First impression
1956- Copyright page
- First published 1956
- Jacket price
- 12s 6d
- Binding
- Black cloth, spine lettered in silver, with a diamond pattern embossed on the upper board and a diamond stamped in silver.
- Jacket
- By Pat Marriott, the first pictorial Bond jacket. The first issue's front-flap blurb ends more hazardous than Moonraker? Yes.
Points of issue
- upper boardDiamond pattern embossed with a diamond stamped in silver→ first edition
- jacket, front flapBlurb ends more hazardous than Moonraker? Yes.→ first issue jacket
- jacket, front flapPriced 12s 6d→ first issue jacket
Traps and later printings: A second impression appeared in 1958. The First Edition Library facsimile set copies the bindings, text and jackets; modern facsimile jackets are also often put on genuine books. Check that the jacket is unclipped and belongs to the impression.
Published 26 March 1956.
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