IAN FLEMING - ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE, published by New American Library (NAL), copyright 1963, First Printing (states "First Printing, September, 1963" on the first line on copyright page with no references to subsequent printings - there were 7 subsequent printings of this book that state as such on the copyright page), lists to "The Spy Who Loved Me" on list of Fleming books to left of title page, goldenrod endpapers with black & blue quarterbound cloth boards and gold gilt lettering on spine & front board, $4.50 price on DJ front flap.  BEFORE COVID THIS BOOK WAS RELATIVELY COMMON (CERTAINLY EASY TO FIND) BUT IN THE LAST 3 YEARS THIS BOOK HAS ALL BUT DISAPPEARED FOR SALE.

    Book has no creased page corners, flat white pages with sharp outer page corners, no foxing to pages, endpapers or outer page edges, yellow top stain is nice with no fading or drop spots, slight dust soiling/age darkening to outer page edges, endpapers are clean and free from any discoloration, no former owner's markings or used bookseller stamps/stickers inside, slight wear to board edges, no wear to board corners or spine tips, no bumped board corners, barest hint of discoloration/soiling to boards at edges, no sun fading to spine (common defect with this book).

    Dust jacket has no chipping or tearing or creasing, almost no wear to spine tips, barest hint of wear to front flap crease (primarily at flap crease corners), no wear to left/right on spine, no spine sun darkening (common defect with this DJ), tiny color rub at bottom left corner on rear panel otherwise no color rubbing, hint of dust soiling to white areas of panels otherwise no soiling or staining, hint of edge wear.

    Overall a VG+/FINE- book in FINE- condition dust jacket (not price clipped) of an Ian Fleming U.S. 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.

     NOTE - MEDIA MAIL ROUTINELY TAKES 3-4 WEEKS (REGARDLESS OF WHAT EBAY MAY SAY - THEY DON'T CONTROL THE POST OFFICE).  For U.S. buyers, both priority mail (3-5 days) and media mail (3-4 weeks) shipping options will be listed in the ebay invoice (or if the book is a paperback or small magazine both 1st class mail (5-7 days) and media mail shipping options will be listed in the ebay invoice) - SIMPLY CLICK ON THE BLUE 'OTHER SHIPPING OPTIONS' LINK IN THE INVOICE TO SEE BOTH SHIPPING OPTIONS/COST.

     DELIVERY CONFIRMATION IS NOT TRACKING (despite what ebay and paypal want to call it - again they don't control the U.S. post office).  Delivery confirmation is merely what it says it is - it confirms delivery to prevent fraudulent chargebacks of claimed unreceived items (which is why I don't charge for delivery confirmation in the shipping costs).  Also, since I print shipping labels from home (as opposed to purchasing shipping at the post office), the delivery confirmation number IS NOT SCANNED BY THE POST OFFICE AT THIS END.  Therefore, in most cases, the first time that the Post Office will show anything when you check the delivery confirmation number is when the package hits your local post office/sorting center (basically the day before its delivered to you).   Occasionally (about 25% of the time) a package will get scanned at the Federal Way, WA transfer station, but in the vast majority of the cases the delivery confirmation won't show anything until basically the day before you get the package.

     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.