FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Moonraker. London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. 8°. Half title. Original black cloth lettered in silver, dust-jacket by Kenneth Lewis after a design by the author (jacket with some minor chipping to head of backstrip, corners a little rubbed, some light browning to edges). Provenance: ''Read Feb. 1956 - exciting impossible story'' (inscription on front pastedown). FIRST EDITION.

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