Descrizione

8vo., First Edition, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, one tiny mark on front past-down; original pictorial black cloth, upper board blocked with 'ski tracks' in white, backstrip lettered in silver, white endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly age-soiled on (predominantly white) rear cover, tiny nick at bottom lower corner of backstrip but with bright red lettering and no trace of the usual fading at backstrip. A bright, clean copy of the eleventh James Bond novel. Dustwrapper artwork by Richard Chopping, complete with original price of 16s on front wrapper flap. This is the first Bond written after commencement of the original film series, and forms the basis of Peter Hunt's feature film (1969) starring George Lazenby [in his sole performance as Bond] and Diana Rigg.