Christie’s roundel
Lot 92

FLEMING, Ian. On Her Majesty's Secret Service. London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. 8° (188 x 125mm). Half-title, coloured frontispiece portrait of the author, title printed in red and black. Original vellum-backed cloth, white "ski tracks" on front cover, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, original glassine dust-jacket (light stains on head and tail of spine).

Closed23 November 2009

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FLEMING, Ian. On Her Majesty's Secret Service. London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. 8° (188 x 125mm). Half-title, coloured frontispiece portrait of the author, title printed in red and black. Original vellum-backed cloth, white "ski tracks" on front cover, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, original glassine dust-jacket (light stains on head and tail of spine).

FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 350 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, THIS ONE "PRESENTATION" COPY, with the glassine dust-jacket.