First edition Hardback James Bond

For Special Services (1982)

Publisher Jonathan Cape Year 1982 ISBN 9780224029346
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Who published the For Special Services first edition?
Jonathan Cape, London, in 1982, in hardback.
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  • It is the first edition, which is the one collectors want.
  • The original dust jacket carries much of the price for a book of this age; its condition matters as much as the book's.
  • Condition is graded separately for book and jacket, from Fine down to Poor.

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How Jonathan Cape marked its first editions

  • UK first editions name Jonathan Cape on the title page and carry a "First Published" statement with the year on the reverse of the title page. A first impression shows that statement with no later printings listed beneath it.
  • Live and Let Die (1954) exists in three jacket states on first-impression copies, told apart by whether and where the jacket designer's credit appears on the front flap.
  • Press reviews printed on the jacket flaps generally indicate a jacket from a later impression; on Casino Royale (1953) a Times review on the front flap marks a later run.

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1982

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Who published the For Special Services first edition?

Jonathan Cape, London, in 1982, in hardback.