Ian Fleming | Live and Let Die, 1954, first edition, first state

Ian Fleming

Live and Let Die. London: Jonathan Cape, 1954

8vo, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, FIRST STATE, original black cloth, lettered in gilt, design to upper board in gilt, DUST-JACKET, collector's black cloth clamshell box, minute wear to the head and foot of spine

An exceptional first issue, first state copy of Live and Let Die, the second book in Ian Fleming's Bond series. Live and Let Die was filmed as the eighth instalment in the official series by Eon Productions, and the first of seven films starring Roger Moore as James Bond.