Lot 186 , Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. First edition, first impression, first state, Binding A, 1964. Original dust jacket.

° Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. First edition, first impression, first state, Binding A, 1964. Original dust jacket. Fleming, Ian (1908–1964). You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. First edition, first impression, first state, Binding A. 8vo, pp. 256. Publisher’s original Type C black cloth, upper board blocked in gilt with seven Japanese characters, spine lettered in silver; in the original dust jacket retaining the 16s. net price.

Fleming’s twelfth James Bond book and the concluding novel of the Blofeld trilogy. First-state issue points with “Cambridge” for “Oxford” on p. 80, line 17, and the page number “190” battered at the foot of p. 190.

Reference: Gilbert A12a(1.1).
£100-200

Condition:
sl. spotting to fore-edge and a few marginal spots. Dust jacket with corners clipped, retaining the 16s. net price. v. sl. browning to verso of spine. The volume in a custom-made leather clam-shell box.