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London: Jonathan Cape. 1963. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Limited Edition. Publisher's original quarter vellum over black boards, white ski tracks to the upper board, titles in gilt to the spine. Top edge gilt. Colour frontispiece of the author by Charles Amherst Villiers. Complete with the original clear plastic cover. A very near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the vellum spine with a little darkening towards the centre. The contents are spotlessly clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete with the very good, often discarded or replaced original folded plastic cover that is a little wrinkled to the fold edges and has a slither of loss to the top edge of the rear panel. The only one of Ian Fleming's James Bond books to be published in a signed edition. Issued in a limited edition of 250 copies, this example is hand numbered 219 and signed by Ian Fleming in blue ballpoint pen on the…

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.

The true first edition, first printing can be identified by publishers 'Jonathan Cape' on the spine and the lack of any other printing statement on the copyright page.