ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. Signed Limited Edition.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Limited Edition. Publisher's original quarter vellum over black boards, white ski tracks to the upper board, titles in gilt to the spine. Top edge gilt. Colour frontispiece of the author by Charles Amherst Villiers. Complete with the original clear plastic cover. A very near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the vellum spine with a little darkening towards the centre. The contents are spotlessly clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete with the very good, often discarded or replaced original folded plastic cover that is a little wrinkled to the fold edges and has a slither of loss to the top edge of the rear panel.

The only one of Ian Fleming's James Bond books to be published in a signed edition. Issued in a limited edition of 250 copies, this example is hand numbered 219 and signed by Ian Fleming in blue ballpoint pen on the limitation page. There were an additional 35 copies marked "presentation" reserved for the author and publisher's private distribution. [Gilbert A11a].