1965 Ian Fleming James Bond Hardcover the Man With the Golden Gun

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The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming. It is the twelfth and final novel in the James Bond … Read more The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming. It is the twelfth and final novel in the James Bond series, published posthumously on April 1, 1965, after Fleming's death. He was too ill to complete this last Bond novel before his death; novelist Kingsley Amis was hired to complete it. It was made into the 1975 film starring Roger Moore as Bond, with an all-star cast which included Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams and Hervé Villachaize.

This artistically styled dust jacket with six die-cut bullet hole design in black, white, and red was designed by Paul Bacon Studio . Paul Bacon was a renowned American book and album cover designer.

This dust jacket was the first published of the two designs for this 1965 US book club edition of The Man with the Golden Gun. It was printed and released before the pastel designs.

Author: Ian Fleming
Title: The Man with the Golden Gun
Publication Date:1965 by Glidrose
Publisher: New American Library

Black with yellow border trimmed board, gun blocked in gilt on spine. Titling, author, publisher in gilt also on spine.


The hardcover is in very good vintage with clean pages, no toning, or ownership marks. One unintentional bent corner was found-see photo. The olive front end paper just starting to come apart-see photo.

Condition notes: Dust jacket condition is in used, vintage condition showing toning which a jacket is prone to; particularly the spine from exposure to daylight. Typical shelf wear noted by rumpled edges and marks.

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