/early 1970s Jonathan Cape had a number of unsold copies of this book that were originally stickered reprice but with the change in pounds sterling and Cape remaindering the unsold stock certain resellers would clipped the front flap to make it easier to place the DJ in a dust jacket protector), no wear to wear to spine tips, no wear to front flap crease, no wear to left/right on spine, no edge wear, ever so slight spine sun darkening (very common defect with
this DJ - normally the spine is found badly age/sun darkened), virtually no dust soiling to panels/spine (common defect with this light color dj), no staining or discoloration.
Overall a N-FINE book in FINE- condition dust jacket of an Ian Fleming U.K. 1st printing hardcover book. I have a number of other U.S. and U.K. Ian Fleming James Bond 1st printing hardcover appearances up for auction on ebay - just click on the 'see other items' link to the right of the picture.
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As for returns -All items are used (not new) books and therefore are sold as-is, which is why I try to provide a fairly detailed description of the item itself (i.e. what it is and what it is not) as well its specific condition, noting any significant defects (for collectible items). Book grades are provided in the posting, however book grading standards/categories very widely from seller to seller, so please do not rely solely on the grade that I have given a book or ebay's provided "condition" box description, without considering the specific condition/defects described for that particular book. I do, on occasion, miss a significant defect in an item or simply make a cut/paste error in the description (i.e. an error in the description from using a prior posting as the "shell" for this book's description), and for collectible items, if that happens, on a case-by-case basis I do issue a full refund (including the cost of return shipping) depending upon the collectible significance of the undisclosed defect.