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UK: Cape, 1955. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1955. 1st state with Shoot. From the library and with the bookplate of Sir Philip Brocklehurst, Bt. (1887-1975, soldier, polar explorer and member of Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic's Nimrod Expedition of 1907-09, He was born at Swythamley Park, Staffordshire, in 1887. His grandfather John Brocklehurst had a silk weaving business in Macclesfield and was a Member of Parliament; his father Philip Lancaster Brocklehurst was created a baronet in 1903. Philip Lee succeeded to the title, as "2nd Baronet Brocklehurst, of Swythamley Park, Leek, Staffordshire", on 10 May 1904. In 1904 he joined the Territorial Army in the Derbyshire Yeomanry, where he was later promoted to major in March 1916 and colonel in 1924. Brocklehurst was educated at Eton College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He represented Cambridge University at boxing against Oxford University, and obtained a half blue. Ernest…

In 'Moonraker', Ian Fleming's third James Bond novel, the British secret agent uncovers a plot by the enigmatic Sir Hugo Drax, who is building a powerful rocket capable of destroying London. As Bond delves deeper, the danger and betrayal he encounters bring him to the brink of death in this classic espionage thriller.

One way to determine if a copy of 'Moonraker' is a first edition is to check the publisher on the book's dust jacket and the price. First editions were published by Jonathan Cape with no other printings listed and priced at 10s 6d. The boards are black with silver lettering, and it should have a pictorial dust jacket featuring a crossbow designed by Kenneth Lewis.