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First edition, signed limited issue. Number 204 of 250 copies signed by the author; a further 35 unnumbered copies marked "Presentation" were also released. This was Fleming's only signed limited edition; it was published simultaneously with the first trade edition on 1 April 1963. Octavo. Original quarter vellum with black cloth sides, titles to spine in gilt, ski track decoration to front board in white, top edge gilt. Housed in a full black morocco solander box with a ski track blocked in white to the front board. Colour frontispiece portrait of Ian Fleming with tissue guard. Spine gently cocked, vellum bright, slight fading to edge of front cover, a little foxing to contents. A very good copy. Gilbert A11a.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the tenth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, first published in the UK by Jonathan Cape on 1 April 1963. The story centers on Bond's mission to find and stop the villainous Ernst Stavro Blofeld who is planning to destroy Britain's agricultural economy.