[Literature] Fleming, Ian. Dr No

London: Jonathan Cape, (1958). First edition, first impression, first state. 8vo. 256 pp. Publisher's plain black cloth, lettered in silver along spine, slightly cocked; in original pictorial brown dust-jacket, printed in black and in white, designed by Pat Marriott, tear at top of spine panel traversing into front panel (about 2-inches), creasing across same; small tear at top front flap fold; small circular yellow sticker at bottom of rear panel (applied by Lawrence Hughes, denoting importance). From the library of Lawrence Hughes, Fleming's friend and President of William Morrow and Company. Gilbert A6a (1.1)

A handsome first edition of the sixth James Bond novel, the first to be adapted to film, in 1962, starring Sean Connery.

This lot is located in Philadelphia.