Saturday 19 July 2008

Live And Let Die - Jonathan Cape

Note: Dustjacket shown is the , reprinted 1963 version
Title: Live And Let Die
Author: Ian Fleming
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
Publication Date: 5th May 1954
Copies Published: 7,500
Price: 10s. 6d.
Book: Black cloth, gilt lettering, emblem to front board. "First - 240 pages
Title Page: Printed 1954 text, no other editions stated
Dust Jacket: Artwork by Kenneth Lewis - Design by Ian Fleming, three genuine first issue jackets have been issued: 1) No jacket design credit on the front flap, 2) Text added “Jacket devised by the author/and executed by Kenneth Lewis” 3) more space between the text and the jacket credits.