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First edition, first impression, featuring the first meeting between James Bond and his nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the leader of the criminal organization SPECTRE. The villain had been introduced in Thunderball (1961), pulling the strings in the background but not yet facing off against the secret agent himself. The story was adapted into the 1969 film starring George Lazenby. Octavo. Original dark brown boards (Gilbert's binding A), spine lettered in silver, white ski track design on front cover. With dust jacket. Bump to spine foot, light spots to edges and endpapers, else clean; jacket unclipped, a couple of nicks and small marks, light foxing but generally bright: a near-fine copy in like jacket. Gilbert A11a (1.1).

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.