Fleming, Ian | Live and Let Die, first edition

Fleming, Ian

Live and Let Die. London: Jonathan Cape, 1954

8vo. Publisher's cloth, lettered and stamped in gilt; gilt very slightly faded. Dust-jacket (second state); marginal crease to upper cover, short tear to joint at head of spine, spine and rear cover very slightly toned, small marks to rear cover.

First edition, first impression, with the second state dust-jacket ("Jacket devised by the author | and executed by Kenneth Lewis" overprinted to front flap).

Fleming’s second novel—Live and Let Die deepens the Bond mythos with voodoo cults, underwater action, and one of the most memorable villains of the series.

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Gilbert A2a (1.2)