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London: Cape, 1965. An uncorrected proof copy published by Cape in 1965. The usual rubbing and creasing to edges, but internally clean. Perhaps around 500 copies were printed with the majority not surviving. The book is much thicker than the trade hardback edition, featuring numerous errors subsequently corrected.

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.