CASINO ROYALE

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 176 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good minus condition dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price cut. Front flap with both corners additionally clipped, as usual. Chips missing to head and tail of spine, corners, some closed tears to extremities, single knife slice along rear cover, light damp-staining along lower edge. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Ink name to front free endpaper. Shelved case 3. Gilbert A2b (1.2). First published in 1953 in the UK, Casino Royale was the first James Bond book and spawned the entire franchise. 1387941. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. (Inventory #: 1387941)