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London, Jonathan Cape, 1958. . First edition, first impression; 8vo ( 195 x 135 mm); a few very faint spots to half-title, verso, and title-page and last page, otherwise internally near-fine; publisher's black binding without silhouette to upper board (variant A according to Gilbert), silver lettering to spine, with the unclipped first issue pictorial dust-jacket (Fleming's name printed in black on the spine) by Pat Marriott, rubbed and toned at extremities, minor chips to flap-fold extremities, spotting to rear panel, and fore-edge of text block otherwise a very good copy. Fleming's sixth James Bond novel, and the first to be made into a film.

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.