Books

Black boards and spine; the front board, showing dancing lady, bumped on top leading corner; the spine, with slight lean, lettered in silver. Price clipped jacket has 5 mm wear to two top leading corners; the rear lower leading corner has a 1.5 cm split and the front one a 2 cm split; wear above aforementioned 1.5 cm split includes two 3 mm perforations; there is a 1 cm closed split to front panel (only visible from the underside). rear panel toned and foxed. The top and base of spine slightly rubbed and the top front edge has two 3 mm closed tears. Underside a little foxed and tanned down spine. Top edge of text block foxed. Internally four small spots on front end papers and four fainter ones on half title. An 8 mm stain in margin of page 35 echoed from pages 29 to 40. Remaining contents clean, tight and unsullied.

Doctor No is the sixth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, originally published in 1958. It follows the British MI6 agent on a mission to Jamaica where he encounters the eponymous villain, Dr. Julius No, who is plotting to sabotage an American space launch with the help of his criminal organization.