Spot the first: Binding: Black cloth with a red heart on the upper board (first edition)
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hobbit 1937
author:fleming 1950s
publisher:cape first
series:606d
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Spot the first: Upper board: Diamond pattern embossed with a diamond stamped in silver (first edition)
Spot the first: Upper board: Plain, with no silhouette (plain binding state)
Spot the first: Upper board: Silver revolver over a red rose (first edition)
Spot the first: Upper board: An extra embossed line about 3mm long at the top left of the skull (first state binding)
Spot the first: Jacket, front flap: No Kenneth Lewis credit (first state jacket)
Spot the first: P.10, line 31: Misprint shoo for shoot (first impression, shoo state)
Spot the first: Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 15s. net (first issue jacket)
Spot the first: Upper board: Skeletal hand blind-stamped (first edition)
Spot the first: Copyright page (verso of title): reads 'First published 1964' with no month (first state of the first impression)
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