Books

Cape, 1965. A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1965. A very good+ book with a single light stain to the top edge which has left a small tide mark to the top of the ffep - no inscriptions. The first edition, second issue which was bound using white end-papers when the stock of green/white marbled end-papers ran out (Gilbert 2012). In a very good+ wrapper which is price clipped and has some browning to the spine and a little wear to the tips and corners. A rare version of this title.

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.