Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale, first edition, first impression, 1953.

Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale, first edition, first impression, original black boards with heart motif in red to upper cover, spine lettered in red, very fractional scuff to spine head, very slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, spine very lightly faded, light toning and faint pencil marking on lower panel, light fraying and short nicks to extremities, still an excellent and crisp copy, 8vo, 1953.*** A bright and excellent example of the first James Bond novel. Increasingly difficult to find not price clipped and unrestored.