Books

New York, NY: Signet Books, Published by The New American Library, 1958-1967. [Spy Fiction] FIRST SIGNET EDITIONS, all first printings. Fourteen volumes, octavo (18 x 11 x 17cm). Publisher's colour illustrated softcovers, all edges tinted red. Expected toning to cheap newsprint-type paper stock, no ink names, some minor handling/spine roll to covers, small chip to corner of 'Spy', bookplate to 'Golden Gun'. The majority of titles are in fine condition. A particularly bright set. An important edition, being the first uniform set of James Bond paperbacks to be issued in America; prior to this date only four books in the series had been issued, in a smaller format (two under alternative book titles) by Perma Books. Several of these Signet first printings are increasingly uncommon.

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.