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238 - Fleming (Ian) On Her Majesty's Secret Service, one of 250 copies signed by the author, half-title, frontispiece portrait by Amherst Villiers, title-page in red and black, bookplate of Patrick Nicholson to pastedown, original vellum-backed cloth, white ski-track motif on upper cover, t.e.g., very slight discolouration to spine tips, near-fine otherwise, original acetate dust-jacket slight creasing to head, light rubbing, else fine, preserved in custom white morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1963.
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Fleming (Ian) On Her Majesty's Secret Service, one of 250 copies signed by the author, half-title, frontispiece portrait by Amherst Villiers, title-page in red and black, bookplate of Patrick Nicholson to pastedown, original vellum-backed cloth, white ski-track motif on upper cover, t.e.g., very slight discolouration to spine tips, near-fine otherwise, original acetate dust-jacket slight creasing to head, light rubbing, else fine, preserved in custom white morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1963. *** A superb example of Fleming's only signed limited edition.
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