IAN FLEMING - FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE, copyright 1957, published by UK publisher Penguin in 2008, First Printing ("1" numbered centered on copyright page - there was a 2nd printing of this book that states as such), 14.99p price on DJ front flap. Note - released for the 100 anniversary of Fleming's birth, Penguin released a uniform set of paperbacks and hardcovers (all sold individually) of each of the 14 James Bond books (using the same white cover background art) - most of these books were sold to U.K. libraries (and most clean copies are in complete sets by die-hard collectors) so finding clean copies of these books is very difficult.
SHOP AND COMPARE - ANOTHER COPY OF THIS BOOK IS LISTED FOR SALE AT $188 - SEE EBAY 305124659232
Book has no creased page
corners, hint of age darkening to outer page edges (no dust soiling/foxing), no former ownership
markings or used bookstore stamps/stickers inside, clean endpapers with
no
scotch tape marks or discoloration or foxing, no internal hinge splitting, no wear to
board
edges, no wear/shelf rubbing to board corners/spine tips corners, no bump board corners, no
soiling/markings to
boards, no wear/oxidizing to gilt spine lettering.
Dust Jacket has no
chipping, tearing or creasing, barest hint of wear to top spine tip only, no wear to front flap crease, no wear to left/right on spine, almost no edge wear, no spine sun darkening, almost no soiling/staining to panels or
spine.
Overall a N-FINE book in FINE-/N-FINE condition dust jacket (not price clipped) of an Ian Fleming U.K. first 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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I DO COMBINE SHIPPING COSTS FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS WON (if you would like estimates of what combined shipping costs might be for a certain group of auctions, please e-mail me before the auctions close but a very rough estimate is $.50-$1.00 per additional book for media mail, $1.00-$2.00 per additional book for priority mail, and $6.00-$7.00 per additional book for international mail).
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.