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HARDBACK - A near fine book bound in the publisher's black cloth boards with bright bronze lettering present to the spine. Internally there is a touch of dustiness to the top page block, else a very clean example, free of any previous owner names or Inscriptions. The book is a scarce variant with white front and rear end papers. An increasingly elusive variant with just 3204 copies of this issue published from the total first print run of 82,000 copies. The dust wrapper is a near fine example, with no loss or tears but with very light toning to the spine. Correctly priced at 18s.net. A lovely collectors copy.

The Man with the Golden Gun is the twelfth novel (and thirteenth book) of Ian Fleming's James Bond series. It was first published by Jonathan Cape in the UK on 1 April 1965, eight months after the author's death. The novel was not as detailed or polished as the others in the series, leading to poor but polite reviews. Despite that, the book was a best-seller. The story centers on the fictional British Secret Service agent Commander James Bond, who had been thought dead, only to return to the Secret Service alive and well. In the novel, Bond is sent to assassinate Francisco 'Pistols' Scaramanga, a notorious hitman, who is believed to be responsible for the disappearance of several British intelligence operatives.