Lot 168 , Fleming, Ian. Moonraker. First edition, second impression. London: Jonathan Cape, 1955.

Fleming, Ian. Moonraker. First edition, second impression. London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition, second impression, State B*. 8vo, original black cloth, lettered in silver, original dust-jacket showing 10s. 6d. net price.

*Gilbert A3a (2.2): identified by the Raymond Chandler endorsement to the dust-jacket ("Ian Fleming is probably the most forceful and driving writer of what, I suppose, still must be called 'thrillers' in England").
£80-100

Condition:
Original black cloth boards with silver lettering to upper board and spine, generally well preserved with light rubbing and shelf wear to extremities. Page edges toned and spotted with age; text pages clean. Dust jacket in poor, fragile condition, with considerable soiling, staining, creasing, tears, chipping and losses; the front flap is substantially torn along the fold and partially detached from the front panel. Rear panel particularly worn, with significant surface loss and abrasion, especially to the lower portion, together with edge losses and tears. Corners clipped retaining price.