First Edition of the Fourth James Bond Novel, in Dust Jacket
Diamonds are Forever.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1956.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1956].
First edition of the fourth James Bond book. Small octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 187 x 125 mm).. [8], 11-257, [1, blank] pp. In original dust jacket.
Original black cloth over boards. Front cover stamped in blind with an overall diamond pattern with a baguette-cut diamond stamped in silver in the center. Spine lettered in silver with Jonathan Cape logo in silver at foot. Top front corner slightly bumped. Some very minor foxing to end papers and text block edges. A very fine copy, difficult to find in this condition. In the original color pictorial dust jacket. Jacket with no restoration. Overall a very nice jacket.
"Greater than Casino Royale? More terrible than Live and Let Die? More hazardous than Moonraker? Yes." (Front the front flap).
Biondi and Pickard, pp. 42-43. Campbell A4007A1.
HBS 68634.
$10,000.
Price: $10,000.00
Item #68634