Apr 08, 2010 - Sale 2209

Sale 2209 - Lot 88

Unsold
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
FLEMING, IAN. From Russia, with Love. 8vo, light blue cloth, unevenly spotted; dust jacket, a little wear to spine ends and tips. London: The Book Club, circa 1957

Additional Details

first book club edition and preceding the First American Edition. A variant of the first edition with probable first state sheets. These sheets were bound by Cape but, unhappy with the quality of the production, the publisher sold the entire print run to Foyle's Book Club. The binding is identical to the first edition but is a half-centimeter shorter than the trade edition and the dust jacket has been trimmed commensurate to the shorter book. Unlike the trade edition, the publisher did not clip the corners of the flaps.