DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with silver titles and diamond to the upper board and spine, in the Pat Marriott illustrated dustwrapper. A very fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that has a tiny closed tear to the top edge of the front flap and remains without fading or loss. Not price-clipped (12s 6d the front flap, but with a 'British Book Centre' paper label over the printed price). A spectacular seemingly unread example, in entirely original condition.

The fourth James Bond novel of which 14,604 copies of the first edition were printed. [Gilbert A4a (1.1)]