Verlag: London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2011, 2011
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
[Children's adventure novel] Bound galley sheets, issued in place of the proof copy format. 30 x 21cm. Octavo, pp.[6]; 216; [2], blank. Illustrated by Joe Berger Printed A4 sheets in clear plastic covers with black vinyl spine, original jacket design bound in as frontispiece, with publisher's 2-page press release tucked in. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[6]; 216; [2], blank. Illustrated by Joe Berger. Publisher's red cloth hardcover blocked in silver to the spine, endpapers illustrated in colour, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £10.99. Slight creasing to edges of oversized press release and wrapper leaf, soft fold to corner of first few leaves else a fine copy. Highly unusual in this advance format. Commissioned by Ian Fleming Publications, this is the first in a series of official sequels to the classic children's story written by Ian Fleming. From the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil ownership within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert, p.494.