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Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [2005]. [Spy thrillers] 14 volumes, complete. Collector's Edition, 'bound in genuine leather'. Octavo (each 19 x 13cm). Printed on acid-neutral archival paper, with colour frontispieces of the original jacket artwork by Ken Lewis, Pat Marriott and Richard Chopping. Publisher's full hide in various colours, decoratively blocked in gilt, moire silk endpapers, ribbon marker, all edges gilt. Absolutely fine, in the original shrinkwrap. The bibliographer's copy, with original paperwork and loose publisher bookplate (signed) for each volume. This is a "well-produced library edition" which originally retailed at $54.70 each (Fleming Bibliography, p.578). Books were sold exclusively through the Easton Press website or via their catalogue and are long-since sold out. Gilbert F8.

Doctor No is the sixth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, originally published in 1958. It follows the British MI6 agent on a mission to Jamaica where he encounters the eponymous villain, Dr. Julius No, who is plotting to sabotage an American space launch with the help of his criminal organization.