9 IAN FLEMING UK HARDCOVERS PUBLISHED BY JONATHAN CAPE: MOONRAKER (4th printing 1959), DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (7th printing 1974), DR. NO (9th printing 1973), GOLDFINGER (6th printing 1965), THUNDERBALL (4th printing 1974), THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (7th printing 1965), ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (2nd printing 1963), YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (2nd printing April 1964), and THRILLING CITIES (2nd printing January 1964), white or black or wood patterned endpapers, black or white boards with impressed/gilt designs on front boards and gold or silver lettering on spine, books comes with color fascimiles of the UK 1st issue dust jackets to provide protection from damage and to improve shelf appearance. 

    YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE: Book is quite nice with no creased page corners, no foxing to pages or endpapers, slight foxing/age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps/stickers inside, no internal hinge splitting, no wear to board edges, board corners or to spine tips, no soiling or staining to boards, no bumped board corners, no wear/oxidizing to gilt lettering to spine.

   THRILLING CITIES: Book is very nice with no creased page corners, no foxing to pages or endpapers, hint of age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps/stickers inside, no internal hinge splitting, no wear to board edges, board corners or to spine tips, no soiling or staining to boards, no bumped board corners, no wear/oxidizing to gilt lettering to spine.

    ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE: Book is decent with several creased page corners, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps/stickers inside, no internal hinge splitting, no wear to board edges or board corners, wear to spine tips, no soiling or staining to boards (sun fading to edges), no bumped board corners, hint of wear/oxidizing to gilt lettering to spine.

   THE SPY WHO LOVED ME: Book is okay with several creased page corners, ffe removed, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps/stickers inside, no internal hinge splitting, no wear to board edges, board corners or to spine tips, no soiling or staining to boards, tiny bumped board corners, no wear/oxidizing to gilt lettering to spine.

   THUNDERBALL: Book is ex-library with stamp to copyright page and ffe partially glued down to inside front board (likely to hide DJ stamps on ffe) otherwise no other library markings -  several creased page corners, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no other former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps/stickers inside, no internal hinge splitting, no wear to board edges or board corners, shelf wear to bottom spine tip, no soiling or staining to boards, tiny bumped board corners, no wear/oxidizing to gilt lettering to spine.

   GOLDFINGER: Book is ex-library with stamp to ffe & copyright page otherwise no other library markings -  several creased page corners, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no other former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps/stickers inside, otherwise generally clean endpapers, no internal hinge splitting, no wear to board edges or board corners, slift shelf wear to spine tips, no soiling or staining to boards, no bumped board corners, no wear/oxidizing to gilt lettering to spine.

   DR. NO: Book is ex-library with stamp to copyright page and pre-title page, ffe removed otherwise no other library markings -  several creased page corners, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no other former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps/stickers inside, scotch tape residue marks to inside boards, no internal hinge splitting, no wear to board edges or board corners, or spine tips, no soiling or staining to boards, no bumped board corners, no wear/oxidizing to gilt lettering to spine.

   DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER: Book is decent with just a few creased page corners, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, former owner's bookplate to ffe (appears to be covering a stamp) with tiny white out mark at bottom on ffe & check marks to some of the Fleming titles to left of title page, no other former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps/stickers inside, white binder's tape to rear internal hinge, no wear to board edges or board corners, hint of wear to spine tips, no soiling or staining to boards, no bumped board corners, no wear/oxidizing to gilt lettering to spine.

    MOONRAKER: Book is very nice apparent ex-library with free endpapers removed otherwise no other library markings -  just a couple of creased page corners, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no ther former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps/stickers inside, scotch tape residue line marks to inside boards, no internal hinge splitting, no wear to board edges or board corners, or spine tips, no soiling or staining to boards, no bumped board corners, no wear/oxidizing to gilt lettering to spine.

    Overall a decent starter set of seven original Ian Fleming U.K. printing hardcover books.  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.